Mary M. Kramer

Kramer, Mary M., age 98, died Nov. 25, 2007, at Wichita, Kan. Mary was born on a farm in the Goddard area on March 15, 1910. She was the daughter of Richard “Dick” Hoppe and Catherine Dugan Hoppe. Her pioneer ancestors, the Wall family, were from Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland, and when they homesteaded in west Sedgwick County, Kan. in 1872, they established the village of Clonmel, Kan., and St. Johns Catholic Church. Mary attended Goddard High School and was proud of her basketball playing ability. She married William B. “Bill” Kramer of Garden Plain, Kan. on May 20, 1936. Mary and Bill operated “Kramer Confectionary,” a cafe on Main Street in Garden Plain. Soon thereafter they moved to their farm south of Goddard where they operated a dairy farm until Bills death in 1976. Mary was a member of St. Johns Parish in Clonmel for 40 years, as well as a member of St. Johns Altar Society, the Legion of Mary, and the Daughters of Isabella. Following her husbands death in 1976, Mary moved to the Westlink area of west Wichita where she was an active member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Preceding her in death were her husband, William B. Kramer; her son, William G. Kramer (Diane) of Garden Plain and her daughter, Kay Kampling (Jerry) of Wichita, as well as her brothers, Lou Hoppe and Richard Hoppe; and her sisters, Louise Linnebur and Frances Becker all of the Goddard area, Evelyn Pace of Chickasha, Okla., and Jean Linnebur of Salt Lake City, Utah. Mary is survived by her son, Richard Kramer (Joan) of Goddard; her daughters, Rosemary Dugan (Paul V., Sr.), Carolyn Goertz (Ron), Patricia Peters (Elmer, Jr.) of Wichita, and Helen Metzen (Bill) of the Viola area, as well as 27 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. There will be a rosary recited on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 7:45 p.m. at St. Johns Church, Clonmel. The funeral and burial will be at St. Johns Catholic Church, K-42 Hwy. and 71st St. S., on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 10:30 a.m. Downing Lahey Mortuary West. Rosary, 7:45 P.M., Wednesday, November 28, St. John Catholic Church, Clonmel, KS