1965, 2488 American Navy ships had come to Hong Kong carrying well over a million servicemen. He had offered more than 1,000 Sunday Masses on the ships. Krumpelmann became the last Maryknoll Father to serve the pier when he died in 1975; since then, an Irish Jesuit in Hong Kong has taken over. Death In early 1975, Krumpelmann suffered from a blood clot in his left lung and returned to the U.S. on March 31. His condition improved in the following two months, but deteriorated suddenly in late June. He died shortly after his admission to Hennepin General Hospital (now Hennepin County Medical Center) in Minneapolis on June 23. Krumpelmann's body was transported to the Maryknoll headquarters in New York, and was buried in the Maryknoll Cemetery on June 26, 1975. According to the Maryknoll Hong Kong Chronicle that in November 1975, "the fruits of Fr Krumpelmann's efforts before his death, 62 tons of medical supplies, arrived on the USS Niagara Falls with the cooperation of Operation Hanclasp. The supplies were handed over to the St. Paul's Hospital Sisters in a simple ceremony on board the ship, with officials from the American Consulate and the US Navy present." References External links In Memoriam of Fr. Edward Leo Krumpelmann, M.M. St Joseph’s College Website Fr Edward Leo Krumpelmann, M.M. RIP Maryknoll Priest with two Kongmoon Sisters, Jiangmen, China, ca. 1946 from USC Digital Library Website St John the Baptist Parish 1909 births 1975 deaths 20th-century American Roman Catholic priests American expatriates in British Hong Kong Hong Kong Christian clergy Hong Kong Roman Catholic priests Roman Catholic missionaries in China People from Jiangmen Use mdy dates from August 2011 Maryknoll Seminary alumni Maryknoll Fathers Clergy from Saint Paul, Minnesota