Roger Lynn Kruger

Event Webcast Roger L. Kruger Presented by: Reichmuth Funeral Home Broadcast Date: 12/29/2009 Broadcast Time: 10:00 AM Time Zone: Central Time Title: Roger L. Kruger Please click on the link below to view the broadcast. http://www.eventbywire.com/viewevent/?id=093-581 Event ID: 093-581 Password: Roger Test Site: If you are new to viewing our live and archived broadcasts please use this link to ensure your system has the latest version of Windows Media Player. http://www.eventbywire.com/ViewBroadcast/ Roger Lynn Kruger was born July 23, 1956 in Norfolk, NE, to Max and Betty (Raubach) Kruger. Roger attended a one room grade school prior to attending the Plainview Public Schools. He graduated from Plainview High School in 1975. He attended Wayne State College where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Education. While at Wayne he met Kathy Mittelstaedt whom he married September 10, 1980. At this time they both lived in Omaha, NE and worked at the American Red Cross, he as a dispatcher and she as a Medical Technologist. In 1981 they moved to York, NE where Kathy worked at the York Hospital Lab and Roger worked at the York County Ambulance and got involved with the York Volunteer Fire Department. After spending a short time at the Norfolk Fire Department, Roger moved to Omaha and joined the Millard Fire Department, first as a volunteer and later as a paid firefighter. During the 12 years he spent at Millard Fire, he became a Paramedic and reached the rank of Captain. When the Omaha and Millard Fire Departments merged in 1998, he dropped back to Firefighter/Paramedic status. During his 11 years at Omaha Fire, Roger first reached the rank of Fire Apparatus Engineer and then Captain and had recently applied to take the Battalion Chief test. Roger spent many hours on rescue squads and was a mentor and trainer for new Paramedic students. During this time, Roger also had an EMS Training Agency and taught many CPR, First Aid, CPR Instructor and EMT classes. He put together continuing education classes for many area volunteer departments. He served on the State EMS Board and served on committees that reviewed state regulations for EMS workers. During the first quarter of 2009, he assisted in setting up and running CPR Saturday in March 2009 where over 300 people were taught basic CPR in one day. In April he got involved with the last two Heartland Honor Flights. He helped run both of them and enjoyed spending time with his uncle Willis Kuchar on the flight, April 23. He said it was one of the best times of his life and also one of the most rewarding. Roger was always a collector. He started with old medicine tins, then began collecting antique fire extinguishers and other collectibles. He also found many other treasures at the antique malls including Pepsi products, turtles, small hand held games and puzzles, and, of course, more fire collectibles! Roger and Kathy were married 29 years and have three sons, Dustin (23), Kyle (20), and Corey (17). Roger was a kind, generous, loving, caring man who was always willing to help when asked. He was a wonderful father to his sons and enjoyed spending time going hunting with them and giving them great advice for life. He will be missed by many. Honorary Pallbearers: Mike Mulholland, Brian Arps, Stan Smith, Dan Wiley, Chris Hatcher, Frank Holmes, Joe Dekker,

Roger Lynn Kruger

July 23, 1956 - December 23, 2009