Linda L. Krueger

August 26, 1952 - January 21, 2021

PIERCE -- Memorial service for Linda L. Krueger, 68, of Pierce will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, January 30, 2021 at the United Methodist Church in Pierce. Rev. Rodgers Chishiba will be officiating. Private family inurnment will be held at a later date. Linda passed away Thursday, January 21, 2021 at the Faith Regional Hospital in Norfolk. Stonacek Memorial Chapel in Pierce is in charge of the arrangements. Linda was born on August 26, 1952 in Ainsworth, NE to Marvin and Lola (Kolb) Fernau. She attended grade school in Ainsworth and Ainsworth High School. She married Kenneth Krueger on October 27, 1995 in Yankton, S.D. She was baptized at the Methodist Church in Pierce. Linda worked at the nursing home in Ainsworth and then at the Pierce nursing home for 29 years. She retired in February, 2017. Linda enjoyed cooking and was a great cook, was a ​hard worker and loved horses. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother​ ​and great-grandmother. Linda enjoyed joking around with her siblings and playing practical jokes on each other. Survivors include her husband Kenneth Krueger, daughters Kristine (Eugene) Sargent, Melissa (Dean ​Indra) Jones, Sephara Jones and Jackie Jones, 13 grandchildren, 1 great granddaughter, two step daughters Kindra (Doug) Partridge, Cammi (Nate) Toenies, siblings Pat (Bob) Christensen, Bruce Fernau, Steve (Emma) Fernau, Stan (Leah) Fernau, and Shelley (Jim) Thompson. She was preceded in death by her parents Lola and Marvin Fernau, brothers Gary “Butch” Fernau and Jerry Fernau, and 1 granddaughter Brittany Sybrant. Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.