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 Home Address: 5404 N. 50th Ave., Omaha, NE 68104-1836
Office Address: Room 1021, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2727
E-mail: lkruse@leg.ne.gov
Elected to Nebraska Legislature: 2000, 2004
Committees: Intergovernmental Cooperation (chairperson); Appropriations (vice chairperson)
Biography: Born in Boelus, 1929.
Education: Graduate of Boelus High School; Nebraska Wesleyan University (B.A.); Garrett Seminary, Northwestern University (master’s degree).
Family: Married Ruth Kruse; two children: Doug and Jorika.
Occupation: Retired from pastoral work, Omaha District of United Methodist Churches, 1994.
Former: executive minister, Omaha First United Methodist Church; director of ministries, Nebraska United Methodist Churches; superintendent of churches in northeast Nebraska; pastor in Buffalo, Custer and Douglas counties; railroad wheelhouse employee; farmer.
Member: Miller-Park-Minne Lusa Community Association; North Omaha Kiwanis; Lions International; volunteer in construction and housing rehabilitation in Omaha, Chile and Texas; habitat volunteer.
Former member: Board of trustees, Methodist Hospital; board of trustees, UNO campus ministry; board of trustees, Together Inc.; board of trustees, Wesley House; board of trustees, Crowell Home; board of trustees, Nebraska Wesleyan University; programming for community development, adult education and youth work.
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