Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Kreamer, Robert E. April 11, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. Miller shabodeho@aol.com April 27, 2008, 9:15 pm Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 4/13/2008 Kreamer, Robert E. Robert E. Kreamer ANNVILLE Retired Funeral Director Robert E. Kreamer, 89, of the Lebanon Valley Home, Annville formerly of 540 E. Maple Street and 618 E. Main Street, Annville died Friday April 11, 2008 in the Hershey Medical Center. He was the husband of the late Phyllis Hansen Kreamer who died June 12, 2001. Born in Stewartstown, PA on January 19, 1919, he was the son of the late William E. and Sarah Confair Kreamer. He was a second generation Licensed Funeral Director and former owner of the Kreamer Funeral Home, Annville retiring in 1984. Bob was a US Army Veteran of WW II serving with the 44th Evacuation Hospital in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe. He was a 1936 graduate of Annville High School, Lebanon Business School, and a 1941 graduate of Cincinnati College of Embalming. He was a life long member of Christ Church United Church of Christ, Annville where he served as a deacon, elder, and church treasurer; Life member of the Annville American Legion Post 559 and the Cleona Fire Company; member and past president of the Annville-Cleona Kiwanis Club; Annville V.F.W. Post 8023; Annville Union Hose Fire Company; Travelers Protective Association; Lebanon Country Club; Central Chapter Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame; and for 46 years he served as the Vice-President of the Annville Free Library Board of Directors. His professional memberships included the National Funeral Directors Association, the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, and member and past president of the LebanonSchuylkill County Funeral Directors Association. Surviving is a son Steven R. husband of Brenda Sanger Kreamer of Annville and four daughters Sue Ann wife of Robert Freeman of Baltimore, MD, Kristen Kreamer wife of Alex Eldridge of Philadelphia, Stefanie wife of Benjamin Dohner of Annville, and Holly wife of William Shirley of Downingtown. Also one brother Paul husband of Claretta Noll Kreamer of Annville. Eleven grandchildren Michael and Elizabeth Freeman, Kevin and Kirsten Dohner, Meghan, Matthew, and Kathleen Shirley, Adam and Leah Eldridge, Christian and Kennedy Kreamer, and one great grandson Lucian Freeman. He was preceded in death by four sisters Kathryn Rice, Dorothy Wendel, Mary Friel, and Helen Richardson. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11:00 AM from Christ Church United Church of Christ, 200 S. White Oak Street, Annville, PA 17003. Interment will be in Mt. Annville Cemetery with Military Honors. Viewing will be held on Tuesday evening from 6-9 PM at the Kreamer Funeral Home, 618 E. Main St. Annville. There will be no viewing Wednesday at the church. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to his Church at 200 S. White Oak Street Annville, PA 17003. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 4/13/2008. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb