John Alexander Kruesel

September 30th 1938- September 26th 2025

Age 87 Years

John Kruesel passed away Friday evening September 26th, 2025, at the Kerrobert Hospital. John is survived by his loving wife Elna (Vallance) His 3 children - Kevin, David (Sharon), & Joan (Dean). Seven grandchildren - Shane (Christina), Dylan (Lainee) Tyson (Kelsey) and Wyatt (Keilli) Kruesel; Zane, Connor, and Hanna Kulbida and five great grandchildren - Wade, Nixon, Cabri, Rett, and Mila. John was an avid hunter and liked snowmobiling plus an enthusiastic NHL hockey fan cheering on his cousin Norm Ullman when he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the ‘60s and ‘70s. John restored many old International Farm Tractors and several old trucks. John as a young man worked on a railroad gang and several years as a tractor operator building highways in Alberta. John and Elna met in Kerrobert and married in 1962. They moved to the Kruesel family farm in the Millerdale District where they worked and raised their family. John is predeceased by his parents Paul and Mary Kruesel and his 5 siblings Marian, Victor, Albert, Josephine, and Angela (Betty).