KREMER, Robert - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Robert M. Kremer, 79, died at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Small Nursing Home, Waynetown, where he had been a patient for three months. He had been ill for four years. Mr. Kremer was born Aug. 8, 1882, at Wallace, the son of Jacob and Martha Smith Kremer. On June 16, 1923, he married Mae Walp Phillips at Lafayette. He was a member of the U. S. Coast Guard from 1904 to 1907. He came to Crawfordsville upon his release and settled on the Oak Hill Road, where he maintained his residence at his death. Mr. Kremer was a member of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Mae; two step-sons, Judson Phillips of Rt. 4, and Louis Phillips of Otterbein; a sister, Rebecca Miller of Crawfordsville; six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Bernard’s Church. Rev. Henry F. Ward will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. A rosary service will be conducted at the Darwin Servies Funeral Home at Waynetown at 8 p.m. Thursday. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Thursday.