| Date of Birth | April 3, 1919 |
| Passed Away | October 23, 2010 |
| Place of Residence | Hornell |
| Home State | NY |
| Service Date | October 27, 2010 |
| Service Time | 11:00 AM |
| Service Location | Bishop & Johnson Funeral Home |
| Interment Location | Rural Cemetery |
KATHERINE A. “KITTY” KRAMER OLMSTEAD
HORNELL-Katherine A. “Kitty” Kramer Olmstead, 91, formerly of State Route 21, Thacherville, passed away Saturday evening (Oct. 23, 2010) at McAuley Manor in North Hornell, where she has resided for the past eight years.
Born in Canaseraga on Apr. 3, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Frederick “Fritz” and Elsie Lehman Greenthal. On Nov. 6, 1937, she was married at St. Ann’s Church in Hornell to Ambrose Kramer, who predeceased her in 1976. On March 7, 1987 she was married in Mendon to Melvin Olmstead, who predeceased her in 1988. Besides her parents and husbands, she was also predeceased by her son, Roger Kramer, her two brothers, Ernest and William and her sister, Caroline.
A resident of Hornell for most of her life, Katherine attended Hornell High School.
Besides being a homemaker she was also employed as a sales clerk and the former Cameo Shop and Tuttle & Rockwell in Hornell.
Katherine was a member of Our Lady of the Valley Parish and was a communicant of St. Ann’s Church in Hornell.
She enjoyed birds, flowers and gardening.
Her family includes her four grandchildren, Michael (Barbara) Kramer, Christopher (Sherry) Kramer and Barbara (Steven) Foster all of Hornell and Katherine Shah of Honeoye Falls; also her eight great-grandchildren.
Calling hours are from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Bishop & Johnson Funeral Home, Inc., 285 Main St., Hornell, where a funeral and committal service will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday, with Deacon Robert McCormick officiating. Interment will be at Rural Cemetery, Hornell.
In lieu of flowers, those wishing may contribute in her memory to the Activities Fund at McAuley Manor, 1 Bethesda Drive, Hornell, NY 14843.
Michael, Christopher, Barbara and Katherine. Sorry to hear of the passing of your Grandmother. After many years, Katherine got us back together so that we could share some times and memories with you and your father. Would like to be there but we are in in Florida for the Winter.
I am so sad to hear about my Aunt Katherine’s death.I have so many wonderful childhood memories of her, Ambrose and Roger. We saw each other often , at our home in Akron, or at their home in Hornell or, the best of all was the cottage on Waneta Lake.(Ambrose and my mother, Clara were brother and sister).I will never forget her nor the times we had together.