Carl "Judd" Krueger Jr., age 78 of New Hampton, died Saturday morning, Nov. 29, 2008.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, at Trinity Lutheran Church, New Hampton with Pastor Kevin Frey officiating. Paul Krueger will be the reader and the crossbearer will be Eddie Rausch. The pall will be placed in the casket by his family.
Interment with military honors will be in the Grace Lutheran Cemetery, rural Tripoli.
Honorary pallbearers are Tony Schissel, Harold Peters, Dave Drewelow, Allan Peters, Dennis Buckendahl, Harlan Peters, Donny Peters and Danny Peters.
Friends may call 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home in New Hampton. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.
Carl “Judd” Krueger Jr. was born Feb. 18, 1930, in rural Bremer County, the son of Carl William and Elsa Louise (Warnke) Krueger Sr. He attended school in Frederika until the 10th grade and was then a 1947 graduate of the New Hampton High School. In 1951, he was inducted into the United States Army. He served during the Korean Conflict until being honorably discharged as a corporal in 1953. Upon returning home, Judd engaged in farming with his brother and his wife, Robert and Norma Krueger. They farmed west of New Hampton and Judd became a faithful father to nine children through his brother’s family. He took them to their activities, took them fishing and worked the farm side-by-side with them. He moved into town with Bob and Norma in 1992 and fully retired in 1994.
Survivors include one brother, Herb Krueger of Tripoli; nine nieces and nephews who he raised as if his own: Bob (Robin) Krueger of Charles City, Paul (Pat) Krueger of New Hampton, Dr. Raymond (Connie) Krueger of Spring Valley, Minn., Gordon (Donita) Krueger of Cedar Falls, Linda (Brian) Rieckenberg of Poulsbo, Wash., Karen (Andy) Sinnwell of Forest City, Becky (Dick) Rausch of Ionia, Nancy (William) Gardner of St. Francis, Minn., Beth (Jamy) Ball of Mt. Pleasant, and his best friend, Tony (Lucy) Schissel of New Hampton.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Robert Krueger and a brother in infancy.