Elvera Krenke

Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, January 12, 2014 at the Grafton Mueller Funeral Home & Crematory, 979 N. Green Bay Road at 2:00pm for Elvera Krenke of Grafton who died on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at Lawlis Family Hospice at the age of 87 years. Rev. Scott Kruse from St. Paul Lutheran Church will preside. Visitation at the funeral home on Sunday from 12:00 (Noon) until the time of Services. In lieu of flowers, memorials to St. Paul Lutheran Church appreciated. Interment St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery. Elvera was born in Sheboygan, WI on July 9, 1926, the daughter of the late John and Emily (nee Ertl) Bauer. She was united in marriage on May 31, 1947 in Sheboygan to Leland Krenke. They were blessed with 3 children. Elvera enjoyed her vacationing up north in Rhinelander with her entire family. She was a very family oriented woman and was proud that her family was always a very close-knit family. She loved the family parties and also was an avid Brewer fan. Her family was the light of her life. Elvera is survived by her loving husband of 66 years, Leland, children; Michael (Paula) Krenke, Leanne (Thomas) Latzl and Jeffrey (Lisa) Krenke, grandchildren; Christopher Jacobs, Melissa (Curtis) Spaeth, Nicholas Latzl, Rebecca Latzl, Matthew Krenke and Hanna Rausch, great-grandchildren; Ty and Dayne Spaeth, sister; Elaine (Don) Hoppe, sisters-in-law; Sue (Russ) Sholten and Ellen Bauer, her childhood friend; Lorraine Roy, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Elvera is preceded in death by her parents and brothers; Walter Bauer, John Bauer, Elmer (the late Flo) Bauer and Donald (the late Barbara) Bauer.