Obituary of John Krumrine II

John Nevin Krumrine II, 53, passed away on October 11, 2011 in Las Cruces, NM. John was born in Bellefonte, PA, on October 19, 1957. He was the son of Jack M. and Mary Louise Krumrine, and the grandson of George Dewey and Mary J. Krumrine of State College, PA. John graduated in 1975 from State College High School, where he played on the baseball and basketball teams. He received his BA in Economics and Business Administration from Gettysburg College in 1979. After college, John attended the United States Navy Officers Candidate School in Newport, RI and was commissioned as an Officer. He served in the Navy for seven years and was assigned to the USS Preble. While in the Navy, John attended the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA where he became fluent in Portuguese. He spent two years in Rio de Janeiro as an English instructor to midshipmen at the Brazilian Naval Academy. John received his Masters Degree in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Tucson, AZ in 1988. John moved to Las Cruces to start a business growing poinsettias in geothermal heated greenhouses, which he leased from the New Mexico State University. The business developed into J & K Growers and expanded to include a new geothermal greenhouse facility where many varieties of plants and herbs were grown. For the past 11 years, John worked as a Financial Advisor and an Assistant Vice President at Merrill Lynch in Las Cruces. During this time, he earned the credentials of Chartered Retirement Planning Consultant and Certified Financial Manager. John was a trusted friend and advisor to his clients. John was the loving father of Marianna M. Krumrine of Laguna Beach, CA, who survives him along with his former wife, Kerry Bowers. John is also survived by his mother and his sisters: Jane K. Lawson-Bell, Christina Krumrine, and Anne Krumrine. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Koch Funeral Home, 2401 S. Atherton St., State College with the Rev. P. Stevens Lynn officiating. Online condolences may be made at www.kochfuneralhome.com.