Concordia Cemetery - Forest Park, Illinois

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Many of the old Kruses are buried here at Concordia Cemetery located at 7900 Madison Street in Forest Park, Illinois.  Two cemetery lots were purchased.  The first lot number 112-6 from John Kruse on 12 July 1892.  The second lot number 1142-8 was purchased by Marie Sommer Kruse on 19 Dec 1909 after her husband John passed away of an appendix rupture.

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Kruse Marker Stone.  Buried here are my great grandparents,  John (1852-1909) and Marie (1859-1934) Kruse,
and three of their children, Sophia C. (1885-1969), George F. (1899-1928), and Florence (1906-1911).

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Close up view of the Kruse Family marker stone

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Schroeder Marker on lot 112-6.  Buried here are my great great grandmother, Maria Jenning Kruse (1818-1892);
Carl Kruse (1895-1895) died after 2 days old, son of John and Marie Kruse; Ludwig Schroeder who married John Kruse's
sister Sophia Kruse (1843-1911); Ludwig and Sophia's children,  Florence, John, Sophia, Anna, Louisa, and Charles.

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Marker stone of 2 children of Ludwig and Sophia Kruse Schroeder, Charles W. and Johann B.

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