HILLSBOROUGH Ginger Ann Kruze died Feb. 21 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 36.
Born in Plainfield she was a lifelong resident of Hillsborough.
Ms. Kruze worked as a dental assistant for Dr. Mancino and Dr. Foder.
She graduated from Hillsborough High School in 1988 and was a member of the band front.
She was a former member of the Girl Scouts and the 4-H Club of Somerset County.
She was a former member of Mary, Mother of God Church in Hillsborough.
Surviving are her parents, Daniel and Judith Kruze of Hillsborough; two brothers, Blake of Plainville, Conn., and Stuart of Hillsborough; her maternal grandmother, Mary Childers of Hillsborough; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
A funeral service was held Feb. 27 from Hillsborough Funeral Home in Hillsborough. Burial was in Neshanic Cemetery in Hillsborough.
Memorial donations may be made to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 120 Wall St., 19th Floor, New York, NY, 10005.