Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Kramer, Anson T.  September 17, 2010
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News  on September 19, 2010 
  Anson T. Kramer 
   
  PINE GROVE Anson "Jack" Thomas Kramer, 77, of Pleasant Valley Road, passed away 
  Friday, September 17, 2010, at home surrounded by his family. Born on October 
  5, 1932, in Pine Grove Twp., he was a son of the late Floyd, Sr. and Verna C. 
  Berger Kramer. He was of the Protestant faith and formerly attended the 
  Holiness Christian Church in Pine Grove, which was founded by his grandfather, 
  Samuel Kramer, his father, Floyd, and his uncles. He was a 1950 graduate of 
  Pine Grove Area High School and in 1958 completed Tool Design training with the 
  International Correspondence Schools of Scranton. He was a Navy veteran during 
  the Korean War from June 1950 until October 1953, and served in the Navy Air 
  Corps. His tours of duty included USNIC Great Lakes, Ill., USNAS Paxtuxent 
  River, Md., Fasron Nine, and Fighter Squadron 31. He served on many ships, 
  including the U.S.S. Midway (CV-41), U.S.S. WASP (CV-18) and the U.S.S. CORAL 
  SEA (CV-43). Anson received the national Defense Service Medal and the Navy 
  Good Conduct Medal. At USNAS Paxtuxent, he serviced an aircraft flight tested 
  by Alan B. Shepard, Jr., the first American in space. Shepard fondly referred 
  to him as "Doc" and would not fly the aircraft before being signed off 
  as "ready to fly" by him. Anson worked as a draftsman for 30 years for 
  Bethlehem Steel before retiring in 1985 as a Product Design Supervisor. He also 
  worked as a Transportation attendant for five years, retiring in 1997, from 
  Hershey Medical Center. He was a member of American Legion Post 374, Pine 
  Grove, where he recently received a certificate for being a member in good 
  standing continuously for 50 yrs. He also served as Justice of Peace in 
  Schuylkill Co. for several years in the 1960's and served as a volunteer for 
  the Salvation Army. He was a devoted husband, Dad, and "Pop-Pop", and loved his 
  family, Navy career, Penn State Football, and tinkering in his wood shop. He 
  was preceded in death by a brother, Floyd Kramer, Jr. Surviving are his wife of 
  55 years, Dolores M. Smith Kramer of Pine Grove; a son, Brian A. and his wife, 
  Cindy Kramer of Pawleys Island, S.C.; two daughters, Debra E., wife of Scott 
  Wetzel of Pine Grove, and Jane M.K., wife of Jerry Hawn of Alexandria, Va.; 
  three grandsons, Andrew T. and his wife, Amie Kramer of Clermont, Fla., Matthew 
  S. Wetzel of Windermere, Fla., and Alex T. Kramer of Bristol, Conn.; a 
  granddaughter, Mallory J. Wetzel of Alexandria, Va.; and nieces and nephews. 
  Services will be held on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. from the H.L. Snyder Funeral 
  Home, Inc., Pine Grove, with Dr. Richard Schoenleber officiating. There will be 
  a viewing on Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. until time of service at the funeral 
  home. Interment will follow at 1 p.m. in the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, 
  Annville. In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer contributions be made to 
  the Hospice of Good Samaritan Hospital, 4th and Walnut Sts., P.O. Box 1281, 
  Lebanon, PA 17042; or St. Peter's Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 312 S. 
  Tulpehocken St., Pine Grove, PA 17963 in his memory.
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 19, 2010 
  
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