Christine L Kruse

Christine Louise Kruse was born on October 27, 1947 in Akron, Ohio. She was the eldest of five children born to Raymond and Thelma Milczewski of Stow, Ohio. She attended school in Stow, and then joined the Marine Corps shortly after graduation. Having proudly served during the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1969, she married a fellow Marine and brought three children into the world. In the mid-seventies, they resided in Denver, Colorado where Christine was a devoted wife and loving mother. She worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a bookkeeper and did everything she could to maintain work and home. In 1980 she moved to San Diego to be closer to her family as she and her children started a new life. She continued working as a bookkeeper while raising her three kids. The selflessness she displayed in providing care for her children while struggling financially as well as emotionally cannot be measured and will always be remembered. After the passing of her parents in 1989 and 1990, Chris sought solitude in the Pacific Northwest. Her children remained in San Diego building their own lives. Eventually, she came home to San Diego to be near her rapidly growing family. Soon after that, she relocated to Savannah, Georgia to assist in the raising of her first granddaughter. Being a part of her grandchildren's lives was very important to her. During Christine's last months of her life, she was cared for at a nursing home on Tybee Island, Georgia. She is survived by her children Amanda, Julie, and Adam as well as five granddaughters Carly, Riley, Holly, Anna and Mary; her sister and best friend Debbie, and brothers Raymond and Mark.