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Obituaries

Monday, October 1, 2018
Marietta Kruse
Monday, October 1, 2018
Marietta Kruse
Marietta L. Kruse, 89, of Fort Madison, formerly of West Point, died at 2:55 a.m., Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, at Great River Medial Center Klein Unit in Burlington.
The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 30 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in West Point, with Father Apo T. Mpanda officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in West Point. Visitation will begin after 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29 at the Link Funeral Home in Burlington, with a Rosary at 3 p.m. and a Christian Vigil Service at 7 p.m. Family will be present from 2:30 to 4 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. A memorial has been established.
Survivors include two sons, Clifford and his wife Rose Kruse of Fort Madison, and Gary and his wife Chris Kruse of Donnellson; five daughters, Mary Lou Sanders of Fort Madison, Donna Remick of Cambridge, Ill., Kathy and her husband Francis Doyle of Creston, Nancy and her husband Richard Hartley of Kingsland, Texas, and Sue and her husband Tony Wolfe of Fort Madison; 25 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren;
a brother, Gregory Mueller of Fort Madison; and a sister, Sally Roberts of Fort Madison.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Betty Jean; two brothers, James and Leander; and two sisters, Hilda Sickles and Margaret Merschman.