Larry (Clifton) Krueger

LEONARD ‘LARRY’ CLIFTON KRUEGER

LARRY PASSED AWAY AT HOME ON NOV. 30, 2021, WITH HIS WIFE OF 53 YEARS BY HIS SIDE.

LARRY WAS BORN ON JAN. 10, 1940, IN MODESTO, CA TO GILMER AND NETTIE CLIFTON.   BY THE AGE OF 6 BOTH OF HIS PARENTS HAD PASSED AWAY AND HE WAS ADOPTED AT AGE 8 BY HERBERT AND EDNA MAE KRUEGER OF HUNTINGTON PARK, CA.  AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL HE JOINED THE US AIR FORCE WHERE HE PROUDLY SERVED AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1962.  HE WORKED IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY AS A DESIGNER, BUT HIS PASSION WAS PHOTOGRAPHY AND HAD A SIDE BUSINESS PHOTOGRAPHING DRAG RACES, BOAT RACES AND WEDDINGS.  HE MET HIS FURTURE WIFE PATTIE MILLER IN 1967 AND THEY WERE MARRIED ON DEC. 7, 1968, IN LONG BEACH, CA.  A SON, GREG WAS BORN IN 1970 AND SON TODD IN 1972.  LARRY LOVED BEING A FATHER AND SPENT HIS WEEKENDS FISHING, FLYING MODEL AIRPLANES OR WATCHING THEM PLAY SPORTS.  AFTER OVER 30 YEARS IN AEROSPACE HE DECIDED TO SLOW DOWN AND STARTED DRIVING A SCOOL BUS.  IN 2005 HE AND PATTIE RETIRED FROM SANTA ANA, CA TO MONTROSE TO BE CLOSE TO THEIR SONS AND FAMILIES.  THEY TRAVELED IN THEIR RV TO VISIT FAMILY, FRIENDS AND MANY BEAUTIFUL AREAS FOR LARRY TO PHOGRAPH.  THEY LOVED CAMPING IN RIDGWAY WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO ENJOY FISHING, PHOTOGRAPY AND THE BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS.  HE ALONG WITH 3 FRIENDS STARTED THE ALPINE PHOTO CLUB WHICH IS STILL GOING.  HE AND PATTIE ENJOYED BEING INVOLVED WITH THEIR CHUCH AND HE LOVED PHOTOGRAPHING THEIR ACTIVITIES.  LARRY FOUGHT HARD THESE LAST 5 MONTHS BUT NEVER COMPLAINED BECAUSE HE FELT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM 81 GOOD YEARS.  HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW AND FATHER-IN-LAW; HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, PATTIE; SON GREG(LORI) OF FL; SON TODD(ANGIE) OF CO; GRANDSONS PARKER(KAILI) OF HI; TANNER AND AVERY, CO; GRANDDAUGHTERS TAYLOR(JARED),ONNEN, CO;  JORDAN, CO; MORGAN PERRY, CO AND MACKENZIE KROUT,  FL; GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTERS RILEY SHAE ONNEN, CO AND HARMONY, HI; BROTHER-IN-LAW AND SISTER-IN-LAW DENNIS AND MARSHA JAEHNIG OF CA.   SERVICE WILL BE FRIDAY DEC 10^TH, 11:00AM AT CALVARY CHAPEL MONTROSE, 2001 S. TOWNSEND AVE, THERE WILL BE A LUNCHEON FOLLOWING THE SERVICE.   BURAL WILL BE AT A LATER DATE AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETERY IN GRAND JUNCTION.