Kay Anne (Gillette) Krueger, 76, entered into rest July 3, 2018.

She was born on June 25, 1942. She grew up in Monett, Missouri, and attended Burge School of Nursing in Springfield, Missouri, where she received her Bachelor’s of Science in nursing and became a registered nurse.

She married Darrell Krueger on June 15, 1963, and started her career at Burge Hospital. She and Darrell moved to Hastings, where she worked at Mary Lanning Hospital, and then moved again in 1979 to North Platte, where she began her long career at Great Plains Medical Regional Center. Her nursing career spanned the areas of surgery, emergency room, same day surgery and recovery room.

She loved her flowers and enjoyed spending countless hours in her garden. She also loved music, in particular, rock’n’roll. She went to many concerts of the hard rock variety, for which Darrell provided body guard support. She also enjoyed traveling and was able to go to Hawaii three times, Australia once and visited various states. In 2012, she moved to Plano, Texas, to be by her two daughters and families.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond Neil Gillette and Alma Kathryn Jerome-Gillette; and sister, Dorothy Gillette-Carrithers.

She is survived by her husband, Darrell Krueger; her two daughters, Dara Adams and Jennifer Becker; her son, Brandon Krueger; and 10 grandkids.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested in honor of Kay Krueger to UT Southwestern Medical Center, Development Office, PO Box 190888, Dallas TX 75390-0888, and on the check memo, put to the Simmons Cancer Center fund or donate online at engage.utsouthwestern.edu/donate-now and select designation Simmons Cancer Center.

Services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 23, at Hunters Glen Baptist, Plano, Texas.