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Ann was born in Pittsville, MO on March 21,1928 to Joseph Grigsby Renick and Mary Elizabeth (Smith)Renick. She was the seventh of their ten children. After the passing of both of her parents in 1945-46. The 5 younger children lived with their blind Aunt.
After their aunt passed in 1950, Ann and her youngest sister Laura moved to Kansas City, MO Where she met her husband of 37yrs Richard D. Kroger they married on June13,1954. They had 3 children, two daughters and a son.
Ann attended Cosmetology School at the House of Heavilin in KCMO in 1960 and received degree that meant a lot to her. Ann was a member of the First Baptist Church in Raytown.
She was proceeded in death by her husband, Richard Dale Kroger; parents, Joseph and Mary (Smith) Reik; and eight siblings: Kenneth Eugene Renick, Elizabeth Alberta (Renick) Gardner, Katheryn Virginia (Renick) Alley, Lorene America (Renick) Carson, Josephine Francis (Renick) Rodgers, Raymond Grigsby Renick, Robert Allen Renick and Earl Richard Renick.
She leaves behind two daughters, Daneen Ann Thurman (David), Raytown MO, and Dana Lynelle Cramer(Lee) Raytown MO; a son, Kerry Dale Kroger Kansas City, MO; two grandsons, Sean Patrick Thurman (Natalie) Bentonville, AR and Ryan Matthew Thurman (Erica) Raytown, MO; a Granddaughter, Leah Danielle Cramer(Ashton) Warrensburg, MO; her sister, Laura Marie (Renick) Conley, Oak Grove, MO; and numerous nieces, nephews, extended family members, close friends and pets.
In lieu of flowers Ann's family asks for donations to be made to the Dementia Society at www.dementiasoceity.org.
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