Marvin Kroeger

Marvin Kroeger, 92, of Tea, SD died Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at the Lennox Good Samaritan Center. Marvin LeRoy Kroeger was born on December 13, 1922 near Hartford, SD, the son of Otto and Augusta (Jordan) Kroeger. He grew up attending rural school and graduated from Hartford High School in 1941. On June 6, 1944 he married Betty Ann Fogelman at the West Wall Lake Lutheran Church, rural Hartford. The couple lived on farms near Chancellor and Beresford before settling on their home farm near Lennox in 1951. Marvin was a true farmer at heart. They later moved into Tea. Betty Ann died on January 1, 2001. Marvin moved into the Morgan Lane Assisted Living in Tea and then the Lennox Good Samaritan Center. Marvin was an active and faithful member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Tea where he enjoyed the over 55 Club and singing in the choir for various cantatas . He served on boards of the REA, American Milk Producers, the Federal Land Bank and Schoffelman Rural School. Besides his parents and wife, Marvin was preceded in death by a daughter, Laurie Kay in infancy, a son Randy in 2011, great-grandson Maddox in 2004 and siblings Lawrence, Arthur, Eldon, Edna Shumaker, Clara Hoeck and Eunice Crittenden. Grateful for having shared his life are his children: Charlotte (Dennis) Tilden, Sioux Falls, Lynn (Aggie) Kroeger, Lennox and Kim (Paula) Kroeger, Lennox; 10 grandchildren and their children: Holly (Larry) Schaefer-Todd (Aimee) & Tyler, Ronna (Scott) Sletten-Nathan & Melissa, Laura (Josh) Marquardt-Madison, Sydney & Josie, Darrel Kroeger-Dade, Janna (David) Bram-Micah Burrell, Janell Kroeger, JoLynne (Jesse) Niemeyer, Jared Kroeger, Molly Kroeger and Sarah Kroeger; siblings: Ernest (Jean) Kroeger, Hartford, Gladys (Harold) Rehder, Hartford and sister-in-law, Mae Kroeger, Hartford as well as other relatives and friends. Services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Decemeber 8 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Tea with burial to follow in the Tea Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation also at Trinity Lutheran will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday with the family present. Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home, Lennox is assisting the family.

Marvin Kroeger

December 13, 1922 - December 2, 2015

Explore Obituaries &
Upcoming Services