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- Falls City Journal. Falls City, Nebraska. Monday, December 9, 1991.
Henry A. Krumme, 79, 2418 Schoenheit Street, died at Falls City Community Hospital this morning, Monday, Dec. 9, 1991, at 2:45.
Mr. Krumme had been in failing health the past three months. He entered the hospital for the last time on Dec. 5.
Born April 22, 1912, at Arapahoe, he was son of the late August Krumme and Minnie Tagemier Krumme.
He was raised at Arapahoe and graduated from Arapahoe High School.
Mr. Krumme worked with his father and two brothers, William and Elmer, in building construction. Following his father's retirement, they continued the business together for several years. They had built several churches in Nebraska and Kansas and took the contract to build the Christ Lutheran Church here. After taking the contract for the church, Mr. Krumme moved here, continuing with his Krumme Construction Company. He later built the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Falls City, St. Mark's Lutheran Church, southeast of Verdon, and Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and Sacred Heart School, Falls City. He had also built many homes in Falls City.
After being here for a few years, Mr. Krumme purchased the Independent Lumber Company, which became the Krumme Building and Supply Company, now operated as Sailors' Building Supply and Construction. Together with the building supply business, he also operated a Red-D-Mix supply plant in Falls City. Mr. Krumme retired in 1981 when he sold the building supply business.
Mr. Krumme served in the United States Navy during World War II as an officer in the Seabees in the South Pacific.
He was married to Itha Tull on March 22, 1944, at Arapahoe. The couple moved to Falls City in 1954 from Fairbury. She died on Nov. 8, 1988.
On May 27, 1989, he was married to Margie Zimmerman Steinman at the Zion Lutheran Church of Christ, 8-1/2 miles northeast.
Mr. Krumme was a member of the Christ Lutheran Church. He was also a member of the Falls City Chamber of Commerce, American Legion Post No. 102, VFW Post No. 1765 and BPO Elks Lodge No. 963.
Survivors include his wife, Margie, of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Paul (Teri) O'Grady, Falls City, and Myra Krumme, Omaha; three stepsons, Edward Steinman, Elizabeth, Colo., John Steinman, Falls City, and Steven Steinman, Kansas City, Mo.; six stepdaughters, Mrs. Darrel (Elizabeth) Huettner, Mrs. Frank (Mary) Reavis and Mrs. Gary (Linda) Jones, Falls City, Mrs. LeRoy "Bud" (Ruth) Driever, Nebraska City, Mrs. Phillip (Judith) Page, Florissant, Mo., and Mrs. Charles (Betty) Maze, Hiawatha; two brothers, William Krumme and Elmer Krumme, Fairbury; one sister, Hertha Bamford, Ventura, Calif.; four grandchildren, and 20 step-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Kelly Suzanne O'Grady; two step-grandchildren; one brother, Carl Krumme, and one sister, Clara Stevens.
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