Joan E. Krug
Joan Krug Obituary
Joan Elaine (Bungartz) Krug, age 88, of Rice Lake, WI died Sunday, April 11th, 2021 at Our House Assisted Living in Rice Lake. She came into this world on October 12th, 1932, born to Ernest & Beatrice (Losey) Bungartz, the eldest of 5 children. She attended Widier Country School through 8th grade & then attended Cameron High School, graduating in 1950. After graduating, Joan and her cousin Isla moved to Loves Park, IL to look for work. In the fall, Joan moved to Minneapolis, MN & found work in the State Farm Insurance office where she stayed for 14 years. In that time she met a handsome man by the name of Leonard Krug through a mutual friend & he could Polka. It didn’t take long and she knew he was the one. They married on April 12th, 1958 & in 1963 the couple decided to move back to Wisconsin & give farming a try. Joan was all in for farming. She raised a huge garden, canned, froze, baked & was a wonderful cook. She also raised many chickens & tended her many flower beds. When she wasn’t busy, she enjoyed watching the birds & was a proud farmer’s wife. Joan’s faith in the Lord was her pillar. The little church at Strickland was really her home. She spent countless hours there serving her Lord by playing the organ, cooking, cleaning & making countless life-long friends along the way. She was a member of this little church from the time of her 1st Communion, continuing on to Confirmation, marriage & now her death. Her unending faith earned her the Pax Christi Award. She was a member of the Rosary Society, the prayer chain, the Holy Rosary Society & past President of the board. She loved every minute of her service regardless of the task.
Joan was preceded in death by her parents, husband: Leonard on December 19th, 2011, siblings: Jerome, Robert, Joe & Kathy & sisters & brothers-in-law: Johnnie & Mildred Krug, William Krug, Hank & Doris Schlichting, Bill & Maurine Gjovig, Gerald & Flo Rousseau, Delores Carriveau, Jerry & Jan McDaniel & Ray Weber. She is survived by her 2 children: Kathryn (Rance) Kaiser & Dan (Patty) Krug, grandchildren: Derek (Mandy), Rory (Brittany) & Tyler Grilley (Sarah Schmidt), Laura & Heather Brock, Kim Krug (Kevin) & Allison Krug (Mike), great grandchildren: Dawson Grilley, Easton, Camden & Finnley Grilley, Eve & Emmett Grilley, Celine Kelly, James Bryan, Mason & Brielle Mathews, sister-in-law: Bette Weber, as well as many nieces, nephews, other relatives & friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 17th at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in the Town of Strickland in Rusk County with Father Balaraju Policetty officiating & interment following at the Sumner Cemetery in the Town of Sumner, rural Chetek. Visitation will be held for the hour prior to services at the church on Saturday. Arrangements are with Rausch-Lundeen Funeral Homes, Cameron & Dallas.
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