Scholarship Set In Name Of Fort Hood Victim
Couple Never Met Krueger, Family
Updated: 8:30 am CST December 26, 2009
KIEL, Wis. -- A Baraboo couple has established a scholarship honoring a Wisconsin soldier who was killed in the Nov. 5 Fort Hood shootings.Tom and Cheryl Hayes never met Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger or her family, but they said they felt a special connection when they found out she'd been studying psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.Tom Hayes, a psychologist from UW-Whitewater, said he'd been meaning to establish a scholarship, and Krueger's death spurred him to action.The Sheboygan Press said the Amy Krueger Memorial Scholarship will provide $500 each year to a UW-Whitewater psychology major, with preference given to a student in the U.S. Armed Forces.Jeri Krueger said the Hayes are "wonderful, wonderful people" for keeping her daughter's memory alive.
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