Kramer, Henry M. 1924-2012

KRAMER, NIEUWENHUIS, OOLBEKKINK

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 8/14/2012 at 07:24:41

HENRY M. KRAMER
BORN: July 17, 1924 ~ Orange City, Iowa
PASSED AWAY: August 9, 2012 ~ Sheldon, Iowa
MEMORIAL SERVICE: August 11, 2012
Bethel Reformed Church; Sheldon, Iowa
FINAL RESTING PLACE: August 11, 2012
East Lawn Cemetery ~ Sheldon, Iowa
Military Graveside Services by the:
Sheldon V.F.W. Bunker-Peterson Post #7354 and the
American Legion Mc Glothlen-Cowie Post #145;
of Sheldon, IA
Henry Martin Kramer, the son of Martin and Ida (Nieuwenhuis) Kramer was born on July 17, 1924 in Orange City, Iowa. He received his elementary education at the Orange City Christian School in Orange City, Iowa and the Lynden Christian School in Lynden, Washington and attended high school in Newkirk, Iowa. He then joined the United States Army during WW II and served in the European Theater of Operations as a medic, driving the ambulance. After the service he returned to Iowa and was united in marriage to Geneva Oolbekkink on November 20, 1946 in the Newkirk Reformed Church in Newkirk, Iowa. The couple made their home in Sheldon, where Henry worked at a radiator shop, Fedders & DeJong Hatchery and for the Farmers Co-op Elevator as a truck driver until he retired in 1986. Henry passed away on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at the Sanford Sheldon Medical Center in Sheldon, Iowa reaching the age of 88 years and 23 days.
He was a charter member of Bethel Reformed Church in Sheldon and served as an usher. He enjoyed playing softball, fishing, gardening, growing flowers and bird watching. He also loved being outdoors either in the mountains or by a lake.
Memories of Henry are cherish by his wife of 65 years, Geneva; and their children, Marvin Kramer of Leander, TX; Leland Kramer of Sioux City, IA; Peggy and her husband, Ted Riepma of Sheldon, IA and Dixie and her husband, Gordon MacNeil of Tuscaloosa, AL; six grandchildren, Ami Kramer, Dave Kramer, Rachel (Dan) Hoeck, Kim Riepma, Toni Stroup, Kelly MacNeil; four great-grandchildren, Logan and Jerran Kramer, Brynn Hoeck, Boston Matzke; and a sister, Aletta O’Neal of Seattle, WA; and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by a son, Rodney Kramer; his parents; a brother-in-law, Andy O’Neal and seven brothers and sisters-in-law and their spouses.
Source: Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, IA., obit.