Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Kramer, Robert E., Rev. August 23, 2012 ************************************************ 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. M shabodeho@aol.com September 1, 2012, 3:01 pm Published in Lebanon Daily News on August 25, 2012 COCHRANVILLE Rev. Robert E. Kramer, 78, passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2012 at the Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford. He was the beloved husband of Shirley A. Dry Kramer with whom he shared 54 years of marriage. Born in Schuylkill Haven, he was the son of the late Edward and Anna B. Kramer. Bob was a graduate of John Harris School in 1952. He continued his education at Messiah College, Greenville College and, in 1962, he was the first male to graduate from West Chester University with a Master's Degree in Education. He would later receive his Doctorate Degree from the Evangelical Bible Seminary. Bob began his teaching career at Eastern Lebanon County School District. After moving to Cochranville he was employed for nine years by the Octorara School District as a teaching principal, then, for 18 years with the Pequea Valley School District as Elementary Principal and more recently taught part time at the United Wesleyan College and he substituted for 10 years with the Coatesville School District. He became an ordained Pastor in 1984 and had served as Pastor at the Pleasant Hill Wesleyan Church from 1982-1989 and the Newark Wesleyan Church from 1992-2002. Bob also taught at Youth Camps and he spoke at churches, revivals, funerals and marriages. He enjoyed playing trumpet and had played with the Central PA Gospel Band for ten years. He is survived, in addition to his wife, by two children, Neal R. Kramer and wife Rowena and Dawn M., wife of William Wooten all of Cochranville; two grandchildren, Jeremy W. and Tiffany M. Wooten; and one brother, Melvin G. Kramer of Boyertown. Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. from the Towerville Christian Church, 10 Hannum Drive, East Fallowfield, 19320 followed by interment at the Cochranville Methodist Cemetery. Family and friends are also invited to the viewing at the church on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Bob's memory to Towerville Christian Church, Fallowfield, Pa or the Pleasant Hill Wesleyan Church, Elkton, Md. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Wilde Funeral Home of Parkesburg. Published in Lebanon Daily News on August 25, 2012 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb