Jeanné V. Kramer (Collingwood)
Jeanné V. (Collingwood) Kramer, 94, of Stevens, Pennsylvania, peacefully drifted into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Saturday, June 11, 2022 – her final hours surrounded by loved ones. Born February 25, 1928 at the Cloister in Ephrata, PA to Earl and Earla Collingwood, she is preceded in death by her late husband of 70 years, Richard H. Kramer, as well as brothers, Clair and William Collingwood; and sister, Maybelle Trostle. Jeanné was a proud graduate of Eaton Rapids High School, Michigan, Class of 1947.
“Jean” was often found throughout life in the kitchen cooking, a lifelong hobby, “gussying up” food. She also enjoyed decades of volunteer work at the Ephrata ReUzit. The family of Jean takes comfort in knowing she was able to live out all her life exactly where she had wanted to, her earthly home on “the hill.”
She faithfully attended Wiest Church where she was a devout follower and loved the Lord. She often referenced being “ready to be called home” over the last decade having accepted her savior. “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am,” John 14:1-3.
Jeanné is survived by a daughter, Susan M. Kramer of Stevens; two sons, Michael R., husband of Tammy Kramer of Fairbanks, AK, and Patrick H., husband of Linda Kramer of Stevens; nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are being made privately by the family. Anyone who wishes to remember Jean is encouraged to do so through a memorial donation to the Wiest Church, 48 S. King Street, Stevens, PA 17578, in her name. “Jesus told her, I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die,” John 11:25-26.