Kramer Family Obituaries of Clark County Wisconsin

Kramer, Anna (1 Dec. 1897 – 12 Feb. 1960)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 18 Feb. 1960

* Funeral services were conducted by Rev. William Christian in Zion Lutheran church Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Anna Kramer who died in the Marshfield hospital Friday after a siege of pneumonia at the age of 63 years. Internment was made in the town of Holton cemetery.

Mrs. Kramer was born in Rhinelander on December 1, 1897, and was married at Dorchester to Richard Kramer who preceded her in death. She lived in Dorchester most of her life but came to Colby after the death of her husband.

Surviving are two sons, Norman of Catawba and Earl of Abbotsford; five daughters, Mrs. Raymond Decker of Colby, Mrs. Elroy Hanne of Abbotsford, Mrs. Robert Gess of Hewitt, Mrs. Charles Spatz of Auburndale and Mrs. Delmar Piper of Curtiss; 26 grand children. A daughter preceded her in death.

Kramer, Anton Fred (8 Oct. 1891 – 19 Feb. 1960)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 25 Feb. 1960

* Anton Fred Kramer died of complications at his home in Abbotsford Friday evening. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Christ Lutheran church, Rev. F. H. Sprengler officiating, and internment was made in the Holton cemetery.

Mr. Kramer was born on October 8, 1891, in Abbotsford and attended the Rosedale Public School. He farmed in the town of Holton before he retired and moved to Abbotsford. He married Minnie Klawitter in Abbotsford on May 1, 1919. He was a member of Christ Lutheran church and served on the Marathon County Board of Supervisors for four years. He also was supervisor of the Holton Town Board for eight years.

Surviving are his wife; five sons, Roger, Arvin, Howard and Edward of Abbotsford and Darold of Waupaca; and eight grand children. Two brothers, Richard and Ernest, and a sister, Elsie, preceded him in death.

Kramer, Conrad (5 Sept. 1879 – 14 Oct. 1960)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 20 Oct. 1960

* Conrad Kramer died Friday at 2:45 P.M. at the Marshfield hospital at the age of 81 years. He suffered a stroke October 6. Funeral services were held at Christ Lutheran church at Abbotsford Tuesday afternoon, Rev. F. H. Sprengler officiating and burial was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.

Mr. Kramer was born in Germany on September 5, 1879, and came to this country with his parents at the age of 14 years. The family settled on a farm west of Dorchester. He married Emma Wuest in Dorchester on January 10, 1903. After their marriage, the Kramers resided in Dorchester for 27 years, operating a livery stable, farming and trucking business, and then lived nine years in Marshfield where he was employed by the Roddis Plywood Corporation. From Marshfield, they went to Park Falls and later moved to Abbotsford. He retired in 1949. Mr. and Mrs. Kramer celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in 1958.

Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Archie (Elsie) Graffunder of Park Falls, Mrs. Edward (Evelyn) Sitzberger and Mrs. Claude (Irene) Castner, both of Marshfield; two sons, Alfred of Dorchester and Vilas of Wisconsin Rapids; four sisters and three brothers; 13 grand children and nine great grand children. Two children preceded him in death.

Kramer, Gertrude (21 Sept. 1861 – 10 Nov. 1935)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 14 Nov. 1935

* Mrs. Bernard Kramer, a resident of this community for over fifty years, died Sunday morning at 4:14 A.M. at the Marshfield hospital at the age of seventy-four years, heart trouble and other complications being the cause of her departure to the heavenly goal. Mrs. Kramer was taken to the hospital on October 24 to receive treatments for a hip injury which she suffered when she fell from a chair while attempting to connect an electric light bulb.

Funeral services were conducted from St. Mary’s Catholic church this Thursday morning at 9:00 o’clock, Rev. L. J. Lang officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. The pall bearers were Victor Frane, John Frinak, Albert Schuh, John Schuh, Aug. Spann, John Rankel and John Schuh.

The deceased was born in Germany on Sept. 21, 1861, and came to the United States with her parents when she was ten years old. Her maiden name was Gertrude May. The family settled near Detroit, Mich., where she was married to Bernard Kramer. The couple moved to the town of Colby where Mr. Kramer died ten years ago. Mrs. Kramer was a member of the Christian Mothers Society of St. Mary’s church.

She is survived by two sons, Joseph of Milwaukee and Ben of Jamestown, N.D., and five daughters, Mrs. Albert Krueger of Phillips, Mrs. Chas. Krueger of Winneconne, Mrs. John Mertins of Fond du Lac, Mrs. August Prange and Mrs. Frank Kindness of Milwaukee. Also one sister, Mrs. Jacob Prosteld, of Detroit, Mich., and twenty-two grand children and seven great grand children.

The deceased was a good Christian, a faithful member of St. Mary’s church and always performed her duty as she saw it. Like all early settlers, she was of a hospitable and congenial disposition.

Kramer, Katherine (9 Apr. 1851 – 7 Oct. 1933)
----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 12 Oct. 1933

* Funeral services were held at the Helke funeral home and the Zion Lutheran church in Wausau Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Katherine Kramer, nee Arhalder, former town of Frankfort pioneer resident, who passed away at 1:15 o’clock Saturday morning at the home of her son, Julius Kramer, 716 N. First avenue, Wausau, after an illness of five days.

The deceased was born April 9th, 1851, in Germany and was married there May 23, 1875, to Adam Kramer who died June 19, 1915. The couple moved to the town of Frankfort in 1881 and in 1912 went to Wausau. Surviving are four children, Henry and Julius Kramer of Wausau, Mrs. Nick Greit of Stratford and George Kramer of Milwaukee; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.