Kroeger, Edwin (Bud) John

appeared in Glenview Announcements, 10 Oct 2002, p. 162

Description

Media Type: Genealogical Resource; Newspaper
Item Type: Obituaries
Notes: Spouse: Genevieve (nee Sennett) Kroeger
Survived by: His wife, Genevieve; a son, William L. (Dana); a daughter, Elizabeth K. Costello; four grandchildren, Brad and Jenna Costello and Charissa and Cory Kroeger
Age 88; longtime Glenview resident; 1937 graduate of Purdue U. with an engineering degree and the Naval Aviation School in Pensacola, Florida; stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor, led first counter-strike on December 7, 1941, participated in the Battle of Midway, earning The Navy Cross, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, three Air Medals, the Gold Star and the Purple Heart; served under President Eisenhower at Columbia U. and a Naval Attache in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, served in the U.S. Navy a total of 26 years retiring from Naval Intelligence Center in Boston, Massachusetts; worked at Underwriters Laboratories as a test engineer for 10 years; active in church, Boy Scouts and recorded books for the blind
Date of Publication: 10 Oct 2002
Date Of Event: September 29, 2002
Last Name(s): Kroeger
Language of Item: English
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