Obituary of 1st Sgt. (Ret) Lewis J. Krueger

Services for First Sgt. (Ret.) Lewis J. Krueger, Jr. 78, Mixon, are scheduled for 10:00 am, Wednesday, March 5, at the First Baptist Church, Mixon, with Reverend Joe Ballard officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will be in the Mixon Cemetery. Mr. Krueger died Friday, February 29, in a Tyler hospital. He was born July 6, 1929, in Castalia, Ohio to the late Lewis J. Krueger, Sr. and Mildred E. Russell Krueger. He attended Sandusky High School, Sandusky, Ohio and the University of Maryland. He served for 20 years in the U.S. Army as a military policeman, of which included the Island of Guam, Japan, Germany and in combat in Vietnam as an advisor to a Vietnamese Military Police Company. After completing his time in the service, he graduated from the Virginia Police Academy. Upon his retirement from the Army, he was an investigator and security auditor at the Newport News Virginia Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, retiring after 10 years. He relocated to Tyler and for 10 years served with the Texas Department of Corrections Cofield Unit at Tennessee Colony, retiring as a Lieutenant. Because of exposure to Agent Orange while in Vietnam he was awarded 100% disability from the VA. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Mixon where he served as a deacon. He married Shirley Ann Krueger on May 4, 1956. She preceded him in death December 26, 2007. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Karen Camp. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Delores Krueger, Ft. Worth; two daughters and one son-in-law, Pam and Pete Rhoades, Tyler and Brenda Carlson, Austin; two sisters Anida Leafgreen, Sandusky, Ohio and Rosalie McGee Castalia, Ohio; four grandchildren, Ashley Ferrer, Jeffrey Rhoades, Jessica Rhoades, and Don Carlson; and two great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday, March 4, from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm. Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Adult Two Sunday School Class at the First Baptist Church, Mixon, Rt #3, Box 299, Troup, Tx 75789.