JOHN PHILLIP "JACK" KREMA ~ Class of 1953
September 2, 1935 - May 18, 2008



John Phillip Krema, of Redmond, died Sunday of natural causes. He was 72.

Private services will be held.

Jack was born September 2, 1935 in Minneapolis, MN the only child of John and Louise Anderson Krema. He graduated from Columbia high school in 1953, and he received an associate degree in finance from Columbia Basin College.

He married Barbara Kramer ('54) in May of 1955. They had 8 children and divorced in 1992.

Mr. Krema was a maintenance foreman, retiring in 1998. He was a member of the National Rifle Association and the Terrebonne Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. He enjoyed fishing, guns and sports.

He was preceeded in death by his mother in 2006.

Survivors include his 101 year old father, four sons: John, of Redmond, Christofer, of Reno, NV, Mitchel, of Shoreline, WA, and Erik, of Poulsbo, WA; four daughters: Kathleen Feist, of Kent, WA, Kiera Beck, of Forest Grove, Gretchen Kruden, of Kettle Falls, WA, and Jennifer Milbourn, of Tacoma, WA; 19 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Autumn Funerals of Redmond is in charge of arrangements.