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William Edgar Cremer

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William Edgar Cremer

Birth
Saxton, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
13 Dec 2001 (aged 91)
Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Contributor: Holly Nye (51361874)

William F. CREMER, 91, of 202 Westminster Drive, Huntingdon, died at
10:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, at The Oaks, Westminster Woods,
Huntingdon. Mr. Cremer had been ill for the past year. Born Sept. 23,
1910, in Saxton, he was the son of the late J. Edgar and Margaret
(Entrekin) Cremer. He married Myrtle I. Parks Dec. 29, 1931, in
Cumberland, Md. She preceded him in death Dec. 17, 1993. He married
Bernice M. Heffner, Dec. 30, 1995, at the 15th Street United Methodist
Church, Huntingdon. She survives at their home. Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Betty C. Nye, Bridgewater, N.J. and Mrs. Glenn (Dorothy J.) Hoover, Huntingdon. Also surviving are one brother, George F Cremer, St. Johnsbury, Vt., six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mr. Cremer was a member of the Abbey Reformed Church United Church of Christ, Huntingdon. He was a 1927 graduate of Huntingdon High School and a 1931 graduate of Juniata College. Mr. Cremer had been a resident of Huntingdon since 1913 and worked for the Grange Trust Company, Huntingdon, which later merged with the First National Bank and then became Penn Central National Bank. He retired as a bank vice president.
He enjoyed music, especially the "big band sound." He played the
piano, violin and saxophone. A coach for an Abbey Reformed Church
basketball team, he also announced for Huntingdon High School football
and was a scorekeeper for high school basketball. He was associated
with the Huntingdon City League as a manager and pitcher. During World
War II he worked as a sports writer for the Daily News. Mr. Cremer was
also well-known as a Huntingdon historian with scrapbooks of newspaper
clippings. Funeral service will be held at 11 am, Monday at the Abbey
Reformed Church United Church of Christ, Sixth and Church streets,
Huntingdon, with the Rev. Gary Marcy and the Rev. David Dearing
officiating. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon.
Contributor: Holly Nye (51361874)

William F. CREMER, 91, of 202 Westminster Drive, Huntingdon, died at
10:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, at The Oaks, Westminster Woods,
Huntingdon. Mr. Cremer had been ill for the past year. Born Sept. 23,
1910, in Saxton, he was the son of the late J. Edgar and Margaret
(Entrekin) Cremer. He married Myrtle I. Parks Dec. 29, 1931, in
Cumberland, Md. She preceded him in death Dec. 17, 1993. He married
Bernice M. Heffner, Dec. 30, 1995, at the 15th Street United Methodist
Church, Huntingdon. She survives at their home. Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Betty C. Nye, Bridgewater, N.J. and Mrs. Glenn (Dorothy J.) Hoover, Huntingdon. Also surviving are one brother, George F Cremer, St. Johnsbury, Vt., six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mr. Cremer was a member of the Abbey Reformed Church United Church of Christ, Huntingdon. He was a 1927 graduate of Huntingdon High School and a 1931 graduate of Juniata College. Mr. Cremer had been a resident of Huntingdon since 1913 and worked for the Grange Trust Company, Huntingdon, which later merged with the First National Bank and then became Penn Central National Bank. He retired as a bank vice president.
He enjoyed music, especially the "big band sound." He played the
piano, violin and saxophone. A coach for an Abbey Reformed Church
basketball team, he also announced for Huntingdon High School football
and was a scorekeeper for high school basketball. He was associated
with the Huntingdon City League as a manager and pitcher. During World
War II he worked as a sports writer for the Daily News. Mr. Cremer was
also well-known as a Huntingdon historian with scrapbooks of newspaper
clippings. Funeral service will be held at 11 am, Monday at the Abbey
Reformed Church United Church of Christ, Sixth and Church streets,
Huntingdon, with the Rev. Gary Marcy and the Rev. David Dearing
officiating. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon.


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