Byline: BARRY MANDELL
``If I Am Found Worthy: The Life of William C. Kruegler, M.M.'' by Elizabeth V. Roach, to Excel Press imprint of iUniverse.com, Inc., paper, 129 pages, $8.95.
Growing up in a large Catholic family as the 10th of 11 children in Troy, William Kruegler had always been surrounded by people and love. Hence, his outgoing personality and gift for helping others was natural. That he was a playful child, a tough athlete, and a leading high school thespian portended perhaps a more conventional lifestyle choice. But he knew as early as eighth grade that he wanted to be a missionary priest. It was then that a school visit from the Maryknoll Society Mission inspired and forever changed him into wanting to help and serve others less fortunate than himself. But it was his misfortune to be shot and murdered so senselessly that it is still being talked about on two continents nearly 40 years later.
This book, written by another Maryknoll missionary and eyewitness to the event, …
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