CROWLEY -A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 8, 2010 at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church for Norbert Henry Cramer, 85, who died July 6, 2010 at Southwind Nursing Home in Crowley.

Fr. Jared Suire will be celebrating for the services with Fr. Gary Schexnayder con-celebrating. The family is requesting visiting hours to be held Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Thursday from 8 a.m. to the time of service. A Rosary will be led by the Knights of Columbus at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Mr. Cramer was a dedicated member of Knights of Columbus Council # 4791 where he was a Past Grand Knight of the 3rd Degree, and also a 4th Degree member of Msgr. George Mollo Assembly #0325.

He is survived by his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bobby and Hilda Leleux Chiasson of Welsh; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mr. Cramer is preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Carrie Leleux Cramer; his parents, John and Anna Vondenstein Cramer; six sisters, Josephine and her husband Nicholas M. Zaunbrecher, Anna and her husband H. Joseph Habetz, Leona and her husband H. Leo Habetz; Helen Cramer, Lucie Cramer, CDP, and Lucy and her husband Lawrence N. Zaunbrecher; and three brothers, John Herman and his wife Felicitas Cramer, William Joseph and his wife Fannie Cramer, and Bernard “Benny” Cramer.

Condolences may be sent to the family by www.geesey-ferguson.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home of Crowley.