Obit: Cramer, Betty J. (1922 - 2004)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Cramer, Limprecht, Bleeker, Noah

----Source: Loyal TRG  11 August 2004

Betty J. Cramer, 81, Greenwood, died Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004, in the Palliative Care Unit of Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, where she was admitted on July 22, 2004. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Monday, Aug. 9, at the Cuddie Funeral Home, Greenwood. The Rev. Daniel Zimmerman officiated. Burial was in the Greenwood City Cemetery.

Betty Jean Limprecht was born Sept. 11, 1922, in Greenwood, to Fred and Laura [nee Guke] Limprecht. She received her education in the Greenwood area and graduated from Greenwood High School. Following her education, she traveled with her sister. She married Keith Cramer in 1944, in Greenwood. The young couple resided in Oregon and then California while he was in the military. He died in 1959, and she and her children moved back to Greenwood and lived on the family farm. She moved to town in 1981, and resided there until her death. She spent many years caring for her family, her parents and was an excellent homemaker and mother. Her interests included gardening, cooking, sewing, reading, flower arranging, crocheting, and visiting with close friends. She was a former member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Greenwood, and its Ladies Aid.

She will be sadly missed by her daughter, Alice (William) Bleeker, Neillsville, and Alda (James) Noah, Loyal; her sons, John Cramer, Marshfield and David (Colleen) Cramer, Neillsville; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband; and one sister, Irene.

Cuddie Funeral Home, Greenwood, assisted the family with arrangements.