John “Jack” Thomas Krug Sr., a deacon at St. Peter the Fisherman Church in Mountain Home, died Dec. 17. He was 99.
Born July 11, 1925, in Dayton, Ohio, to Clifford and Marcella McGreevy Krug, he would go on to serve in the U.S. Army during World War II. After marrying his childhood sweetheart, Rose Ann Meyer, Krug and his family moved to Mountain Home. Krug was ordained to the permanent diaconate Nov. 15, 1986. He enjoyed gardening, fishing and photographing flowers.
Krug is survived by four sons, Nicholas Krug, Christopher Krug, Philip Krug and Paul Krug; three daughters, Cathy Welch, Mary Tolleson and Ann Leadingham; 29 grandchildren; 73 great-grandchildren; and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be 11:00 a.m., Dec. 21, 2024, at St. Peter the Fisherman Church, with Father Norbert Rappold officiating. Burial will be in the Kirby’s Tucker Memorial Cemetery in Mountain Home.
