St. Clair County Obits

DENNIS D. KRASSER

Clinton Daily Democrat
September 1998
Dennis Dale Krasser was born September 28, 1943 in Sioux City, Iowa to Elmer and Alta Buckingham Krasser. He died September 26, 1998, from injuries received in an accident at his home in Osceola.
Dennis was raised in Beaver Crossing, Nebraska, and attended school there. He went to Milford Trade School where he became a diesel mechanic. Dennis attended boot camp at Paris Island, South Carolina, in June 1964 and graduated in October 1964. He then reported to Camp LaJune for Diesel School for five months of training, graduating in March 1965. From there he went to the Reserve Unit in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps in 1970.
Dennis worked for First American Distributing in Omaha, Nebraska, and then sold for an oil products company. Dennis enjoyed being on the lake and especially enjoyed driving the ski boat and watching the skiers. He enjoyed long walks, talking with his children and playing with the dogs.
Dennis found great happiness in calling California to talk with his daughter and getting the week's news about his granddaughter, Clare Kincaid of Camp Pendleton, California. He was a genuine caring man who put others before himself. He would read to the elderly in his spare time, went to church regularly and designed his dream home (which he had not built yet). The main feature he wanted it to have was a large dining room with a huge table so all of his family could gather for family dinners.
Dennis enjoyed working with his hands and loved to garden. His favorite was tomatoes. He also enjoyed going to Branson to the shows and concerts and to fairs and dances. He was a Boy Scout leader and a member of the Sertoma Club.
He was preceded in death by his father and one brother Roland Steele, and his biological parents, Sant and Ona Steele.
He is survived by his wife Paula, of the home; one son Troy Wayne Krasser, Clinton; one daughter Shaun Elizabeth Kinkaid, Camp Pendleton, California; his mother Mrs. Alta Krasser of Beaver Crossing, Nebraska; five brothers, Donald Steele of Roswell, New Mexico, Robert Steele of Grand Junction, Colorado, Richard Steele, Denver, Colorado, Larry Bluhm, Seward, Nebraska, Rodney Kastens, Seattle, Washington; six sisters, Virginia Sanford, Union City, California, Phoebe Barto, McCook Lake, South Dakota, Betty Whitsell, Lincoln, Nebraska, Donna Danekas, Lincoln, Nebraska, Sandra Welch, Panama City, Florida, and Nancy Jurgenson, Friend, Nebraska; one granddaughter Clare Elizabeth Kincaid, Camp Pendleton, California.
Services were held Wednesday, September 30, at Sheldon-Goodrich Chapel. Burial was at Osceola Cemetery.