Lavern Kremer Obituary (1916

In Loving Memory OfLaVern KremerLaVern Kremer was born October 28, 1916 on a farm near Dorchester, Nebraska to Joseph and Ella (Stutzman) Kremer, the 3rd of 5 children and died Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at Sunrise Country Manor near Milford at the age of 90 years 11 months and 25 days. As a young boy he attended country school south of Milford and helped his father farm. In his youth, LaVern accepted Christ as his personal savior and became a long-time faithful member of Milford Mennonite Church. On April 11, 1937, he was united in marriage to Ruth Reil and to this union five sons, Larry, Kenneth, John, David and Virgil were born. LaVern operated a gas station for a time on the west side of Milford on Highway 6. They made their home on a farm southwest of Milford until June of 1980 when they retired and moved into Milford. For several years while farming, he operated "Kremer Seed and Feed", providing seed and feed supplies to area farmers as well as PVC pipe, farm equipment and also did custom farm work. LaVern and spent several winters in Congress, Arizona, eventually purchasing a home and spending most of their time there until 2003 when they returned to Milford and made their home at Sunrise Country Manor. In his spare time, LaVern enjoyed going to the flea markets in Arizona and in New Orleans during Mardi Gras he distributed gospel tracts for 35 years. LaVern is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Ila Kremer, Congress, AZ, Kenneth and Dorothy Kremer, Milford, John and Marge Kremer, Lincoln, David and Patsy Kremer, Page, NE and Virgil and Karen Kremer of Milford; 19 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Arlene Kremer, Chandler, AZ, Elva Reil, Milford, Dorothy Reil, Lebanon, OR, Martha Reil of Colorado Springs, CO and Sylvia Riley, Friend, NE, several nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.He was preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Ella Kremer, his wife, Ruth on April 11, 2007, and two brothers, Bernard and Richard Kremer. Funeral Servicez were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 27, 2007 at Milford Mennonite Church with Pastor Timothy Springer officiating. Interment was in Milford Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation was at Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Milford. Memorials have been established to the Milford Mennonite Church. Pallbearers were: Timothy, Richard, Darrin, Lucas, James, Brent, Jef, Mat, and Chad Kremer. A quartet of Ray Gifford, Doyle Hostetler, Clark Rediger and Roger Roth, accompanied by Kristina Yeackley and Gloria Schneider, sang, "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" and "Just As I Am". The congregation sang, "When We All Get To Heaven" and Amazing Grace". Arrangements were entrusted to Lauber-Moore Funeral Home, Milford.