Leona L. Kroeger

Leona L. Kroeger, 90, of Du Quoin, passed away at 7:45 A.M., Tuesday, April 15, 2003 at Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin.
Leona was a homemaker.  She was a member of Second Baptist Church in Du Quoin and Du Quoin Rebekah Lodge.  She had worked as a custodian at Du Quoin Packing Plant.
She was born November 30, 1912 at DuBois, IL, the daughter of John and Katherine (Miller) Dober.
She married Ernest Edwin Kroeger in 1932 at Pinckneyville, IL and he preceded her in death in June of 1970.
She is survived by two sons - H.E. Buck Kroeger and wife Carol of Anna, IL and Ernest Robert Kroeger and wife Phyllis of Du Quoin, IL, one brother - Clarence Dober of Tamaroa, IL, four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three brothers, and two sisters.
Funeral services were at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, April 17, 2003 at the Searby Funeral Home in Du Quoin with Rev. Claude Hampleman officiating.
Friends called from 9 to 11 A.M., Thursday at the Searby Funeral Home in Du Quoin.
Interment was in the Old Du Quoin Cemetery at Du Quoin.
Friends may make memorials to Second Baptist Church Building Fund.
