Thomas E. Cramer, 57

Thomas E. Cramer

Crystal Lake, Illinois
November 28, 1954 - June 29, 2012

Thomas E. Cramer, 57, passed away Friday, June 29, 2012, at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, IL. He was surrounded by his family who were praying The Lord’s Prayer with him.

Thomas was born November 28, 1954, in Robbinsdale, Minn. to John and Shirley (Jensen) Cramer.

His career of 33 years was in the colorants industry – helping to color the world of plastics. He began in manufacturing, worked his way into the lab and became a lab manager. His determination progressed him into sales and then sales management.

Thomas' drive for success (personally and for the company) soon took him into the position of VP of Sales and then VP of Manufacturing for a small color house. For the past four and one-half years Tom has worked for a large custom color house, Penn Color, where he was the Midwest business manager and developed enough sales in two years to manage the building of a new plant for Penn Color in Milton, Wis. He has been successfully running the plant for just over a year as General Manager. He brought great value with his combined technical expertise and beyond compare salesmanship. There are very few in his category of excellence.

Thomas is survived by his wife Cabrina Marie Cramer, of Crystal Lake; his mother Shirley (David) Battig, of Buffalo, Minn.; two sons, Jeremy Cramer, of McHenry and Chad Cramer of Hugo, Minn.; sister Deborah (James) Holcomb, of Buffalo, Minn.; brothers Kelly (Sue Stafford) Cramer, of Anoka, Minn. and Kevin Cramer, of Crystal, Minn.; three grandchildren, Jordan Cramer, Berkley and Mackenley Cramer, all at home; step-daughter Nicole (Austin Brantley) Benfield, of Crystal Lake, IL; step-son Tyler Benfield, of Crystal Lake; mother-in-law, Johanna Rountree of Bremen, Georgia; brother-in-law Paul (Tina) Mitchell of Bremen, Georgia; brother-in-law Darren (Teresa) Mitchell, of Douglasville, Georgia; one sister-in-law Gabrielle (Alan) Johnson, of Ball Ground, Georgia; and many nieces, nephews and other family members

He is preceded in death by his father John Edward Cramer.

Additional information is available at www.Davenport Family Funeral Home, Crystal Lake.