CRAMER, Frank

Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona - January 25, 1951 FRANK CRAMER IS SUMMONED Pioneer Prospector Ill Only Short Time Frank Cramer, resident of the Wickenburg community for the past 20 years, passed away early last Monday morning at the Community hospital in Wickenburg, where he had been a patient since August 1. His death was caused by a tumor. Mr. Cramer had apparently been strong and healthy up until some five or six weeks ago when he suddenly started failing and was placed in the hospital for treatment. He was 64 years of age. According to Ed Hill, an old friend of the deceased, Mr. Cramer was born in Austria and came to the United States about 21 years ago. He had no living relatives in this country. He operated the Scott Lead mine about 30 miles from here in the Buckhorn Mountains and was also interested in the Tonopah-Belmont mine. Funeral services were conducted from the Wickenburg Chapel Thursday morning with burial in the Wickenburg cemetery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ, February 2, 1951 FRANK CRAMER RITES WERE HELD HERE MONDAY WITH BURIAL FOLLOWING in the Wickenburg Cemetery. The well known local resident passed away Saturday morning in Community Hospital where he had been a patient since January 4. He was 61 years old. HERE 16 YEARS Mr Cramer, who was born in New Mexico, came to Wickenburg 16 years ago. He lived in this area all that time, working for some years at the Octave Mine and spending nine years in town. Prior to his illness, he was working on a ranch on the Black Canyon Highway. Mrs Myrtle Coleman, the former Mrs Cramer, died two and one-half years ago. LEAVES SIX CHILDREN Surviving are six children: Mrs Catherine Walters of Wickenburg; Mrs Mary Coleman of Imperial, Calif.; Mrs Etta Lea Roper and Beach Cramer of Bagdad; Johnny Cramer, who is in the Army and stationed at Fort Ord, Calif.; and Emmett Cramer, Address unknown.