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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Helen Elizabeth Cramer: Birth: 18 FEB 1905 in Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Death: 27 NOV 1994 in Byron, Ogle Co., IL

  2. Dorothy Genevieve Cramer: Birth: 22 MAR 1907 in Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Death: 28 MAY 1995 in Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL

  3. Ralph Walter Cramer: Birth: 20 APR 1909 in Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL (appears in 1940 Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL census). Death: 2 FEB 1987 in Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL

  4. Luella Maxine Cramer: Birth: 18 NOV 1911 in Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Death: 25 SEP 1988 in Anchorage, Anchorage Co., AK

  5. Nellie Mae Cramer: Birth: 6 MAY 1915 in Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Death: 16 MAY 1996 in Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL

  6. Baby boy Kramer: Birth: 6 MAY 1915 in Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Death: 6 MAY 1915 in Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL

  7. Fred Evan Cramer: Birth: 18 JAN 1918 in Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Death: 28 DEC 1993 in Melbourne Beach, Brevard Co., FL

  8. Howard Earl "Jim" Cramer: Birth: 13 JUL 1922 in Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Death: 19 DEC 2018 in Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., IL


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Harold Lawrence "Jakie" Bowerman: Birth: 23 JUN 1902 in Leaf River, Ogle Co., IL (appears in 1940 Leaf River, Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL census). Death: 15 DEC 1996 in Sun City, Maricopa Co., AZ


Sources
1. Title:   Louis Kramer obituary
2. Title:   1880 Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL census

Notes
a. Note:   His farm was located on Otter Rd. that he inherited from his father. Jennie's brother, George Hoverland's farm was west of Louis'.
  KRAMER ANNIVERSARY
  Mrs. and Mrs. Louis Kramer of Egan will observe their golden wedding anniversary on March 2.
  Mr. Kramer is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Kramer and Mrs. Kramer is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoverland.
  The couple was married March 2, 1904 at Freeport.
  Mr. and Mrs. Kramer were engaged in farming on his home place north of Leaf River until eight years ago, when they retired and moved to a small home near Leaf River.
  The couple have seven children: Ralph, Rockford; Dorothy Stine, Joliet; Luella Hagen, Lombard; Helen Reber, Nellie Mae Wilson, Fred and Howard "Jim", all of Egan. There are ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
  The family will gather at the home on Sunday, March 7, to present Mr. and Mrs. Kramer with a television set in honor of the occasion.
  Open House will not be held, because of the ill health of Mrs. Kramer for the past several years.
  Leaf River Register, 1954
  OBITUARY
  Louis C. Kramer, 84, died Monday afternoon in Rockford Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient four days.
  Mr. Kramer was born December 25, 1875 in Leaf River Township, son of John and Barbara Kramer. He was married to Jennie Hoverland on March 2, 1904 in Freeport. She died April 19, 1956.
  Mr. Kramer was a retired farmer and lived in this area his entire life.
  Survivors include three sons: Ralph, Rockford; Fred and Howard, Egan and four daughters; Mrs. Hibbard Reber, Byron; Mrs. Harold Stine, Joliet; Mrs. Orvel Hagen, Lombard and Mrs. Paul Wilson, Egan. There are 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
  Visitation was held on Wednesday evening and services were held at 2 p.m. on Thursday in Byron at the Bakener-Morrison Funeral Home. The Rev. David Swope, pastor of the Leaf River Methodist Church officiated.
  Burial was in Lightsville Cemetery.

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