Lowen Kruse

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Lowen Kruse (February 25, 1929 – November 24, 2017) was a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. From 2001 to 2009, he represented the 13th District, consisting of part of Omaha, Nebraska, in the Nebraska Legislature.{{cite web|url=http://www.enterprisepub.com/news/former-state-senator-plans-to-chat-about-legislature/article_716471de-72ba-55dc-937e-50833f4aeef0.html|title=Former state senator plans to chat about Legislature|accessdate=November 26, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Kruse was a minister for the United Methodist Church in the Nebraska Conference from 1956 until 1994.{{Cite news|url=http://www.omaha.com/obits/kruse-lowen-v/article_b77ea7f1-468e-5284-8cb6-2e4f59cbf73b.html|title=Kruse, Lowen V.|work=Omaha.com|access-date=2018-05-09|language=en}} He was married to Ruth (Wallis) Kruse for 61 years, from 1956 until his death.{{Cite news|url=http://www.omaha.com/obits/kruse-lowen-v/article_b77ea7f1-468e-5284-8cb6-2e4f59cbf73b.html|title=Kruse, Lowen V.|work=Omaha.com|access-date=2018-05-09|language=en}}

Kruse was born in 1929, in Boelus, Nebraska, and graduated from Boelus High School, Nebraska Wesleyan University, and Garrett Theological Seminary at Northwestern University with a master's degree. In addition to serving as a United Methodist minister in Omaha, Kruse was also a pastor in other Nebraska counties and held other positions in the church. He published three works: Paradise on the Prairie, We Are the Church, and Omaha: The Prairie Blossoms.

In 2000, Kruse was elected to represent the 13th Nebraska legislative district. He was reelected in 2004. In the Legislature, he served as vice chairperson of the Appropriations Committee.

Kruse died on November 24, 2017, at the age of 88.{{cite web|url=http://jfon-ne.org/news/lowen-v-kruse-feb-25-1929-nov-24-2017/|title=Lowen V Kruse|accessdate=November 26, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041246/http://jfon-ne.org/news/lowen-v-kruse-feb-25-1929-nov-24-2017/|url-status=dead}}

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{{succession box| before=Dan Lynch | title=Nebraska state senator-district 13 | years=2001-2009| after=Tanya Cook }}

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