Kramer, Valmar Carl 1880 - 1930
KRAMER, LEONARD, SCHULDT
Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 4/9/2015 at 17:48:29
Elkader, Ia., Dec. 15 - Vallie Kramer, 55, prominent Cox Creek farmer of near Mederville, committed suicide early Sunday morning by hanging himself in the granary on his farm. Kramer had had several melancholy spells which were attributed to financial worries and it is believed that he committed the act while mentally depressed. His lifeless body was discovered by his son, Alfred. He is survived by his widow, two sons and one daughter.
~Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal, Dubuque, Iowa, Monday evening, December 15, 1930
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Added by Reid R. Johnson, 10/21/2022:
Clayton County Register, Thur., 18 Dec. 1930.
Valmar Carl Kramer was born at Elkader, February 14, 1880, the son of John and Alice (Leonard) Kramer. He was married on Mar. 22, 1904, to Louisa Schuldt at Littleport. He died Sunday morning December 14, 1930, at his farm in Cox Creek township. He is survived by his widow, his mother, one daughter, Marie, two sons, Franklin and Alfred, and one brother, Harry Kramer.
Mr. Kramer was well liked and respected. He has served for several years as director of the Farm Bueau for Fox Creek township, and for the past four years he has been a school director in that district. He belonged to the Woodman lodge and to the Royal Neighbors.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon by Rev. C. T. Brewster, first at the Kramer home and then at the Elkader Congregational church. Burial was in the East Side cemetery.
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Same paper, date, and earlier in the same article.
Vallie Kramer, 55, well known Cox Creek farmer, living near Mederville, committed suicide early Sunday morning, hanging himself in the granary on his farm. His lifeless body was found about five o'clock in the morning by his son Alfred.
Mr. Kramer had had some melancholy spells in the past, according to our information, due to financial worries and it is supposed that he took his life during one of these spells for he complained during the night that he could not sleep.
Coroner W. J. Beerman, of Guttenberg, was called in on the case and the verdict of the coroner's jury was that Mr. Kramer had taken his own life. The news of this deed has cast deep gloom in the Kramer vicinity, where he was best known for his cheerful disposition. The obituary, as read at the services which were held at the Congregational church Tuesday afternoon, follows.
Clayton Obituaries maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
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