A founder of ICGC has died === Donald Krueger

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    In 1984, Strongsville businessman Don Kruger, along with a local Cleveland artist, Cliff Clay, made a connection with an inventor in Columbus who wanted to form a statewide inventor group with chapters in each of the major cities. The organizational meeting they called was held at Cleveland State University and was attended by about 50 people. Some of those people left their names to receive more information.

    Don (with the help of his wife, Mary Ann) sent out mail to those people for meetings held in Don's Strongsville office, where a dozen folks sat around in a circle and laid the groundwork for ICGC. The group, with Don as its president, became the first chapter in the statewide organization, but soon broke away from the state group over concerns about the parent group's not paying its bills. At the end of each meeting, the small group of attendees would hand-address envelopes to facilitate mailing meeting announcements to others who had shown interest in such a group, and one envelope to themselves.

    Eventually, ICGC outgrew Don's office and began meeting in other venues.

    Thus, ICGC, owes a large debt of gratitude to Don and Mary Ann Krueger for its very existence.  

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DONALD PAUL KRUEGER Sr.

Obituary

KRUEGER DONALD PAUL KRUEGER SR., age 88. Dear husband of Mary Ann (nee Anton) for 66 years; loving father of Donna Dreher (Ronald, deceased), Joseph, Michael (Jennifer), Mary Ann Messina (Anthony), Alice Liskay (Michael) and Donald (Sandra); grandfather of Brian, Julie (David), Deborah, Shelley (Rob), Douglas, Joseph (Katey), Angela (Josh), Meredith, Adrienne, Lucy, Nicole (Kevin), Shannyn (John), Michael and Rebecca (Michael); great-grandfather of Sam, Sarah, Marin, Alexa, Dominic, Matthew, Derek, Emma and Tyler; dear brother of Marilyn McCullough (Byron, deceased). Prayer Services Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 at THE MALLCHOK FUNERAL HOME, 5660 RIDGE RD., PARMA, OH at 10:15 a.m. Funeral Mass St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church at 11 a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT THE FUNERAL HOME FRIDAY 1-4 AND 6-8 P.M. Family requests memorial contributions to St. Anthony of Padua Parish Endowment Fund, 6750 State Rd., Parma, Ohio 44134. www.cleveland.com/obits

Published in The Plain Dealer on Dec. 17, 2014

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