KIEL — The funeral for Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger, who was killed in the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Kiel High School and will be open to the public, Mayor Robert Werdeo said Tuesday.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the school.
Krueger will be buried in Schleswig Cemetery in Rockville, near Kiel, after a private graveside service, said Werdeo, a friend of Krueger and her family.
On Tuesday, Krueger’s body was flown from Dover, Del., to Milwaukee where the casket was transferred to a hearse for the drive to Kiel. The procession arrived at Meiselwitz-Vollstedt Funeral Home in Kiel at about 2 p.m.
The procession accompanying the hearse consisted of two Kiel police cars, three U.S. Army vehicles, numerous motorcycles from the Patriot Guard Riders and the personal vehicles of Krueger’s loved ones, according to Police Chief Dave Funkhouser and Werdeo.
People lined the streets for 10 blocks from Highway 67 to Sixth Street where the funeral home is located, Werdeo said. No ceremony was held in Kiel on Tuesday.
According to the mayor, dignitaries including Gov. Jim Doyle and possibly an army general from Fort Hood will visit Kiel on Friday or Saturday.
Krueger, 29, was among 12 soldiers and one civilian employee killed in Thursday’s shooting at Fort Hood. Authorities say army psychiatrist and Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan fired more than 100 rounds at a soldier-processing center before police shot him in the torso.
Also killed in the rampage was Army Reserve Capt. Russell Seager of Racine.
“The tragic events at Fort Hood continue to be a real shock to the people of Wisconsin,” Gov. Jim Doyle said in a prepared statement. “It is a terrible tragedy for all of us, particularly for those families who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. Our prayers are with all the affected families and we are incredibly thankful for the service of their loved ones.”
Doyle thanked the families and friends of Capt. Seager and Sgt. Krueger and offered his condolences on behalf of the people of Wisconsin. The soldiers were members of the 467th Combat Stress Detachment from the U.S. Army Reserve based in Madison. Four additional Wisconsin soldiers received medical treatment for injuries sustained in the attack.
On Friday, the governor ordered the state’s flags to be flown at half-staff until today. Flags should be flown at full staff on Veteran’s Day, according to Doyle’s office.
“I am anguished by the death of Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger of Kiel, who joined the service in response to 9/11, who served in Afghanistan, and who took as her motto, ‘All gave some, some gave all. Sacrifice,’” U.S. Rep. Tom Petri said in a prepared statement.
