Death takes former area businessman, Alwin L Krumwiede Alwin L. Krumwiede, 78, a former businessman of the Buckley and Paxton communities, died at Paxton Community Hospital at 5:40 a.m., Friday, June 2. He had resided in the Ford County Nursing Home five years and was hospitalized four days. Funeral services set 2 p.m. Sunday, June 4, at the St. John Lutheran Church at Buckley with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation Saturday afternoon and evening at the Ford-Baier Funeral Home in Buckley. Graveside military rites by Buckley post 432, The American Legion. He was born January 11, 1894 at Buckley, son of August F. and Louisa Wolf Krumwiede. He was married in 1918 to Carolina Rust [this marriage is well-documentd to have taken place 21 Oct 1917 - the first marriage ceremony to have been performed in the present church building], who died in 1953. In 1954, he married Wilhelmina Lietz Jahnke who died in 1965. Mr. Krumwiede was a lifelong member of the St. John Church, a World War I veteran and a lifetime member of the Buckley American Legion post, a member of the World War I Barracks and of the Senior Citizens club, both of Paxton. Surviving are two sons, Armin of Paxton and Arlon of Kankakee; a step-daughter, Mrs. Wilbert Schumacher of Buckley; a stepson, Arthur Jahnke of Tampa, Fla; a sister, Mrs. William (Elsie) Balk of Buckley; a brother, Walter of Buckley; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mr. Krumwiede was preceded in death by his parents, a sister and a brother in addition to the two wives. Memorials may be made to the Cancer Fund or to the St. John Church Pew fund. ------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Loretta Krumwiede