Our Staff

Paul Kroeger

Licensed Funeral Director

Paul Patrick Kroeger is a Funeral Director and owner/manager of the funeral home. (He is the fourth generation of the Kroeger family to be engaged in funeral service.) 

Paul is a 1972 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He also attended Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Chicago.  

Paul is a member of numerous civic and fraternal organizations. He was a charter member of the Cass County Community Foundation and currently serves on the Board of Directors. 

For thirty-one years Paul hosted, with co-host and good friend Judy McNarny, the weekly radio interview program, "The Chamber Today", which highlighted activities of the Logansport/Cass County Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Indiana Society of Chicago, the Columbia Club of Indianapolis and other state and local organizations.

Paul is an active member of All Saints Catholic Church, Logansport. He has served on the Parish Council and All Saints School Board. He is part-time organist at All Saints Catholic Church and Trinity Episcopal Church, as well as substituting at various churches in the area.

After four-years of employment at Amtrak after college, he returned to Logansport and the family business.

Jim Crain

Licensed Funeral Director

Jim Crain is a licensed embalmer and funeral director. He is a graduate of Mid-America College of Mortuary Science and has been with us since 1981. He is married to the former Andrea (Cain) Foreman.

He is our granite monument and memorial design representative for Patten Monument. Jim has been assisting families with their monument selection for more than 30 years.

He is active in a number of community organizations, including the Kiwanis Club. Jim has four children, Samuel, Oliver, Isabelle and Harrison.

Andrea and Jim are members of All Saints Catholic Church

Jim is also a member of the Logan's Landing Board of Directors, the Logansport Noon Kiwanis Club, Indiana Funeral Directors Association. He has been an active participant in downtown Logansport revitalization projects.

As a forty-one-year licensed director at Kroeger Funeral Home, he is widely known in Logansport and the Cass County Community for his expertise in all matters relating to funeral service and embalming. 

Bill Bauman

Administrative & Staff Assistant

Bill Bauman graduated from Logansport High School in 1996. He attended a friend's funeral at Kroeger Funeral Home in 2002, and decided he wanted to be involved in a profession where he could make a difference in peoples' lives every day, and has been with the firm since that time.

Bill is responsible for producing our family tribute videos, which includes various printing duties and graphic designs, and all forms of funeral service personalization.

Bill enjoys automobiles and keeping our professional vehicles beautifully maintained, as well as, spending time working on our lawn and garden care.

He is also our webmaster and loves technology and computer challenges.

In 2016 Bill married the former Kailin Sewell, she is the Wellness director at Steinberger Construction here in Logansport.

In his spare time, Bill enjoys running and competing in Ultra Marathons and Trail races with his wife, Kailin. He is very involved with the local active living community that helps support, running, bicycling and general heath and fitness in Cass County. 

Bill is also the founding member of the Confluence Running Club. He loves to introduce people into running, and seeing how it changes lives and positively affects the community he has called home all of his life.  

Kathy Miller

Office Manager/Administrative Assistant

Kathy retired from full time at the funeral home in 2023. She still stops in to help out when needed but is enjoying her time away after 30 years of being in the office daily. 

Kathy is secretary at the funeral home and coordinates all details relating to the clerical aspects of the business. (This doesn't begin to describe the numerous tasks she handles well.) She has been with us since February, 1993.  

She and her husband, Jim, have two sons, Christoffer, Indianapolis; and Michael, and his wife, Danielle, and her children, Arsalie, Tristen, and Titus, of rural Decatur, Indiana.

Gary Chambers

Licensed Funeral Director

Gary Chambers is a licensed Funeral Director who assists us on a part-time basis. He was a full-time Funeral Director with Kroeger Funeral Home until 2002.

Gary is now a ladderman with the Logansport Fire Department. He is also a member of the Clymers Volunteer Fire Department and the Cass County Emergency Management Agency.

He is a member and Past Master of Tipton Masonic Lodge. Gary is married to Glenda and they have two children, Victoria and Benjamin. They are members of Clymers United Methodist Church.

Rev. Ken Smith

Funeral and Service Associate

Ken has been our funeral assistant and front door ambassador for many, many years. He is always eager to assist when asked.  Ken is a "retired" pastor, most recently from Hickory Grove Church near Idaville. Since retirement, Ken has been serving various churches in the area as a supply preacher and minister. His wife, Trina, has been an active part of his ministry as well. Ken and Trina hold a special and dear place in our funeral home family. They reside in rural Cass County

Paula Jones

Service Associate

Paula often greets our guests during visitations and funerals. A member of All Saints Catholic Church, Paula and her husband, Scott, each have had a long association with Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Company. 

Jane Sefton

Pre-planning Specialist

Levi Holder

Levi came to Kroeger Funeral Home in the summer of 2014 as an intern with the Century Career Center program at Logansport High School. 

Levi is the son of Brad Holder and Shannon Holder. He is in the U.S. Marine Corps. Levi currently is stationed in Oceanside, California. His wife, Megan, resides in Cass County and her hometown. Levi has tentative plans to return to Logansport and Kroeger Funeral Home in the future as a licensed director.

Levi also enjoys running, weightlifting, and being active in his community. 

Susan Cahalan

Chapel Pianist

Susan is organist and soloist for our chapel services as well as church funerals, if requested.

Susan is an organist/cantor at All Saints Catholic Church and accompanist for the Logansport Children's Choir. Susan is married to Timothy Cahalan. They are the parents of two adult children, Laura and Sarah.

Kathy Ditmire

Service Associate

Kathy was a visitation assistant at Kroeger Funeral Home for many years. A native of Grass Creek, Indiana, Kathy was a retired Logansport elementary school teacher. Her late husband's father was a funeral director in Fulton, Indiana. Kathy recently passed away as well as her daughter, Jill.  Kathy's son, Jeff Ditmire, passed away several years ago, The Ditmires were an outstanding Logansport family. They are missed by everyone.

Travis Nolte

On-Call Associate

Travis worked for us part-time when he was a student at Logansport High School.

Several years ago Travis was hired by the Logansport Police Department, now serving the community well as a police officer, as his father did. He and his Wife Heather live in Cass County. 

Travis will assist us part-time as his schedule permits.

Travis is the son of Peggy Nolte and the late Phil Nolte and is an active member of Valley Fellowship Church. 

Adrian Sanchez

Spanish/English Interpreter Assistant

Adrian has been on our staff at Kroeger Funeral Home for about twenty years. He assists our Spanish-speaking families with translation issues and funeral details when necessary. Adrian has served on the Logansport Fire Department almost ten years. He and his wife, Flora, have two children, Isaac and Adriana.