PETERSBURG, NE - Kelly Lynn Kramer, daughter of Dean and Kate (Starman) Kramer, was born April 15, 1977, at Tilden, NE. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John the Baptist Church in Petersburg. She attended school at Petersburg Public School and graduated in 1995. Kelly attended Wayne State College and graduated in December of 1999. During her time at Wayne, she was a member of STRIDE, the Newman Club, and she did work-study at the campus library. She lived in Fremont where she worked at Preschools and Daycare in Fremont and Omaha. She returned to Petersburg in August of 2002. She worked as a substitute para-educator at Boone Central Elementary School and Junior High. She was a member of St John the Baptist Catholic Church in Petersburg. Kelly died Aug. 30, 2005, after a lengthy illness at the Wolf Memorial Good Samaritan Center in Albion, NE, at age 28 years.

Kelly was preceded in death by her grandparents, Lawrence and Loretta Starman, Frank and Adeline Kramer, and uncles, Duane Kramer and Bobby Starman. She is survived by her parents. Dean and Kate Kramer of Petersburg ; two sisters and one brother, Karrie Kramer of Kenesaw, Dustin Kramer of Omaha, and Kendra Ransiem (Brad) of Gibbon, one nephew, Keaton Ransiem; along with aunts, uncles and cousins. Other relatives include Irene Friesen of Council Bluffs and family; family of the late Frank and Adeline Kramer; Lillian Schaben of Harlan and family; Rita and Verdy Klocke of Cascade and family; Alma and Paul Bissen of Harlan and family; Theresa Grote of Portsmouth and family; family of the late Dolores Fuhs; Leona and Joe Bissen of Clarinda and family; Marlene Kramer of Omaha and family; and Mary and Francis Heese of Earling and family.

Funeral services were held Sept. 2, 2005 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Father Stan Schmitz officiating. Burial was at the parish cemetery. Levander Funeral Home, Albion Ne. in charge of arrangements.