Obit for KRAMER, Mathias George (b.1888 d.1976), Redwood Co., MN
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Mathias George KRAMER (1888 - 1976) Abstract

Sources: Memorial card for "Mathias G. Kramer" and "Kramer Kindred,"
compiled by Ruth Petracek, 1989; pp. 85-86; 70, 128 (includes "Mr. Kramer's
funeral held," undated clipping from unidentified newspaper).
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Mathias (Math) Kramer, 88, passed away on December 27, 1976. A funeral mass
was held at Church of the Holy Name in Vesta, Minnesota on December 30, 1976
at 10 a.m. with Monsignor Stan Grabowski officiating. Burial was in St.
Mary's Catholic Cemetery at Seaforth, Minnesota.

Math was born at home on January 19, 1888, in Mitchell County, Iowa, the
sixth child and fifth son of Michael and Gertrude Bernard Kramer. The family
moved to Minnesota and purchased land in Redwood County in 1891. Math grew
up in the Seaforth area, helped on the family farm and played in the Kramer
Brothers Band, later known as the Kramer Orchestra.

He married Dorothy (Ruth) Rohlik on June 28, 1922, and they lived on the
Kramer homestead. Math and Ruth had seven children; including a son Paul who
died in infancy.

Math raised purebred Durocs and showed them at county fairs and the
Minnesota State Fair. He also was an active member of the Catholic Order of
Foresters. Math and Ruth organized monthly dances that were held at Lisy's
Hall in Seaforth.

Ruth and a daughter, Lorraine, died in 1952. Math farmed until 1961, when he
retired and moved to Vesta. After breaking his hip in 1971, he moved to the
Wabasso Nursing Home.
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Compiler's notes: (1) The memorial card and newspaper obituary list Math's
birthplace as Adams, Minnesota. According to family records, Math was born
in Iowa. (2) Durocs are "the red pig." (3) In 1991 more than 500 "Kramer
Kindred" celebrated the 100th anniversary of Michael and Gertrude's family
homestead as a "Century Farm," where a third generation and descendants now
live. (Sources: "Kramers celebrate 100 years on family farm," Redwood
Gazette, August 19, 1991, p. 7A and "Over 500 at Kramer reunion," Wabasso
Standard, August 22, 1991, p. 1.)
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Compiled and abstracted by Renee Anderson, granddaughter of Math Kramer.
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