Timothy A. Kruger, 59, of Quarryville, Pa. died at Lancaster General Health on Aug. 15, 2014. He was the husband of Julie Good-Kruger ’77 for over 34 years.

Tim graduated from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., with a bachelor of arts in English.

Tim and Julie owned Good-Kruger Dolls, Inc. for 20 years. He later managed the industrial division for VisionCorps (formerly SABVI), serving the blind community for 10 years. After retiring a year and a half ago, he joined Julie in the family business, Inglenook Tile Design. A creative and artistic person, Tim collaborated with Julie on many design projects.

Tim was a marathon runner and played football in high school and college.

He was a kind and compassionate man, who was an inspiration to many and known to be a tremendous consensus builder.

The light of Tim’s life was his family. He considered raising his daughters to be his greatest life work. He derived his strength from his belief in Christ.

Born in Minneapolis, Tim was the son of the late Arden and Shirley Knutson Kruger. In addition to Julie, he is survived by daughters, Emily Kruger and husband Imad Belaallam, and Kristina Kruger and husband Matthew Fisher; a brother, Marc Kruger and wife Stacey Gruett; a sister, Marci and husband Larry Kiewel; and nieces and nephews.