Donald Gene “Butch” Krug

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Donald Gene “Butch” Krug, 72, of Callahan, Fla., went home to be with his Lord and Savior June 19, 2019, at UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Fla. He was born Oct. 27, 1946 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville to Walter Eugene and Ellen Blakley Krug. He moved to the Boys' Home Association in Jacksonville at age 10. Butch graduated from Fort Scott Junior College and Pittsburg State College in Kansas. He played football at both schools. He married the love of his life, Connie Morehead June 5, 1970. He was a firefighter engineer for the City of Jacksonville Beach for 28 years, retiring in 2003. They lived in Jacksonville until 2009 when they moved to the home he built in Callahan. He worked hard caring for his family. He enjoyed sports, racquetball, football, golf and softball. He was saved at the age of 23 at the First Baptist Church in Fort Scott, Kan. He was later a member of Arlington Baptist Church Jacksonville. He was currently a very active member of Callahan First Baptist Church. He made friends everywhere he went. He enjoyed telling stories and didn’t mind telling on himself! His favorite Bible verse was Ephesians 2:10, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” He tried to embody that verse in his life.

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