Linda G Kruger

Linda G. Kruger

Sheldon, Iowa

            Family Services for Linda G. Kruger, age 76 of Sheldon, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at the Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Her Services will be held at the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Sheldon with Rev Dan Baker ~ officiating.

            Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery at Matlock, Iowa.

            There will be no visitation.

The Vander Ploeg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

                                                                                     Linda G. Kruger

     Linda Gail Kruger age 76 of Sheldon, Iowa died on Tuesday May 23, 2023 at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

   Linda was born to Beverly Jane (Milne) Giles and Dr. Walter Clark Giles on December 29, 1946 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She was the oldest of their 3 children. Linda attended Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs and went on to attend nursing school. She then met her husband Alfred George Kruger Jr. of Sheldon, Iowa. Marrying on March 2, 1968 they first made their home in Omaha, Nebraska but then moved back to Sheldon and eventually to the family farm. To this couple 3 children were born.

    Linda spent countless hours loving and taking care of her family. Cooking, baking and endless gardening and canning. The bigger the group the better. She also made beautiful brightly colored quilts for the births of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Linda made the most beautiful hand stitched Christmas stockings for her family and friends alike. She will be so very[i] loved and missed.

     Left to lovingly remember Linda is her husband of 55 years Alfred, daughters Angela (Joe) Nilles, April (Mark) Brady and son AG (Laura) Kruger. Brother, Clark (Susan) Giles. She had eight grandchildren, six great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Last but not least, her companion Frank (her dog) who she loved endlessly. Preceding her in death were her parents. Dr. Clark & Beverly Giles, Al’s parents AG and Myrtle Kruger and sister Leslee Hays.

      Services will be held with family, at Vander Ploeg’s Funeral Home in Sheldon, Iowa. Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Matlock, Iowa. May Linda rest in eternal peace, until we meet her again.