Visitation Dates and Times
Sunday, March 23, 2025 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Moss Funeral Home, Breese
Monday, March 24, 2025 10:00-11:00 a.m.
St. Dominic Catholic Church, Breese
Service Date
Monday, March 24, 2025
Service Time
11:00 a.m.
Service Location
St. Dominic Catholic Church, Breese
Full Obituary
Mary E. "Babe" Kruep has passed away at 90 in Breese on March 19, 2025
Babe was the third and youngest child of Margaret and Joseph Altepeter, joining older sisters Margaret Mary and Johanna. She was born on September 1, 1934. She was known almost exclusively as Babe since her birth, so much so that most people never knew her real name. The official: Mary Elizabeth Altepeter Kruep. She is the last in the local line of the Altepeters who, in the 1830s, along with three other families, founded what later became Breese. The Cholera Cross on Germantown Road was erected by her great-grandfather Altepeter.
Babe married her St. Dominic High School classmate, Donald "Deac" Kruep of Beckemeyer, in May of

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