Robert C. Ramer

Robert “Bob” C. Ramer, 93, of Iowa City, Iowa, died Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City. A time of remembrance was held Friday, May 28, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree, Iowa. Burial was in the Lone Tree Cemetery with full military rites provided by the Lone Tree American Legion Post 457. Online condolences may be sent to www.lewisfuneralhomes.com.
Robert C. Ramer was born February 21, 1917, in Conesville, Iowa, the son of Chester and Ruth (DeLap) Ramer. He was a graduate of Conesville High School. Mr. Ramer enlisted in the U.S. Army in February of 1941, serving with the 887th Military Police, two years and nine months in the European Theatre, being discharged in the fall of 1945. Before being sent overseas, he met and married Helen Novstrup, of Sisseton, Minnesota, March 25, 1942, in St. Paul, Minnesota. After the war, the couple truck farmed in Conesville and later grain farmed and raised livestock in Nichols and Lone Tree. Mr. Ramer also worked for G.P.C. in Muscatine and for the University of Iowa Physical Plant. Retiring to Heber Springs, Arkansas, for 20 years and then came back to Iowa City for the past 15 years. Mr. Ramer was a member of the Lone Tree American Legion Post 457 and served on the Nichols School Board. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, farming, dances, playing cards, reading Western books, and building things in his shop such as bikes, wind chimes, board games, bird houses and anything else he could think of.
Mr. Ramer will be deeply missed by his wife of 67 years, Helen Ramer, Iowa City; two sons, Ralph Ramer, Iowa City; Larry Ramer, Iowa City; four granddaughters, Elizabeth Willham and her husband Brian, Des Moines, Iowa; Stephanie Ramer and her fiancé Dr. Nathan Heubner, Burlington, Iowa; Kathrine Lapp and her husband Mike, Green Bay, Wisconsin; a special friend, Natalie Ramer, Iowa City, who lived with and helped care for Mr. Ramer; two great grandchildren, Callie and Grace Willham; two brothers, Chester “Jack” Ramer, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Max Ramer and his wife Margaret, Conesville; and two sisters, Jean Yedlik, Muscatine, Iowa; and Alice Hazen and her husband Bob, Muscatine.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Don Ramer and his wife Hazel; Pete Ramer and his wife Fonda; one sister, Frances Bennett and her husband Harrison; daughters-in-law, Christine Ramer and Molly Ramer-Houlihan; brother-in-law, Ernie Yedlik; and a sister-in-law, Elaine Ramer.