that s the kind of community we live in. reporter: they were joined by the ruth rans in paying for improvements at the community pool. makes you feel good. reporter: good. uh-huh. reporter: the way the seniors felt when they wrote a $10,000 check to grace christian church. thank you for your generous gift. reporter: which had the misfortune of being the only church in leroy we wanted to share. reporter: founded after lauren had made out his will. why not give it away? it was give to us. we didn t have it before, so why not help other people that are in need too? reporter: frugal was the word pinned on lauren krueger in life. generous is the way he will be remembered. it s astounding what he did. reporter: there are still people who wouldn t give a nickel to live in leroy. christmas reporter: but folks around here prefer to put their money in the kind of person who give everything.