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- [S236] - Newspaper Obituarys, Aug 1991, Skagit Valley Herald (Reliability: 3).
Amanda "Mandy" Hamilton Cramer, 84, of Burlington died Monday, Aug. 5, 1991, at United General Hospital. She was the granddaughter of William Hamilton, the founder of the town of Hamilton.
She was born on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 1907, in Victoria Hills near Conway, in a logging camp there, the daughter of the late Motz and Maude Hamilton.
She attended school in Hamilton and Sedro-Woolley and was a 1925 graduate of Sedro-Woolley High School. She later attended college at Washington State University in Pullman.
On Aug. 11, 1930, she married Charles A. Cramer in Vancouver, B.C. They spent many years working in the construction industry in Washington and Alaska, and traveled extensively in the United States and abroad.
Mrs. Cramer was active in the Zuliecka Club No. 7 in Mount Vernon and Hatasu Temple No. 1, both Daughters of the Nile; Holly Chapter No. 199, Order of Eastern Star; and Skagit Squares, Western Squares, Silver Saddles and other square dance was also interested in preservation of historical sites, and was a member of Skagit County Chapter No. 2, Territorial Daughters.
Mrs. Cramer helped to save the old Garl House, which was built in 1892, the first house to be constructed in Burlington. the house is now at 419 W. Fairhaven Ave. Her other affiliations included the Skagit county Pioneers Association and tounty Historical Society.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Charles, at home; a daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Allan Noyes of Burlington; a sister, Daisy Staveness of Rio, Wis.; a sister-in-law, Sarah Cramer of San Diego, Calif.; two granddaughtersson of Seattle and Sabra Noyes of Keyport; two great-grandchildren; four nieces, Jeannie Ryan of Burlington, Sally Fox of Caro, Mich., Barbara Souder of Puyallup and Mary Jane Staveness of Rio, Wis.; and several great-nieces and great-nephe ws.
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1907 - 1991 (84 years)
