OBIT: Clarence R. KRAMER, 1988, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  KRAMER
  
  Clarence R. Kramer, 119 Nichols St., Clearfield, who began a law
  practice in Clearfield with his father, A.G. Kramer, in 1917, died
  Saturday, Jan. 9, 1988, at the Clearfield Hospital.  He was 94.  Mr.
  Kramer was the oldest lawyer in Clearfield Borough.  In 1970, he was
  one of four lawyers honored by the Clearfield County Bar Association
  for more than 50 years of service.  Mr. Kramer was admitted to
  practice before the state Supreme Court in 1918.  In addition to his
  long legal career in partnership with his father, his career in
  private practice and his affiliation with Robert Marsh in the firm of
  Kramer and Marsh, he served his community in ways that were many and
  varied.  He was a long-time borough solicitor and served as solicitor
  for the county recorder of deeds and the county sheriff's office.  He
  was also solicitor for the Clearfield County Commissioners.  Mr.
  Kramer was elected president of the Clearfield County Bar Association
  in 1960, and in 1965 was named Boss of the Year by the Clear-Penn
  Chapter of the National Secretaries Association.  He was a member of
  the Pennsylvania Bar and the American Bar associations.  He was a
  former legal counsel for the Rural Electric Cooperative and helped
  organize the Kerr Addison Water Authority in 1950.  Mr. Kramer was
  also legal adviser to the Irvona Water Authority following its
  incorporation in 1954 and represented it during the time of its
  construction. A life-long member of West Side United Methodist [  ]
  
  Daily American, January 21, 1988
  
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