Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins

 

 

South Bend Tribune June 7, 1973

Elmer H. Kramer

     Elmer H. Kramer, 65, of 757 S. Gladstone Ave. died  at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday
in the Carlyle Nursing Home after an illness of 10 years.  He was a retired
Bendix Corp, employee with 26 years of service. He was born  Feb. 14, 1908, in
Farley, Iowa and came to South Bend 33 years ago from Fort  Wayne. On Nov. 8,
1944, he married Jean Holderman, who survives. Also surviving  are three
daughters, Mrs. Sandi Oltman and Mrs. Linda Hunt, both of Mishawaka,  and Mrs. Mary
Ann Greider of Leonidas, Mich.; six grandchildren; a brother  Walter of
Dyersville, Iowa; and a sister, Mrs. Robert Fowler of Annandale,  Va.
     Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Today and from 2  to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Thursday in the Forest G. Hay & Son Funeral Home 1201  S. Michigan St., where
services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday with Rev.  George A. Harris
pastor of South Side Christian Church, officiating. Entombment  will be in
Riverview Mausoleum. Mr. Kramer was a member of the Bendix Management  Retirees
Club and the National Management Assn.