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Dorothy Kremer

November 2, 1921 — October 15, 2007

Dorothy Kremer

Dorothy K. Kremer age 85 of Bannister, MI died on Monday, October 15, 2007 at the Ovid Health Care Center, Ovid MI.

Dorothy was born November 2, 1921 in Elsie, MI, the daughter of Ralph and Ethel Dean (Albaugh) Williams. She was a life-long resident, and wife of a dairy farmer who was a milk hauler of Chapin Township, Saginaw County.

Dorothy had a teaching certificate from Central Michigan University. She taught grades K a�" 12 at the Sawyer school (a one room school house) in Elsie from 1942 to 1946. Dorothy became a stay at home mom after the birth of her first child. She was a homemaker and worked with her husband Forest to help with the farming. In 1963 Dorothy became employed as a librarian at the Elsie Junior High School in Elsie MI where she worked until she retired in 1983.

On March 2, 1946 Dorothy married Forest C. Kremer. She is survived by their four children: Howard & Linda Kremer of Coleman, MI, Larry Kremer of Elsie, MI, Bonnie & Dr. Walter Crowson of Bingham Farms, MI and Brenda & Gregg Denton of Plymouth, MI, 2 grand children Tamara Kremer Jousett of Indianapolis, IN and Theodore Kremer of Potterville, MI, 1 step grand child Jony Crowson Murphy of Alto, MI, 1 great granddaughter Joelle Lilly Jousett, 1 step great grandson Sean Collon Murphy, 1 sister, Leona Mae Baker of Elsie, MI and many friends and neighbors. She was predeceased on October 1, 2007 by her husband Forest C. Kremer.

Dorothy had a passion for sewing, gardening, canning and preserving the produce from her garden and orchard. Every year hundreds of mason jars were filled with the fruits and vegetables from her garden She took great pride in her family, her home and all of her domestic skills.

Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 6-8 P.M.and Wednesday 2-8 P.M. with family present 2-4 & 6-8 P.M. The funeral services will be Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. Pastor Ed Snook will officiate and burial will take place at Riverside Cemetery, Elsie, Michigan. Memorials may be made to the Ovid VFW Post 8964 or the Elsie Public Library. The family is being served by Smith Family Funeral Homes, Elsie Chapel. Online condolences can be sent to: smithfamilyfuneralhomes.com

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