Rose D. Cramer, RN, 84

HONESDALE - Rose D. Cramer, RN, 84 of Honesdale and formerly of Felton, died Thursday, July 16, 2009, at Brighten at Julia Ribaudo, Lake Ariel, Pa. Born Dec. 24, 1924, in North Adams, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Rose Dupree Dufraine. In 1941 she graduated from high school in Dolgeville, N.Y., and in 1945 received her nursing degree. Later she worked at Binghamton Lourdes Hospital before working at Binghamton State Hospital, retiring in 1979. She moved to Delaware where she worked at a nursing home in Smyrna before retiring in 1995. Rose was very active in the Honesdale Senior Center doing crafts and playing cards in the pinochle club. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Honesdale and of St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, Milford. Surviving is her son, Stephen Cramer of Casselberry, Fla.; her daughters, Rita Fletcher of Binghamton, N.Y., and Kathleen Goble and husband Neal of Honesdale; sisters Lorraine Bunting of Milford, and Marie Pike of Asheville, N.C.; daughter in laws Patricia Cramer of Delaware and Lori Cramer of Florida; 13 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sons, Thomas and David Cramer; her daughter, Anna Quillen; and a brother, Pete Dufraine. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. John the Evangelist Church in Honesdale. Friends may visit from 3 to 6 p.m. today at the Hessling Funeral Home, 428 Main St., Honesdale, Pa. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the Milford Community Cemetery in Milford. Memorial contributions can be made to St. John the Evangelist Parish, 414 Church St. Honesdale, PA 18431. Local arrangements by Lofland Funeral Home, 102 Lakeview Avenue, Milford.