Viola Grace Kramer 1 2
- Born: 8 March 1909, , Dodge County, MN 1 2
- Died: 28 March 2002, , Steele County, MN at age 93
Noted events in her life were:
• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Westfield Township, Dodge County, MN on 27 April 1910. 1
1910 US Census Sheet 5A, Roll 695, District 13, Family 77 Westfield Township, Dodge County, Minnesota farm owned, with mortgage Viola R. Kramer..Daughter..1..MN (Living with parents.) .
• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Hayfield, MN on 5 January 1920. 2
1920 US Census Sheet 3A, District 7, Family 15, Roll 827 Hayfield, Dodge County, Minnesota Main Street; Home owned Viola G. Kramer..Daughter..10..MN (Living with parents.) .
• Her obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper after 28 March 2002 in , Steele County, MN. Viola Grace (Kramer) Kubicek, age 93, of Dodge Center, died Thursday, March 28, 2002, at Fairview Nursing Home from complications of a stroke. Vi was born March 8, 1909, on the Kramer family farm near Hayfield, Minnesota, in Dodge County. She was the third of nine children born to Emma (Baudoin) and Gustave Kramer. She had many happy memories of growing up on the farm with ponies, horse-drawn carts and sleighs, a fiddle-playing father and a loving, dedicated mother. She graduated from Hayfield High School in 1927. In 1919 she received her elementary education degree form Winona State University. She spoke of her college days as wonderful fun-loving times as were the summers spent working at her Aunt Mary Cran's restaurant in Hayfield. Vi taught school in Sergeant and Brownsdale, Minnesota, until her marriage June 27, 1933, to Bernard (Kubie) Kubicek in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They made their home in Blooming Prairie. She became politically active and was former Democratic chairperson for Steele County and worked with the Hubert Humphrey and Eugenie Anderson campaigns. She enjoyed creative arts, braiding rugs, quilting, collecting and refinishing antiques, going to garage sales and sewing. She also cut hair for her family and friends for many years. Preceded in death by her husband, "Kubie" in 1970, she later moved to Dodge Center.
Survived by children Bernard (Bernie) Kubicek (Dianne), Barbara Kubicek Peterson (Eldie), and Susan Kubicek Olson (Hal). Grandchildren: Brian Kubicek, Tyra Kubicek, Witt and Steve, Mike, and Patrick Peterson. Great-grandchildren: Karly and Haley Kubicek and Rachel, Alec, Charlie, and Emily Peterson. Sisters: Mildred Boyum, Gladys Atwater, and Phyllis Schwarts (Paul). Brother: Donovan Kramer (Donna), sister-in-law, Martha Kramer, and many dear nieces, nephews and cousins.
Preceded in death by her husband, sister, Lucille Kramer Boysen, brothers, Louis, Wilson (Woody) and Leonard Kramer.
Burial followed in the St. Columbanus Cemetery in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota.
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