Cedar Falls (Iowa) Daily Record
		       Thursday, April 28, 1932

Thole Cramer, sr., died early Thursday morning, April 21, at his home
following a long illness. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon
at the Congregational church, conducted by the pastor Rev. A. Caskey,
interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery by the side of his wife who died in
January, 1930.  Mr. Cramer was born August 27, 1867 in Waust Schnee,
Ostfriesland, Germany. He came to the United States in 1880 and settled
in Butler County which has since been his home. He was united in
marriage with Anna Marie Nicklaus Jan. 2, 1888. Too this union were
born nine children. One son George died in infancy.  The surviving
children are Charles, Margaret, Anna, Thole, jr., and Henry of
Parkersburg; Mrs. Roy Mantz, and Mrs. Paul Sneckenberger of Waterloo;
Joseph of Mapleton; four grandchildren and one brother Ben Cramer of
Shell Rock.


retyped 1998 by Dennis Nicklaus.
I don't know which page this article was on.  It was in with a bunch
of other "local news items" kinds of things on a page with a photo of
two men captioned "Defense Alienists".