Joyce LaVon Kruckenberg, 69, died July 22, 2008 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas. She was born September 18, 1938 at home in Plains, Kansas, the daughter of Archie B. and Alma M. (McCoy) Graham. She was a graduate of Plains High School. She married Homer A. Kruckenberg February 4, 1957 at Manhattan, Kansas. Mrs. Kruckenberg was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening and service to others. Mrs. Kruckenberg was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and sang in the choir at one time, and often served lunches for the auxiliary mission at her church. She was a former member of the Pilot Club of Great Bend. Mrs. Kruckenberg also served as Barton County Democratic Chairwoman in 1976. In June 1977 she was invited to and attended dinner at the White House with President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale. Governor Joan Finney was a guest in Mrs. Kruckenberg's home and Finney appointed her to the Citizens Utilities Ratepayer Board, where Mrs. Kruckenberg took a keen interest in oversight of electric rates and the potential of renewable wind energy. Surviving Mrs. Kruckenberg are her husband, Homer, of the home; two daughters: Gretchen Titus-Schmitt, Prairie Village, Kansas; and Kaydene Truitt, Turon, Kansas; two sons: Kyle Kruckenberg, Great Bend, Kansas; and John Kruckenberg and wife, Lyndsay, Claflin, Kansas; twelve grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Duane Graham and Neil Graham; and a granddaughter, Emily Anne Kruckenberg. A prayer service will be at 7:00 p.m., Friday, July 25, 2008 at Bryant Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 26, 2008 at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Reverend James A. Strasen officiating. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday, July 25, 2008 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials in Mrs. Kruckenberg's name are requested to Trinity Lutheran Church, in care of the funeral home.