Funeral services for Ashley M. Kruse, 20, of Aurelia, will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Missy Brown officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Aurelia. Visitation will be Friday from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., with the family present, at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia. The Redig Funeral Home of Aurelia is in charge of arrangements.

Ashley Marie was born February 7, 1991 at Ida Grove, Iowa, the daughter of Kordell Jay and Carolyn Sue (Lewis) Kruse. Ashley graduated from the Aurelia High School in 2009. She attended NITC in Sheldon.  She worked for K-Mart in Cherokee. Ashley enjoyed music and liked to sing. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia.

Ashley died Thursday, December 28, 2011 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Preceding Ashley in death were her great-grandparents; Jim and Alvina Lewis and Wayne Kruse, and Uncle Wes.

Survivors include her parents, Kordell and Carolyn Kruse and her sister, Alyssa Kruse all of Aurelia, her grandparents; Art and Eldoris Dykstra of Hull, IA, and Jerry Lewis and Alice Lewis of Aurelia, aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends.