" Betty" Elizabeth Lou Kruger

Elizabeth Lou (Betty) Kruger, age 96, passed away peacefully in St. Gertrude’s Health and Rehabilitation Center, Shakopee, MN on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

Betty was born on October 20, 1928, in Milwaukee, WI to Kenneth and Katherine (Stauber) Marden. She moved with her parents to Greenwood, WI and later met her future husband, Jack D. Kruger, of Loyal, WI. Betty worked for many years as an office secretary and bookkeeper for Land O’ Lakes – Spencer Division in Spencer, WI.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son Steven, two grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Betty is survived by her daughters Priscilla Baker and Kathleen (John) Esgar, seven grandchildren, six great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.

As was her wish, she has been accorded cremation rites and will be interred at a later date in the family burial site in Greenwood Cemetery in Greenwood Wisconsin.