Kathleen Kinney:  

I should start out by saying that I was Kathleen Kinney or Kat while at Shepherd High School. A little history. After graduation from Shepherd High School in 1988, I attended CMU for 1 semester. In February 1989 , I married Brian Krueger of Weidman. We lived in Mt. Pleasant where our son, Forrest, was born in June of 1989 and our daughter, Kellea, was born in August of 1990. We moved to Remus in 1996. We home schooled our kids through 8th grade then enrolled them in Chippewa Hills High School. Our family was active in children's community sports (t-ball, baseball, softball, soccer, rocket football and rocket cheer. Our family was also active in 4-H is both Mecosta and Isabella counties. In Isabella county the kids did all kinds of activities including arts, crafts, public speaking, creative writing, and raising rabbits to name a few. My daughter rode horses in speed, English, western, and saddle seat through Mecosta 4-H starting 2001. While in high school my son played baseball and football and excelled in creative writing. My daughter was part of the equestrian team, a cheerleader, ran cross country and track, and excelled in art. Both of the kids were officers in NHS and Kellea was active in student council. Forrest graduated in 2007 and went off to Western Michigan University for Aviation. Kellea graduated in 2008 then enrolled in University of Michigan Flint after 2 years she transferred to CMU to be closer to home. I was there driver, tutor, and cheerleader. Brian worked at CME Corp in Mt.Pleasant for 10 years and has been at Dow Chemical since 2000. I worked part time at the Meijer Photo Lab and as a cashier at Fate's Market in Remus for brief terms and extra income. In 2006, I enrolled in...Expand for more