Obit of Cramer, Mabel Louise - Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

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::South Kern Cemetery--Bakersfield CA 

Cramer, Mabel Louise    

Mabel Louise Cramer December 3, 1919 - August 29, 2007 Mabel Louise 
Bibb was born December 3, 1919 in Redland, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma 
to Charles Moses and Fannie Jane (Johnson) Bibb. She passed away 
August 29, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Mabel taught school for 51 
years. She began her teaching career in 1941 at little school in Vian 
Bottom, Oklahoma. She came to California in 1949 to teach for the 
Arvin Union School District. This is where she met the love of her 
life and fellow teacher, Louis Cramer. They were married on October 
10, 1953. Mabel retired in 1980 with plans to spend time with her 
husband. Sadly, he passed away a month later. Mabel then returned to 
teaching for the Lamont School District for another 12 years, finally 
retiring in 1992. But, she continued to substitute teach until she 
was 75 years old. She won many awards and accolades and was voted 
Best Teacher for several years. Mabel served her fellow teachers as 
President of the Arvin Teachers Association and was state 
representative to CTA. She was also honored in the Who's Who's among 
American Educators. Mabel would have been rich if she had not been so 
generous. Not only did this generosity extend to her family but also 
to the community. She was known to buy school clothes and supplies 
for needy students. Mabel was a phenomenal mother, the best grandma 
in the world, a loving sister, mentor and friend to many people. She 
always had a smile or a joke or a cup of coffee or a shoulder to cry 
on. She never turned away a visitor no matter how tired she might 
have been. Her passing has left a void in all our lives but her 
indomitable spirit lives on in our hearts. Mabel is survived by her 
daughter, Susan Cramer-Bass and husband, Carl; son, Billy Gunter; 
grandchildren; Katrina Cramer, Sydny, Toni and Jessi Bass, Jeremy 
Jill Hayes, Jeff Gunter, Jeremy and Corbin Gunter; great- 
grandchildren, Carson and Jonathon Gunter and Jade Hayes; sisters, 
Joann Starkey and husband, Perry, Phyllis Sanchez and husband, 
Robert, Carol Harvell and husband, Doug; brother, Donald Bibb and 
wife, Mary; loyal and longtime friend, Jeanne Duke; and numerous 
nieces and nephews. Mabel was preceded in death by her husband, Louis 
Cramer, 1980; stepson, Robert Cramer; parents, Fanny and Charlie 
Bibb; 4 brothers, Jerry, Jack, Kepner, and Leonard Bibb; and 1 
sister, Betty Holcomb; as well as her dear and very close friends, 
Clara Koetter and George Duke. The family would like to thank the 
staff at Lifehouse Parkview, especially Lenore and Ivy, for the kind 
and dignified treatment of Mabel; Desiree and Lara of Hoffmann 
Hospice for their caring and compassion and love just not for Mabel 
but also for the family - you have been invaluable the past three 
months; Pastor Wanda Mello for her visits and spiritual support; and 
the Senior Sounds for their weekly entertainment and visits that 
meant so much to mom. A funeral service will be conducted by Arvin 
Funeral Home on Tuesday, September 4, at 10:00 a.m., at the Arvin 
Congregation Church. Pastor Wanda Mello will officiate the service 
and interment will follow at South Kern Cemetery District, Arvin. 
Visitation will be held Sunday, September 2 and Monday, September 3, 
from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Please sign Mabel's guest book at 
www.GoldenValleyMemorialCare.com Arvin Funeral Home

Published in the Bakersfield Californian from 9/1/2007 - 9/2/2007.
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