Jennie V. Kralicek

Jennie V. Kralicek, age 90, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:20 A.M. on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, at Bowling Green Manor, Bowling Green, Ohio, where she was a resident. She attended school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and worked at the hospital in Logansport, Indiana, and for a doctor’s office in Indianapolis, Indiana, prior to meeting her husband. Upon moving to Bryan, she was a longtime employee of The Charles Company and had worked along side her husband as owners of the Bryan Ranch House Restaurant from 1970-1988. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bryan. Jennie V. Kralicek was born on November 8, 1924, in Garrett, Indiana, the daughter of Forace Mahlon and Jennie (March) Brewer. She married John C. Kralicek, Jr. on April 23, 1955, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and he preceded her in death on December 23, 2008. Survivors include one son, John C. Kralicek III, of Bryan; one daughter, Susan Kay Cramer, of Weston, Ohio; five grandchildren, Cynthia K. (Brandon) Study, of Gulf Port, Mississippi, Zachariah J. Cramer, of Portland, Oregon, Brewer R. Cramer, of Gulf Port, Tricia (Ryan) Finchum, of Gilbert, Arizona, Craig (Amanda) Bair, of Glendale, Arizona; one great-grandson, Jaxson Study; and two great-granddaughters, Vanessa and Emma Finchum; three sisters, Lorene Oswalt, in Tennessee, Ines (Robert) Gillespie, of Wabash, Indiana, and Luana Stanley, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; one brother, Max Brewer, in Texas; a brother-in-law, Charles Holmes, also of Fort Wayne; and three sisters-in-law, Rosie Brewer, of Muncie, Indiana, Joan Brewer, also of Fort Wayne, and Bernice “Sis” Tuttle, of Racine, Wisconsin. She was also preceded in death by her parents, one great-grandson, Braydon Study, five sisters, Dorothy and Virginia Brewer, Hertha Kruckberg, Venita Messinger and Jean Holmes; infant sisters, Ruth and Wanda Brewer; and two brothers, Ray and Hale Brewer. Services for Jennie V. Kralicek will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2015, at 10:00 A.M. in the Krill Funeral Home, 860 West Mulberry Street, Bryan, Ohio, with Father James Halleron officiating. Interment will follow in Shiffler Cemetery near Bryan, Ohio. Visitation will be in the Krill Funeral Home, Bryan, from 4:00-8:00 P.M. on Friday, September 18, 2015. Memorials in the name of Jennie V. Kralicek may be given to St. Patrick Catholic Church.