Harm P. Kruse, 98, died Monday, August 20, 2012, at the White Healthcare Center in Whiter, South Dakota. Funeral Services will be 1:30 P.M. on Saturday, August 25, 2012, at the First Baptist Church in White with interment at Fairview Cemetery at White. Visitations will be from 5 to 7 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Harm P. Kruse was born on August 1, 1914, in Argo Township, Brookings County, South Dakota, to Peter L. and Rena (Johnson) Kruse. He moved to Oak Lake Township at age four with his parents to the farm where he lived for 86 years. One of Harm's first farm experiences was picking corn for his uncle in George, Iowa, one row at a time by hand. He attended Oak Lake District 60 School. By the time he was 85, he still helped harvest corn, but then he harvested eight rows at a time. On June 4, 1938, he was married to Harriet Jurrens at Brookings. The couple farmed near Toronto, and later moved to the Lincoln Lane Villa in Hendricks, Minnesota, on August 1, 2005. They entered the White Healthcare Center at White in November 2006. Harm was a lifelong member of The First Baptist Church in White. Harm is survived by his son, Donald (Beverly) Kruse of Hendricks, Minnesota; two grandchildren: Dawn (Jim) Derman of Geneva, Illinois, and Jeff (Kay) Kruse of Maple Grove, Minnesota; five great-grandchildren: Molly and Megan Derman, and Ashley (Sean) Jensen, Michael (Elena) Kruse, and Nicholas Kruse. He was preceded in death by his wife, Harriet; and his parents, Peter and Rena.