Melvin Kramer

Wayne
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Friends may visit with the family from 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM on Wednesday, January 4, 2017. A 10:30 AM Funeral Service will be held at the conclusion of the visitation on Wednesday.

Interment will be in the Redeemer Cemetery, Mahwah.

Melvin Kramer, age 76, an over thirty-five year resident of Wayne, passed Thursday, December 22, 2016.

He was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York and raised at the family home on Piaget Avenue in Clifton. Melvin graduated from Clifton High School with the Class of 1958. He continued his education at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken where he graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering with the Class of 1962.

After college Melvin enlisted in the US Army, where he served for 3 years. After his service in the Army he worked as an electrical engineer, mostly in the Defense Communications Division at ITT in Nutley before retiring in 2002.

Mel met his future wife, Gail Kuzsma, on a blind date while attending Stevens Tech. They were married at Westfield Presbyterian Church on June 30, 1962.

Melvin was the loving husband of 54 years to Gail (Kuzsma) Kramer; father of Brian Kramer and his wife Denise of New York City, Mark Kramer of West Milford, James Kramer and his wife Georgiana of Houston, TX, and Eric Kramer and his wife Julie of Honolulu, HI; he was the grandfather of Benjamin Kramer and Lili Kramer; Melvin was the loved brother of Francis Nossen and her husband Robert of Naples, FL.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Michael J. Fox Foundation (click on blue text to make an online donation) would be greatly appreciated. Mail to: The Michael J. Fox Foundation, Donation Processing, PO Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5014 and be sure to notate that your donation is in memory of Melvin Kramer.

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Friends may visit with the family from 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM on Wednesday, January 4, 2017. A 10:30 AM Funeral Service will be held at the conclusion of the visitation on Wednesday.

Interment will be in the Redeemer Cemetery, Mahwah.

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