Biography

Olga C. Kruse, age 91 of Napoleon, Ohio passed away on Monday morning, March 22, 2010 at The Toledo Hospital.
She was born August 6, 1918 in Hamler, Ohio to the late Alvin and Luella (Bergstedt) Miller. On November 26, 1936 she married William J. Kruse and he passed away on June 11, 1982.
Olga was a devoted homemaker and mother. She previously worked at Perfection Finishing in Wauseon, Ohio for 25 years. She was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Napoleon.
She is survived by two sons, Lester (Diane) Kruse of Cecil, Ohio and Ron (Sharon) Kruse of Holgate; five daughters Margaret Busch, Norma (Howard) Behrman, Donna Kruse, Shirley (Robert) Walker, all of Napoleon and Nancy (William) Behnfeldt of Defiance; a brother Harlan (Dorothy) Miller of Swanton, Ohio; four sisters Esther Fouts, Lorna Bostelman, Mildred Miller, Elnora Koppenhofer, all of Napoleon; a daughter-in-law Elvera Kruse of Napoleon; 20 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren, 14 great-great grandchildren, and 5 step great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son William Kruse Jr.; a daughter Arleen Bressler; two brothers, Donald Miller and Vernon Miller; two sisters, Ruth Bostelman and Betty Botjer; a granddaughter and 2 great grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Thursday at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Napoleon, Ohio with the Rev. James Castello, officiating. Interment will be in Riverview Memory Gardens, Defiance, Ohio.
Friends will be received on Wednesday from 2 - 8 PM in the Snyder-Wesche Funeral Home and on Thursday for one hour prior to services at the church.
The family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to Emanuel Lutheran Church, HOPE Services of Henry County or a charity of the donor’s choice. www.snyderfuneralhome.net