A memorial service for Dwaine O. Kruse, age 94, of Adrian, MN was held Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 at Salem Reformed Church in Little Rock, IA, officiated by Pastor Dustin Sperlich. Burial was at Pleasant View Cemetery in Little Rock, IA. Dwaine died Sunday, January 28, 2018 at Park View Manor in Ellsworth, MN.
Dwaine Oliver Kruse was born on October 30, 1923 on a farm near Sibley, IA, the son of Harvey and Cora (Ostrem) Kruse. He attended country school in District #12 Little Rock Township near their home, where he would walk or go by horse and buggy to school. On February 21, 1958, he was united in marriage to Wilma Hoekstra at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church rural Rushmore, MN. The couple made their home on a farm near Adrian, MN, where they still live now. He not only farmed his land, but he did custom grain grinding, threshing, baling hay, trucking, bobcat and backhoe work. He also sold seed for Sar-Fontanelle. Dwaine was a member of the Salem Reformed Church in Little Rock. He served as a little Rock Township Supervisor for many years. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, going to tractor pulls, attending farm sales (most of the time just to visit with people there), travelling, and playing BINGO. He was a man who could talk to anyone and loved to meet new people. He especially loved spending time with his family and he had many friends. He will be greatly missed.
Dwaine is survived by his wife of almost 60 years, Wilma Kruse of Adrian, MN; three children: Lyle Kruse of Rushmore, MN, Raevette (Bill) Loonan of Lismore, MN and Sharma (Keith) Brockmeyer of Spirit Lake, IA; five granddaughters: Chirstina, Brittney and Briana Loonan, Mikayla and Katelyn Brockmeyer; sister, Marlene Christians of Rock Rapids, IA; brother, Eldon Kruse of Adrian, MN; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceeded in death by his parents and three siblings: Avis Fletcher, Dolores Kopplow and Delmar Kruse.
