Fern Delores (Horton) Kramer, 84, of Thurston, formerly of Wayne, died Sunday, July 21, 2024, at Pender Community Hospital in Pender.
Visitation will be held Thursday, July 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Munderloh-Smith Funeral Home in Pender. Funeral services will be Friday, July 26 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Pender. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery in Pender.
The family requests everyone to dress casually because we all know Fern was not one to dress up, and no one will recognize Skyler.
Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation.
Arrangements are under the direction of Munderloh-Smith Funeral Home in Pender.
Fern Delores (Horton) Kramer was born Feb. 6, 1940 to Arthur and Mildred (Amick) Horton. Fern was the shortest of the kids. Fern married Everett Hamilton. To this marriage, two children were born - Terry Wayne and Tammy Marie. They later divorced and both went on to remarry others and remained friends throughout their lives. On May 27, 1977 Fern married Larry William Kramer in Yankton South Dakota. Soon after, they welcomed their daughter, Trudy Lynn, into their lives.
Fern spent several years working for Montgomery Ward, dispatching for a rendering company, Daylight Donuts and at the Wayne Care Centre. Her biggest adventure was running the F & L Variety Store in Wayne with Larry. They grew the most amazing vegetables for others to enjoy. For many years, Fern beamed with pride and celebrated her accomplishments at the county fair earning ribbons for her canning and baking. Her love for cats was as strong as her love for flowers and the color purple. She was always seen wearing cat t-shirts. Many of her days you could listen to her talk about all the beautiful flowers she had grown.
Fern and Larry made their home in Wayne until moving to Thurston in 2009. Fern and Larry spread their wealth of knowledge of flowers, gardening, crafts, and tinkering with junk onto Trudy, Riley, and Skyler, for which they will forever be grateful for. Fern loved attending her grandchildren’s activities.
Survivors include her son, Terry Hamilton; daughters, Tammy (Joe) Dangel, Trudy Kramer (Joe Venteicher); grandchildren, Jennifer, Zachary, Dusty, Carleena, Joyce, Riley (Karlee), Skyler; two great-grandchildren; brother, Ken Horton; sister-in-law, Mary Kramer; brothers-in-law, Ron Kramer, Jim Granquist, Bill (Lynn) Kramer; four great-grand puppies, Willow, Aspen, Ozzy, Stella; many nieces, nephews, and friends. She is also survived by her extended family, Marty Prokop, Bonnie Prokop, Michael Pedersen, Rainy Pedersen, Kollins Pedersen, Travis Pedersen, Tucker Pedersen, and Chad and Trina Rose.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Larry; sisters, Erna Horton and Frances Rosengren; brothers, Charles Horton and Wayne Horton; sisters-in-law, Sylvia Horton, Nancy Horton, Cheri Horton, Connie Granquist and Cecilia Kramer; brother-in-law, Wayne Kramer; daughter-in-law, Tammy Hamilton; ex-husband, Everett Hamilton; friend/neighbor, Raymond Prokop; nieces; nephews; and her beloved kitties, Snowball, Big Boy, Clyde, Mr. Fuzz Nutz, Tiger and Little Lady.
