Theresa "Terry" Gruenberg

May 13, 1934 -

Aug 23, 2022

Terry Gruenberg passed away peacefully in her home in Anchorage, Alaska after a week of hospice care. She had moved to Alaska last October from Minot, N.D. to be closer to family.

Terry was born in Kramer, N.D. to Ted and Rose Naumann. She spent most of her life in Minot, N.D., and also lived in Rochester and Minneapolis, Minn. and Sioux Falls, S.D.

Terry's occupation was in administration. She worked as a Medical Services Accounts Officer for the Air Force Hospital in Minot, and later as a receptionist for an orthopedic surgeon. She said that "of all the jobs she had, the most satisfying and the one that fills me with the most pride was being a MOM. To raise children and to see them take flight to their own destinations in life is the most rewarding thing a mom can do. And then to be further rewarded by new generations of grandchildren and great grandchildren is the ultimate satisfaction."

Her special interests were baseball, politics, history and reading.

She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Michelle Kruse of Eagle River and daughter, Karlene Johnson of Plymouth, Minn.; and grandchildren, Mike Kruse, Mark Kruse, Dustin Trice, Danielle Trice, Justin Gruenberg and Josh Gruenberg; and great grandchildren, Renner, Steele, Ezekiel, Rekker, Charlie, Kale and Jacob.

Terry was proceeded in death by her parents, Ted and Rose Naumann; her first husband, Donald Kruse; second, husband Fred Gruenberg; step-son, Robert Gruenberg; and son-in-law, Monte Johnson.

She wished to be buried with her husband, Fred at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Mandan.