Herbert G. "Herb" Kramer, 1925-2010

KRAMER, OBERBROECKLING, VASKE, DOMEYER, KLUESNER, OLBERDING, DEMMER, GEHL, RIES, LANSING

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Date: 2/24/2015 at 22:36:19

March 11, 2010 edition of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald

DYERSVILLE, Iowa -- Herbert G. "Herb" Kramer, 84, of Dyersville, formerly of Farley, died Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at The Finley Hospital, Dubuque.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 12, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Farley. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 4 p.m. and the Scherr-mann-Peterson American Legion Post will gather at 6 p.m.

He was born on Dec. 31, 1925, in Farley, son of Joseph and Mary (Oberbroeckling) Kramer. He received his formal education in the Farley area schools and served in the Army, from 1945 to 1947, in Korea.

He married Mae Vaske on May 26, 1948, at St. Clement's Catholic Church, Bankston. They farmed north of Farley until retiring in Dyersville in 1995.

He was a member of St. Francis Xavier Parish and a lifelong member of Knights of Columbus Council 2001 and the Scherrman-Peterson American Legion Post 656, both of Farley.

Herb loved spending time with his family and friends, and playing cards. He had a long-standing passion for farming and John Deere farm equipment on the Kramer Family Century Farm.

Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Mae; seven children, Nancy (Bob) White and Richard J. (Sharon) Kramer, both of Dyersville, Wayne (Teresa) Kramer, of Farley, Jean (Gary) Domeyer, of Earlville, Julie (Leo) Kluesner, of Worthington, Donna (Kim) Olberding, of Dyersville, and Alan (Connie) Kramer, of Farley; 24 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Lorraine Kramer, of Dyersville, Martha Jane Demmer, of Farley, and Arlene Jaeger, of Dyersville; and four sisters-in-law, Marguerite Kramer, of Lamont, Mary Ann Kramer, of North Buena Vista, Carol (Pat) Gehl, of Cascade, and Grace Vaske, of Dyersville.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Daniel, on Feb. 9, 1963; five brothers, Ray, Leonard, Clarence, Joe and LaVerne; and four sisters, Evelyn Winter, Mercedes Ries, Bernice Lansing and Marcella Kramer.