Carl Kruger, age 56, resident of Smith Station, Alabama, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2019. Funeral services are scheduled at Lakewood Hall of Striffler-Hamby, Phenix City, Alabama on Friday, January 11, 2019, 1 p.m. with Reverend Hank Reeves officiating. Private interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, January 10, 2019 from 5-7 p.m.
Mr. Kruger, son of Jo Etta Jones Kruger and the late Carl Richard Kruger, was born September 8, 1962 in Newton, Massachusetts. After high school and attending college, Mr. Kruger resided in both Georgia and Florida. During his time in Jacksonville, Florida he worked in his father's company as a commercial salesman. He continued with that career track and held many sales positions where he aggressively excelled. Mr. Kruger loved Georgia football passionately and enjoyed going out for a round of golf. He always made everyone laugh at his jokes and one-liners. Mr. Kruger was Baptist by faith and a very caring and giving man.
He is survived by his mother, Jo Kruger of Phenix City, Alabama; daughter, Sally Tatum Kruger of Jacksonville, Florida; two sisters, Robin Kruger Wheeler and her husband Ron of Salem, Alabama and Anne Kruger Wood and her husband Bill of Phenix City, Alabama; niece, Megan Palmer of Hewitt, Texas; great-niece, Savannah Leigh Harris also of Hewitt, Texas; many other relatives and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the National Kidney Foundation at www.kidney.org or the American Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.org.
