Obituary of Mary J. Kramer

Mary J. Kramer, 93 longtime Coralville resident died peacefully Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at Windmill Manor Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Friday, January 23, 2015, at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Iowa City, with burial to follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Coralville. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 pm Thursday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established in her memory. Online condolences can be sent for her family through the web @ www.gayandciha.com . Mary Jane Scott was born September 25, 1921, on the family farm near Albia, Iowa the daughter of Roy and Nellie (Cain) Scott. Following graduation from Albia High School, she received her teaching degree before she was 18. She later attended nursing school at the State University of Iowa. She was united in marriage to Nels Rudolph Malmberg on May 24, 1941. She later married Harry F. Kramer on February 8, 1957. For many years she worked for ACT, she also worked at the University of Iowa Hospitals, and as a Poll Worker for Johnson County for many years. She was a member of Christ the King Lutheran Church, the Coralville American Legion Auxiliary, and Farm Bureau. Mary was an avid Iowa Hawkeye fan, she enjoyed her flower gardens, cooking, canning, traveling, caring for others, and fishing often! But most of all, she loved being Mom and Grandma to her family. Her family includes, sons and their wives, Terry and Mary Lee Malmberg of Cedar Rapids; Randy and Leta Kramer of Lone Tree; grandchildren, Michael Kramer (Genna), of North Liberty, Vanessa Kramer (Jamie Vance) of North Liberty, Nicholas Kramer (Sasha) of Iowa City, Matthew Malmberg (Barbara) of Cedar Rapids, and Michael Malmberg of North Liberty; great-grandchildren, Dillon, Emily, Maria, Aubrey and Lucas; siblings, Edith Blomgrem, Richard Scott, Charles Scott, Raymond Scott and Alice Fontinel. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Harry; daughter, Cheryl Malmberg, and her brother, Verdell Scott.