Funeral Service for Linda Kramer, 78 of Keota, Oklahoma will be at 10:00am on Friday, January 13, 2023 at Immaculate Conception Church in Poteau, Oklahoma with Rev. Sean O’Brien officiating. Burial will follow at Oakland Cemetery in Poteau, Oklahoma under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home of Poteau, Oklahoma.
Linda was born on March 10, 1944 in Mankato, Kansas to Phyllis Ethlyn (Powell) Soliday and Edward Huffman Coast and passed away on January 6, 2023 in Carthage, Missouri. She was married to Joseph William Kramer on October 14, 1967. Linda was preceded in death by her parents, and daughter, Tamara Lynette Kramer. Linda retired from the Arkansas and Oklahoma Army National Guard as a Registered Nurse at the rank of lieutenant Colonel and continued teaching nursing for many years at Carl Albert State College in Poteau, Oklahoma. She has a love for others who were less fortunate than she and a heart for service beyond the Army and nursing. She loved flowers, gardening and caring for the animals around the acreage in Keota, Oklahoma. Linda was active in her home parish of Spiro, Oklahoma for many years and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband, Joseph William Kramer; sons, Terry Wayne Kramer and wife Cindy of Tyler, Texas, Joseph Eward Kramer and wife Teresa of Joplin, Missouri; sisters, Patricia Kay Burns and late husband Ronald of Cimmaron, Kansas, Rosemary Ethel Butzine and Chuck of San Tan Valley, Arizona; brother James Coast and wife Sandi; grandchildren, David Layton, Kathleen Kellar, Elizabeth Kramer, Daniel Kramer, Caleb Kramer, Sophia Kramer, Miriam Kramer, Margaret Kramer, Cecilia Kramer, Anthony Kramer, Joshua Kramer, Timothy Kramer, and Zoe Kramer; great grandchildren, Trina Hartwick, and Iris Kellar.
Viewing, Visitation and recitation of the Holy Rosary Thursday, January 12, 2023 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
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