Flossie Cramer
1922 - 2016 (93 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Flossie Cramer was born on 28 Sep 1922 in Sheridan County, Kansas; died on 16 Apr 2016 in Hoxie, Sheridan County, Kansas; was buried in Hoxie Cemetery, Hoxie, Sheridan County, Kansas. Notes:
Flossie Nadine (Cramer) Mowry passed away Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the Sheridan County Health Complex at the age of 93. She was born on September 28, 1922, the last of three children, to Constant “Connie” and Martha (Wallack) Cramer at her parents’ farm home 11 miles south of Jennings, KS.
Flossie started school at the Pleasant Plain country school three miles southwest of her childhood home. She rode to school in a horse drawn cart or on horseback with her two brothers. Her class was small allowing the teacher more time to spend with her students and enabling Flossie to pass through three grades in two years. Starting in 5th grade, she attended school in Jennings, graduating in 1939 at the age of 16 as Valedictorian of her class.
After high school graduation, Flossie attended Fort Hays State College for two terms earning a Life Time Teaching Certificate. She then taught for two years at the Chicago School and one year at the Pleasant Union School, both country schools located not far from her childhood home. In 1944, she moved to Hoxie and worked as a bookkeeper and cashier for the First National Bank until 1951.
On Thanksgiving morning, November 24, 1949, Flossie married Henry Victor Mowry, the love of her life, at the First Presbyterian Church of Hoxie. Four children would later be born to this union. Vic and Flossie made their home on the family farm north of Hoxie where they raised their children. In August of 2009, they moved to Hoxie and celebrated their 60th anniversary in November that same year.
Flossie enjoyed her life and all it had to offer. She was a loving wife, mother and grandma. Her family was very important to her. She did extensive research of the family genealogy, making and distributing notebooks to her family of those findings and always kept the records updated. In addition to being the farm bookkeeper, she was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church serving as an Elder and as church treasurer for 21 years. She was a member of the Mary Martha’s Bible study group, taught Sunday school and was Vacation Bible School director for several years. She was also a member of the Parnell Progressive Unit for many years. Flossie served on the Sheridan County Hospital Board for 20 years and was board treasurer for 16 of those years. It was during her time on the board that the expansion of the Sheridan County Long Term Care took place.
Flossie was an excellent seamstress having sewn the wedding gowns for all three of her daughters as well as two bridesmaid dresses per daughter. Every time a new member joined her family, whether by marriage or birth, Flossie would make and decorate a red felt Christmas stocking for them. She also sewed quilts and blankets for her grandchildren and crocheted baby blankets for her great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Vic, on April 26, 2010, her parents, infant son and two brothers, Irwin Cramer and Murlin Cramer.
She is survived by her three daughters, Melba Witt and husband, Ed, of Norton, Ilene Spillman and husband, Bill, and Joyce Tremblay and husband, Kevin, of Hoxie. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, one niece and one nephew.
Funeral services for Flossie will be held April 20, 2016 at the First Presbyterian Church of Hoxie, with Pastor Andy Sonneborn officiating. Burial will be at the Hoxie Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Hoxie or the Sheridan County Hospital Auxiliary in care of Mickey Leopold Funeral Home, Hoxie.
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Buried:
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Children:
- 2. Infant Son Mowry
was born on 16 Jun 1951; died on 16 Jun 1951; was buried in Hoxie Cemetery, Hoxie, Sheridan County, Kansas.
- 2. Infant Son Mowry
Generation: 2
2. Infant Son Mowry (1.Flossie1) was born on 16 Jun 1951; died on 16 Jun 1951; was buried in Hoxie Cemetery, Hoxie, Sheridan County, Kansas. Notes:
Buried:
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