Gordon R. Krumrai's Obituary
GORDON R. KRUMRAI, AGE 77, WENT HOME TO THE LORD ON APRIL 16, 2009. HE WAS BORN IN MILWAUKEE, WI ON OCTOBER 25, 1931 TO MICHAEL AND VERONICA KRUMRAI. HE ATTENDED ST. CASIMIR'S GRADE SCHOOL AND RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN MILWAUKEE. GORDY WORKED AT GENERAL MOTORS WITH DELCO ELECTRONICS AS A GYROSCOPE TECHNICIAN. HE RETIRED IN 1996 AFTER 41.2 YEARS. FOLLOWING RETIREMENT, LITTON INDUSTRIES IN TORONTO, CANADA HIRED HIM FOR A FEW MONTHS AS A CONSULTANT WORKING ON THE TITAN MISSLE. GORDY AND HIS WIFE, BARBARA, THEN RETIRED TO WILD ROSE, WI ON THEIR BELOVED PINE LAKE.
GORDY LOVED TO GOLF AND ENJOYED VOLUNTEERING WITH THE VETERANS IN KING, WI TAKING THEM FISHING ON THE CHAIN O'LAKES. HE WAS A MUCH LOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND FATHER-IN-LAW. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE BARBARA, SONS, THOMAS, PEWAUKEE, ANTHONY (SHELLY) NEW BERLIN, ANDREW (REBECCA), MUSKEGO AND MARGARET (THOMAS) KUPSIK, MILWAUKEE. HE LOVED ALL HIS GRANDCHILDREN, MATTHEW, MELISSA, MEGAN, ALEXANDRIA, OLIVIA, EMILY, BRITTNAY AND KEVIN. GORDY'S SIBLINGS INCLUDE, IRENE (CEL) MACIEJEWSKI, SHIRLEY (MORGAN) ROBINSON AND LAWRENCE (LUCILLE) KRUMRAI, DECEASED.
VISITATION FOR GORDON WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009 AT ST. MARY MAGDALENE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CHURCH, WAUPACA, WI FROM 9-11 A.M. WITH MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL AT 11:00 A.M. BURIAL FOLLOWING MASS AT KING VETERANS CEMETERY.
THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR DEEP APPRECIATION TO THE NURSES AT KING VETERANS HOME. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY WOULD SUGGEST DONATIONS TO ST. MARY MAGDALENE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CHURCH IN GORDY'S NAME.
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