KRUEGER [paid death notice]

Summary

Paid death-notice — Imelda Kelly Krueger, died November 10 1926. Beloved wife of Karl P. Krueger; loving daughter of Mrs. Mary Kelly; and sister of MRS. JAMES MURPHY, Irene, Mary and Walter Kelly. Funeral Friday November 12 1926 at 8:30 a.m. from the chapel of Cunningham & O'Connor, 1031 South Grand avenue, Los Angeles. Requiem mass at St. Vibiana's Cathedral at 9 a.m. Interment Calvary Cemetery. ARCHIVE-RELEVANT FINDING. The decedent's sister "Mrs. James Murphy" is most plausibly the same "Mrs. James J. Murphy" of Victoria Avenue LA who appears as mother of the bride in the 1940 Llewellyn-Murphy wedding. If so, Mrs. James J. Murphy's MAIDEN NAME was KELLY — making the LA Murphy household a Murphy / Kelly union. The 1940 daughter Imelda Murphy (a Llewellyn-Murphy bridesmaid) would then be named for her aunt Imelda Kelly Krueger (deceased 1926). The user's filename ("KBTJEGER") is a typo for "KRUEGER." KELLY-SIDE FAMILY: Mrs. Mary Kelly (mother, alive 1926); four surviving siblings — Mrs. James Murphy [married name], Irene Kelly, Mary Kelly, Walter Kelly. Per user direction (2026-05- 26) the speculative-lineage hypothesis is held lightly and the user's supplemental records will arrive in a future folder.

Also mentioned

• Imelda Kelly Krueger · deceased

  Died Nov 10 1926 LA, wife of Karl P. Krueger, daughter of Mrs. Mary Kelly.

• Karl P. Krueger · surviving_husband
• Mrs. Mary Kelly · surviving_mother
• Mrs. James Murphy · surviving_sister

  Married name. Plausibly the same Mrs. James J. Murphy of Victoria Ave LA who appears in the 1940 Llewellyn-Murphy wedding as the mother of the bride. If so, Mrs. James J. Murphy was born a Kelly.

• Irene Kelly · surviving_sister
• Mary Kelly · surviving_sister

  Probably distinct from her mother Mrs. Mary Kelly — but the headline reads as ambiguous.

• Walter Kelly · surviving_brother

Places

• Los Angeles, California (primary)

Themes

• death
• obituary

Story threads

• The Pat-and-Ellen Murphy household — Butte 1887 to LA 1980

Tags

• color
• context_setting

Source type

death_notice, obituary

Related sources

• 1940-11-09 — The Los Angeles Times, p.24 — Llewellyn-Murphy Bridal Solemnities Due Today
• 1936-10-07 — The Los Angeles Times, p.42 — MURPHY—SCHUELLER

Open questions

• Confirm via independent records that Mrs. James J. Murphy of Victoria Ave LA (1940) is the same "Mrs. James Murphy" surviving Imelda Kelly Krueger in 1926. If so, the Murphy- Kelly maternal line is documented here.
• The 1940 Llewellyn-Murphy wedding's daughter Imelda Murphy is named for her aunt Imelda Kelly Krueger (d. 1926). Naming pattern.