Edwin Joseph Krempecke

Mr. Edwin Joseph Krempecke, 78, of Rothgeb Ridge Rd., Blairsville, Ga., died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at his home following an extended illness.

Mr. Krempecke was born May 12, 1929 in Trenton, N.J., the son of the late Edmond Krempecke and the late Catherine Ordorzk Krempecke. He retired in 1986 from the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company with over 30 years of service. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy of the Korean War. He loved golf, fishing, camping, skiing and was an outdoorsman. Most of all, he was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Florence Hoyer and Bernice Anderson. Mr. Krempecke was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.

Surviving Mr. Krempecke is his loving wife of 22 years, Kay Krempecke of Blairsville; children, Edwin and Deborah Krempecke of Johnson, Vt., Donna and Mark Wilson of Jackson, N.J., Karen and Larry Turner of Blairsville, Cheryl and Richard Wortley of Tucson, Ariz., Hugh and Allison Hirth of Sunset Beach, N.C., Brian Hirth of Washington, D.C.; sisters, Evelyn Andrzjak

of Phoenix, Ariz., Jacquline

Abbott of Allentown,

N.J.; grandchildren, Jennifer, Michael and

Christopher Wilson, Blair, Nicole and

Christine Goldbacher,

Lara Turner, Alexander and Casandra Wortley and Nicolas Hirth; several

nieces, nephews, many

other relatives and friends also survive.

Funeral services were held Saturday March 28, 2008 at 11 a.m. from St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church with Father Richard Wise officiating. Pallbearers were Hugh Hirth, Tony Kimball, Richard Stone and Larry Turner. Interment and graveside services were held Monday at 2 p.m. from the St. Mary's Cemetery in Hamilton, N.J.

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome. com