Glenn Kroenung

Glenn Erwin Kroenung, 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, July 27, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau with his family by his side.

He was born June 12, 1940, in St. Louis to Erwin and Irma Albrecht Kroenung. He married Barbara Brockmeier on May 13, 1961, in Creve Coeur, and she survives. They enjoyed 63 years of marriage.

Glenn grew up on Long Road in Gumbo, now known as the Chesterfield Valley. He graduated from Clayton High School in 1957. He briefly served in the U.S. Army Reserve.

He spent most of his career in the grocery business. In 1976, he and his family relocated to Cape Girardeau to be part of the team to open the Cape Girardeau Schnucks store. He was the store’s first produce manager. Later, he worked for the Storey family as a store manager of the Sikeston Piggly Wiggly, followed by managing three Food Giant locations in Cape Girardeau.

Glenn found great pride in running a clean and efficient grocery store with friendly employees. Aside from the daily operations, he was a master at building displays and writing weekly grocery ads. Glenn retired from Bob’s Foodliner in Scott City in 2001. Post retirement, Glenn worked as a part-time starter at Dalhousie Golf Club. He never considered his golf course job as “work". He found great joy in greeting members, handing out Moon Pies and playing golf after hours.

Glenn’s hobbies included playing golf; spending winters at the beach in Naples, Florida; assembling jigsaw puzzles; and going on family vacations. Glenn was a long-time member of Cape Girardeau Elks Lodge No. 639 and Kimbeland Golf Club. He was a lifetime St. Louis Cardinals fan. In his younger years, when Glenn wasn’t playing softball or bowling, he coached many of his children’s sports teams.

Later, he found excitement in watching and cheering for his grandchildren and great-grandchildren from the sidelines, bleachers and fairway rough.

Glenn is survived by his wife, Barbara Kroenung; their children, Gene (Teresa) Kroenung of Wildwood, Phil of Cape Girardeau, Jill (Steven) Wendling of Effingham, Illinois, Joseph (Robin Halloran) Kroenung of Durango, Colorado, and Jeffrey (Astrid Becker) Kroenung of Chicago; grandchildren, Ian (Samantha) of Cape Girardeau, Jessica Booker of Chaffee, Trevor (Jennifer) of Cape Girardeau, Jackson (Kayla) Wendling of St. Louis, Meredith Wendling (fiance, Connor Catron) of Kansas City, Cali of Wildwood, Delyla of Durango, Jobin of Durango and August of Chicago; great-grandchildren, Kolton, Kade, Porter, Kory Mae and Riley June; brother in-law, John Brockmeier of Barnett; sisters-in-law, Helen Ravens of Eureka; Susan Kroenung of Fort Worth, Texas; and Dorothy (Thomas) McKeone of Ballwin; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Glenn was proceeded in death by his parents; in-laws, Melvin and Dorothy Brockmeier; brother, Paul Kroenung; and several brothers- and sisters-in-law.

A memorial visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. A memorial service will follow at 3 p.m. at the funeral home, with Deacon Mark Kiblinger officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in Glenn’s memory may be made to Prodigy Leadership Academy or Nell Holcomb School of Cape Girardeau or the donor’s choice.

Sympathy messages may be sent to the family at www.fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.