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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 7/9/1979
George Krueger, former
commander of Tonawandas
Post 264, American Legion, and
a North Tonawanda resident for
57 years, died Saturday at the
age of 81 after a lengthy illness.
Until his retirement in 1962,
Mr. Krueger was clerk and
business manager for North
Tonawanda public schools for, 20 ,
y e a r s. He also worked as a
bookkeeper and paymaster for
the Rudolpf Wurlitzer Co. from
1917 to 1932, and was . an
engineering aide in the Niagara
County Highway Department
from 1933 to 1942.
A veteran of World War I, Mr.
Krueger was a life member of
Post 264. He was a member of
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
and a charter member of the
Lutheran Laymen's League. He
also served as director of the
Lutheran Service Society for 15
years.
At the time of his death, he
was living with his daughter,
Mrs. Jeanne Greer, of Pendleton.
Other survivors include Mr.
Krueger's wife, Edna Ida
Krueger; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby
S c h m e i c h e l of N o r th
Tonawanda; four grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren;
a brother, six sisters and many
neices and nephews.
A private memorial service is
slated at St. Matthew Lutheran
Church at the convenience of the
family. The funeral was
arranged by Fretthold Funeral
Home Inc
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