FRANKLIN - Edward Anthony Kruebbe, III, was born on April 14, 1941, and joined the Church Triumphant on Jan. 12, 2022.
He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He joined the U.S. Navy (serving from 1959-1964), attended Louisiana State University New Orleans, and received a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He retired after 40 loyal years to Shell Oil Company and moved from his home in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Franklin in 2005 to enjoy his retirement in the mountains with his loving wife of 57 years, Charleen. He attended the First Presbyterian Church of Franklin.
He is survived by his loving wife, Charleen W. Kruebbe; daughters, Karen Kruebbe and Dawn Kruebbe Dussor; grandchildren, Samantha Dussor, George Dussor Jr., Brett Belwood, Jonathan Belwood and Cheyenne Belwood; siblings, David Kruebbe, Gail Kruebbe Ordes, Nancy Kruebbe Redondo and Thomas Kruebbe.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ianthe Lynn Lasseigne Kruebbe and Edward Anthony Kruebbe Jr.
Always thoughtful and generous and a firm believer in God, he spent his last eight years with Alzheimer’s but was well cared for and, in spite of memory issues, he always loved his family and occasionally remembered their names, but always remembered their faces. He will be dearly missed.
As he served in the U.S. Navy, he will be buried at the Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery. Services will be held at First Presbyterian Church of Franklin on Jan. 20 at 12 p.m. (visitation) and service at 1 p.m. He will be interred on Jan. 21 at 10 a.m., at the Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, 962 Old US Hwy 70, Black Mountain, NC 28711.
Online condolences can be made a maconfuneralhome.com. Flowers may also be sent to Macon Funeral Home.