Kruse, Mary-Louise (Sperry) formerly of Wellesley, passed away with her children by her side on October 12, 2023. She was 92 years old. Beloved wife of the late Carl Kruse. Loving mother of John Robert Kruse (Amy) of Dennis, MA and Martha Kruse Lake (Nick) of Johns Island, SC. The devoted grandmother of Maxwell Emerson Kruse, MD (Natalie), Charlotte Hathaway Kruse, Samuel Warren Kruse, Alex Nicholas Lake (Elise), Madilene Nicolle Lake, Bethany Lake King (Wil). The proud great grandmother of Adelaide Skelly Lake, Eloise Sperry Lake, Mary Caroline Fairchild Lake and Caroline Hathaway Kruse. The sister of Martha Sperry Dewey (Nick) and Susan Sperry Hicks (Bob). The loving aunt to many nieces and nephews. Mary- Lou was also preceded in death by loving friend Allan Arthur Holmberg, his late son, and survived by his children and grandchildren who she loved as her own.
Mary- Lou was the daughter of the late Eunice Greenwood Warren Sperry and Clair John Wetherell Sperry. She was raised in Leicester MA. She attended University of Connecticut where she met Carl Kruse her freshman year. She graduated from Simmons College, Boston and studied Dietetics at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. After living in several locations in Massachusetts Mary- Lou and Carl moved their family to northern California and then to Pacific Palisades in Southern California. They returned to Massachusetts and settled in Wellesley in 1973. Mary-Lou quickly became involved in the Wellesley Village Congregational Church and the community. Mary-Lou worked at the Wellesley Free Library for over 15 years. She was an active member of P.E.O., the Boston Kappa Alumnae Association, the Wellesley Garden Club, the Scholarship fund of Tau Beta, and served as a Doric Docent at the Massachusetts State House for over ten years. She loved new experiences and traveled extensively throughout the world. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren especially if there was an opportunity for adventure!
Mary-Lou lived a dynamic life of gratitude and faith. Her greatest legacy is the loving family/extended family that she created, the friends whom she cherished and those whose lives she changed with her caring service.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Wellesley Village Congregational Church on November 11, 2023 at 1:00 with a reception to follow. Friends and family are kindly invited.
In lieu of flowers a memorial gift can be made to Wellesley Village Congregational Church, the P.E.O. Foundation or a charity of your choice.