Leta Mae Kramer

Female9 August 1925–18 August 2012

Brief Life History of Leta Mae

When Leta Mae Kramer was born on 9 August 1925, in Oneida, Delaware, Iowa, United States, her father, Albert Frank Kramer, was 33 and her mother, Olive Eva Hunt, was 29. She married Edward Vincent Holtz on 30 May 1944, in Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, United States. She lived in North Fork Township, Delaware, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 August 2012, in Edgewood, Clayton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Saint Marks Cemetery, Delaware, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Vincent Holtz
1923–2013
Leta Mae Kramer
1925–2012
Marriage: 30 May 1944

Sources (9)

  • Leta Mae Kramer in household of Albert Kramer, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Leta Mae Kramer, "Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942"
  • Leta Mae Kramer Holtz, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 May 1944Earlville, Delaware, Iowa, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1926 · Iowa becomes a provider of food to the world

    Age 1

    Pioneer Hi-Bred International was the leader company experimenting with hybridization of corn and other seeds for agriculture in the world. It helped make different kinds of crop able to grow in harsh conditions so that other parts of the world would be able to farm and become self-sufficient. It was bought out by DuPont in 1999 and has continued to help struggling countries around the world.

    1927

    Age 2

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

    Age 23

    The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

    Name Meaning

    German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (mainly Krämer); Dutch: occupational name for a shopkeeper or trader, from an agent derivative of Middle High German, Middle Low German krām ‘trading post, tent, booth’. This surname is also found in some other parts of Europe, e.g. in Britain, Poland, and France (Alsace and Lorraine); see also 2 below. In part, Kramer is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ). Compare Kraemer .

    Americanized or Germanized form of Polish Kramarz , Czech Kramář, Slovak Kramár, Slovenian (compare 3 below), Croatian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian Kramar .

    Slovenian: variant of Kramar . Compare 2 above and Cramer .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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    Leta Kramer

    Leta Kramer, grad picture, May 1943, Earlville, IA. Photo taken Cedar Rapids, IA

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