Irene D. (Lansing) Kramer 1910-2006

KRAMER, LANSING, MENSEN, HEFEL, STELKEN, PRIER, RETTIG

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Date: 4/1/2018 at 20:58:50

Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA) - Friday, January 20, 2006

Irene D. Kramer, 95, of Dyersville, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006, in Oak Crest Manor after a brief illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, St. Francis Xavier Basilica, by the Rev. Douglas Loecke. Burial: St. Francis Cemetery.

Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville, with a parish Scripture service at 4:30 p.m.

Irene was born Aug. 2, 1910, in what is now the Field of Dreams home in Dyersville, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Mensen) Lansing. She married Alphonse "Shorty" Kramer on Jan. 4, 1938, in Dyersville and was a homemaker. Irene lived for her son and his family and the times they spent together.

Survivors include her son, David J.A. (Janice) Kramer of Dyersville; three grandchildren, Diane (Dale) Hefel of Farley and Darrell Kramer and Janet (Mark) Stelken, both of Dyersville; five great-grandchildren, Andy, Jenna and Madison Stelken, Danielle and Dina Hefel; and two sisters-in-law, Bernice Lansing and Mary Kramer.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Alphonse "Shorty"; two brothers, Vern and Lawrence Lansing; and two sisters, Lucille Prier and Viola Rettig.

Condolences accepted and information at www.kramerfuneral.com