Amanda Kruse

VISITATION

Sunday, April 2, 2006, after 4:00 PM

Ohde Funeral Home, Manning

FUNERAL SERVICE

Monday, April 3, 2006, 10:30 AM

Zion Lutheran Church, Manning

INTERMENT

Manning Cemetery

Amanda Alvine, daughter of Otto Herman Neclaus and Helena Betty (Stark) Jentzen, was born February 15, 1911, on the family farm in Carroll County, Iowa. Amanda was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Arcadia. She attended country school south of Arcadia and graduated from Arcadia High School in 1929. Amanda then attended Normal Training at Storm Lake. On September 10, 1930, Amanda was united in marriage with C. Arthur Kruse at the Lutheran parsonage in Arcadia. Three children were born to this union. Amanda and Arthur farmed the Jentzen family farm from 1939 until Arthurs death on February 28, 1974. For a short time, 1956"1959, she was a cook at Manning General Hospital. Following her husbands death, Amanda remained on the farm with the help of her neighbor and good friend, Stan Ewoldt. When her health began to fail in 2001, she became a resident of the Manning Plaza Nursing Home, Manning, Iowa. She died there on Thursday, March 30, 2006, at the age of 95 years, 1 month, and 15 days. Amanda was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. She enjoyed quilting, reading, playing cards, and cooking. Besides her parents and husband, Amanda was preceded in death by a son, Willis H. Kruse; son-in-law Keith Anderson; brothers Louie and Alvin Jentzen; sisters Emma Hansen and Henrietta Kruse; brothers-in-law: Ed Kruse, Hugo Hansen, George Hacker and Lewis Hagedorn; sister-in-law Vera Jentzen; and a step sister-in-law Marie Hagedorn. Amanda is survived by her son Arthur J. Kruse and wife Shirley of DeForest, WI; daughter Darlene Anderson of Ft. Dodge; daughter-in-law Sharon Kruse of Banning, CA; special friend and farm tenant Stan Ewoldt of Manning; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren; sisters and brothers: Esther Hacker of Morgan, MN; Ella Fuchs of Carroll; Bill Jentzen of Westside and Henry Jentzen and wife Florence of Pleasant Hill, CA; sister-in-law Norma Jentzen of Carroll; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.