{"id":4948,"date":"2026-10-22T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=4948"},"modified":"2026-10-21T20:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:06:51","slug":"happy-anniversary-wilfred-tillie-kruse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=4948","title":{"rendered":"Happy Anniversary Wilfred & Tillie Kruse!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wilfred Kruse and Matilda Moeller were married on October 23, 1945 in West Point, Iowa. Tillie’s sister Verona married Walt’s great-uncle George Wellman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Wilfred Kruse was born March 5, 1918 in St Paul, Iowa. He was the third of 12 children born to Edward and Ida Holtkamp Kruse. The family had a farm in Marion Township in Lee County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilfred worked the family farm and served in the United States Army during World War II. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matilda “Tillie” Moeller was born March 9, 1919 in Lee County. She was the 11th of twelve children born to Theodore and Elizabeth Fritzjunker Moeller. They had a farm in Pleasant Ridge Township. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tillie worked at Scheaffer Pen for a time and also as a caregiver in the home of the Lerche family prior to World War II. She worked in Chicago suring the War. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilfred and Tillie Kruse were married on October 23, 1945 by J. A. Wagner at St. Mary Church in West Point. Wilfred’s brother Albert and Tillie’s Sister Adelaide were witnesses. I found their marriage certificate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The family lived in Henry County, near Salem, and had a farm. Wilfred and Tillie Kruse had 4 children and numerous grandchildren. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tillie died March 2, 2009 and Wilfred died January 13, 2011. They are buried in St Johns Cemetery in Houghton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wrote about great-aunt Verona in this post<\/a>. I wrote about Tillie’s parents in this post<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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