Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kramer, Bruce B. 2001
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, March 13, 2001

Bruce B. Kramer, 75, a life long resident of Pewamo, passed away Sunday, March 
11, 2001 after a long and courageous battle with lung cancer.  He was born on 
Jan. 8, 1926, in Pewamo, the son of Carl and Regina (Thelen) Kramer.  As a 
young man, Bruce was a pitcher for the Washington Senators baseball team.

He was a veteran of the United States Army serving during World War II in the 
Philippines.  He was a member of the VFW Fowler Westphalia Pewamo Post 3733.  
Bruce was known to many at the proprietor of Kramer’s Tavern in Pewamo, which 
was in the Kramer family for almost 50 years.  He enjoyed golfing, walking, 
playing cards, traveling and P-W Pirate sports.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Monica.  Surviving are his 
wife of over 54 years, Lucile (Fedewa); sons, Bruce (Cathy) of Baltimore, Md.; 
Rex (Debbie) of Muir and Dan (and friend, Connie) of Crystal; daughter, Brenda 
(Dennis) Aanderud of Manassas, Va.; grandchildren, Jennifer, Bruce and Neal 
Kramer of Baltimore, Md., and Lydia, Carley, and Jenna Kramer of Muir; 
brothers, Steve (Mary Ann) and Carl (Wanda) both of Pewamo; and several nieces 
and nephews.

The mass of Christian burial will be celebrated by the Rev. Charlon O. Mason, 
pastor at 11 a.m. Thursday, at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Rite of 
Committal following at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.  Military grave side 
honors will be provided by the VFW Fowler Westphalia Pewamo Post 3733.  The 
family will receive friends from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday 
and Wednesday at the St. Mary’s Funeral Chapel, 210 N. Westphalia St.  The 
rosaries will be prayed at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday and 3 p.m. Wednesday.  
There will be a scriptural service held at 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Contributions in his memory may be made to the Ionia Area Hospice, 117. N. 
depot St., Ionia, MI 48846 or to the St. Joseph Education Trust Fund, c/o St. 
Joseph Catholic Church, 106 E. Main St., Box 37, Pewamo, MI 48873.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Portland.



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