Dorothy “Evelyn” Kruse, 85, of Fort Calhoun, passed away on May 27, 2022. Evelyn was born on April 23, 1937. The only child of Porter and Marjorie (Swank) Fluckey, she was raised on a farm in Afton, Iowa. After graduating from Afton High School in 1955, she moved to Omaha.
Evelyn met Richard Kruse of Fort Calhoun and they were married in 1967 at Kountze Memorial Church in Omaha. They moved to the Fort Calhoun/Blair area in 1977, where they built their home and raised their children, Jay, Janet, and Jodi.
Evelyn had a talent for creating beautiful quilts, and her family will cherish all the special quilts she made for each of them. She enjoyed playing bridge with her friends, playing Wheel of Fortune on her phone and was an avid reader of novels. She loved researching family genealogy, connecting with family all over the country. She absolutely loved bird watching and especially enjoyed her bluebirds. She enjoyed baking and we all loved her homemade strawberry jam, raspberry pies, and her homemade ice cream.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her loving husband of 55 years, Richard Kruse. Her children: Jay (Tanya) Kruse of Los Gatos, Calif., Janet (Daniel) Sellon of Lincoln, and Jodi (Michael) Scoggins of New Bern, N.C. and her grandchildren: Chet and Audrey Kruse (Calif.), Addison, Barrett and Braden Sellon (Neb.), and Avery and Reid Scoggins (N.C.).
Services were held at Blair Methodist Church on Tuesday, May 31st at 11 a.m. Burial was held at the Ft. Calhoun Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to First United Methodist Church of Blair.
