KayAnn J.
Kruckenberg
Funeral
services for KayAnn J. Kruckenberg, 17, of Aurelia, will be 2:00 P.M.
Sunday, May 1, 2005, at the Aurelia High School. Burial will be in the
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Aurelia. Visitation will be Saturday from 1:00
P.M. to 8:00 P.M., at the Aurelia Community Center. Arrangements are
under the direction of the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia. In lieu of
flowers a memorial fund has been established at the Heritage Bank in
Aurelia.
KayAnn died
Thursday, April 28, 2005, at the Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City,
Iowa.
KayAnn J.
Kruckenberg was born December 14, 1987, in Storm Lake, the daughter of
Henry and Rhonda (Nikolas) Kruckenberg. She attended school in Early,
and was currently in the eleventh grade at the Aurelia High School. In
school KayAnn was a member of the Academic Club, Speech Club, band, jazz
band, choir, and was a cheerleader. She loved puppies and going
shopping. She worked at the Family Table in Cherokee.
Preceding
KayAnn in death were her paternal grandfather, Duane Kruckenberg,
maternal grandmother, Jean Nikolas, and one aunt, Robin Nikolas.
Survivors
include her father, Henry Kruckenberg of Aurelia, her mother, Rhonda
Kramer of Austin, TX, one brother, Jacob “Jake” Kruckenberg of Aurelia,
four sisters, Niky Lewis and her husband Les Gocha of Osage, IA, Laura
Fenton and Rachel Fenton both of Pipestone, MN, and Tesa Kramer of
Kingsley, IA, her boyfriend, Austin Dwine of Ames, paternal grandmother,
Rosemary and her husband George Jacob of Marshall, MN, maternal
grandfather, Eugene Nikolas of Osage, IA. Also surviving are aunts and
uncles, JoAnn and her husband Dennis Phelps of Schaller, Butch and his
wife Lou Stephens of Los Alamitos, CA, Chet and his wife Carolyn
Stephens of San Antonio, TX, Eddie and his wife Sheryl Nikolas of
Virginia Beach, VA, LaWanna and her husband Jim McSweeney of Menomonie,
WS, one niece, three nephews, numerous cousins, and other relatives and
friends.
