Arlene M. (Friedlein) Kramer 1918-2005

KRAMER, FRIEDLEIN, KOHLER, CALLAHAN, SKAIFE, NOEL, MARSHAL, GARNNER, BOYLE, NOONAN

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Date: 4/1/2018 at 21:24:10

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Arlene M. Kramer, 87, of Dubuque, formerly of Worthington, Iowa, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2005, at Dubuque Nursing and Rehab.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Linwood Cemetery Chapel, Dubuque, with the Rev. Melissa Warren Spoerl officiating. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the chapel.

Arlene was born on Aug. 19, 1918, in Guttenburg, Iowa, daughter of August and Martha (Kohler) Friedlein. She grew up in Missouri, then later moved to Dubuque with her sister, Evelyn, in 1935.

She married Thomas J. Kramer on Oct. 12, 1948, in Little Rock, Ark.

Mrs. Kramer owned and operated a beauty shop in her home until 1982, when her husband passed away. Arlene then moved to Worthington with her daughter and family.

Surviving are a daughter Suzanne (James) Callahan, of Worthington; two granddaughters, Cheryl Callahan, of Dubuque, and Jamie Callahan, of Worthington; a grandson, Kevin Callahan, of Benton Harbor, Mich.; and three sisters, Helen Garnner, of Bloomfield, Mo., Ilo Boyle, of Belleville, Ill., and Iva Lee (Neal) Noonan, of Dubuque.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas; a grandson, Patrick Callahan; three sisters, Vivian Skaife, Evelyn Noel and Ruth Marshal; and three brothers, Russel, Roland and Raymond Friedlein.

An Arlene M. Kramer Memorial Fund has been established. Memorials may be given to Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com.