Virginia Kruger

Virginia C. Kruger, age 95, of Harpers Ferry passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at Thornton Manor in Lansing. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, September 19 at St. Gabriel’s Church of the Holy Family Parish in Prairie du Chein, WI, with Rev. James Weighner officiating. Entombment was at St. Adalbert’s Garden Mausoleum in Milwaukee, WI.
Virginia was born October 25, 1919 in Sparta, WI, the daughter of William and Frances (Schaller) Ziegler.  She married Fred Cassel in 1939, who later preceded her in death in 1996. She worked as an assembler for Deltrol Electronics in Milwaukee, WI. She later married Merlin Kruger October 28, 2000.
Virginia was an active member of the Eagles Club and enjoyed gambling and playing cards. She enjoyed time with friends and family and always had a joke.
She is survived by her husband, Merlin, of Harpers Ferry; her daughters, Barbara (Deane) Miller and Karen Phillips, both of  Watertown, WI; her sister-in-law, LaVina Ziegler of Ripon, WI; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband; a daughter, Patricia (Dennis) Rakowski; her brothers, Carroll, Milburn, Kenneth and William Ziegler; and her sister, Fern Weiss Majdecki.
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