John Kruppstadt

1954 - 2022

Family will receive friends Monday, Jan. 12, at Barnes Family Funeral Home in Ozark. Burial with full military honors followed at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield. Online condolences maybe shared at http://www.barnesfamilyfunerals.com.
John Robert Kruppstadt, 67, of Ozark passed away at Cox Medical Center South, Springfield, early Tuesday morning, Jan. 4, 2022. He was born Aug. 12, 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to the late Robert Louis Kruppstadt and Gloria Joan (Gray) Kruppstadt. He was baptized into Christ at the Emerson Congregational Church in Richfield, Minnesota.
John graduated high school at Edina High School Edina, Minnesota in 1972, and enlisted in the United States Navy. He was stationed at Lemore, California, aboard the USS Enterprise. While in California, he met Doris June Mayberry, and they were married in August of 1974. In October of 1978, they welcomed a daughter, Jennifer June, and then in March 1980 they welcomed son, Robert Nelson. Doris and John later divorced, but still remained friends.
In 1986, John was employed for Varco Pruden Metal Buildings in Turlock, California. Later in 1991, John moved the family to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he continued working at Varco Pruden metal Buildings for 34 years, retiring Sept. 11, 2020. On May 15, 2004, John was united in marriage to Connie Sue (Florea).
Everything John did was for his family, he always had a smile and a big laugh or joke to tell you, plus he loved to whistle, hunt and fish. John will be deeply missed by all those that knew him.
John is survived by his wife Connie; daughter Jennifer Kruppstadt and her partner Steve Carston; son Robert Kruppstadt and his wife Heidi; grandsons John, Augustine, Austin and Steven; ex-wife and friend Doris Kruppstadt all of Ozark; brother Kerry Kruppstadt and wife Gloria of Minnetonka Minnoesota; sister Sherri Redding and husband Robert of St. Michael, Minnesota; brother Tom Kruppstadt and wife Paula of Shenandoah, Texas. His in-laws Steve and Lisa Florea of Norman, Oklahoma, Diane and Carl Ashbaugh and Dwight and Sue Florea of Maryville, Jim and Marlene Florea and Tammy Florea of Hopkins, and many nieces and nephews.
John was preceded in death by his parents, stepmother Jeanne, his granddaughter Paige Landes Kruppstadt, sister Judy Rosenwinkel, Doris' parents Nelson and Dorothy Mayberry and Connie' parents Orville and Mary Florea and brother-in-law David Florea. His Uncles Tom, John, Paul Kruppstadt and Don and Virginia Poisl all of WI.
Go rest high on that mountain, John. You will forever be loved and missed by all. The family requests memorials to be made to any military entity, Wounded Warrior Project, Purple Heart Foundation or a military program of your choice.