CRAUMER – On October 8, 1916, at 1 a.m., at 533 West Princess Street, Catharine Craumer, widow of Rev. William H. Craumer, aged 85 years and 6 days.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Charles T. Smith, 533 West Princess Street, Wednesday morning at 9:30 o’clock and proceed to the First U.B. Church, corner Newberry and Philadelphia Streets, where further services will be held at 10 o’clock. Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.

The York Daily, October 9, 1916

Mrs. Catharine Craumer

Mrs. Catharine Craumer, widow of the Rev. William H. Craumer, 533 West Princess Street, died at her late residence at 1 o’clock yesterday morning. She was 85 years old.
Mrs. Craumer was one of the oldest members of the First United Brethren Church.
She leaves the following children: Mrs. Daniel Mathias, Quincy, Pa.; Mrs. A. R. Ayres, New Cumberland; Mrs. W. S. Riedel and Mrs. A. B. Helder, Dallastown; Elias S. Craumer, Mrs. Charles T. Smith, Mrs. William Laumaster and William H. F. Craumer, all of York. She also leaves the following brothers and sisters: Samuel Sterner, Jefferson; Jesse Sterner, Codorus Township; Mrs. Elizabeth Brenneman and Mrs. Jacob Brenneman, Seven Valleys; Mrs. Jacob Shearer and Mrs. Lucinda Shearer, Jefferson.
Funeral services will be held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles T. Smith, 533 West Princess Street, Wednesday morning at 9:30 o’clock. Further services will be held at 10 o’clock in the First United Brethren Church. The Rev. A. A. Long will officiate. Interment will be made in Greenmount Cemetery.

Record Herald, Hanover, Pa., Tuesday October 10, 1916

CATHARINE CRAUMER

Mrs. Catharine Craumer, widow of the Rev. William H. Craumer, died in York on Sunday. She was 85 years old.
Mrs. Craumer was one of the oldest members of the First United Brethren Church.
She leaves the following children: Mrs. Daniel Mathias, Quincy, Pa.; Mrs. A. R. Ayres, New Cumberland; Mrs. W. S. Riedel and Mrs. A. B. Helder, Dallastown; Elias S. Craumer, Mrs. Charles T. Smith, Mrs. William Laumaster and William H. F. Craumer, all of York.
She also leaves the following brothers and sisters: Samuel Sterner, Jefferson; Jesse Sterner, Codorus Township; Mrs. Elizabeth Brenneman and Mrs. Jacob Brenneman, Seven Valleys; Mrs. Jacob Shearer and Mrs. John Shearer, Jefferson.

Obituary provided by Lynn Dolski