Ruth Wasson Kramer, 84, of San Angelo went to be with the Lord on January 27, 2014. The memorial service will be held at 2 pm on Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Johnson's Funeral Home. The reception will proceed the memorial service and start at noon. Ruth was born to Dr. William Hastings Wasson and Mary Katherine Goodenow Wasson on August 13, 1928 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She grew up in Brooklyn and graduated from Packer Collegiate Institute. Ruth then attended Columbia Presbyterian Hospital School of Nurses and was registered as a professional nurse in the State of New York in 1951. She met and later married Joseph Augustus Kellogg Kramer on June 7, 1952.
Ruth was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who devoted her life to her family and friends. Upon retirement Ruth and her husband moved to Las Cruces, NM where her husband died and is buried. In 2003 Ruth chose to move to San Angelo TX and lived there until her death. She will be buried in Las Cruces, NM where she will be reunited with her husband.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Joseph and sister, Mary Ellen Wasson Thompson. She is survived by her loving family, Sons, Henry Kramer and his wife Cecilia, of Elkton, MD, and William Kramer, of Stratham, New Hampshire; her Grandchildren Nicholas, Mathew, Michael and Megan.
Memorials may be made to the Boy Scouts of America or the charity of your choice.
Family and friends may sign an online register book at www.johnsons-funeralhome.com.