Ann Eliza Kramer Kerr

Ann Kerr, 99, was born to Michael Kramer and Elizabeth (Griffith Kramer) Lewellen in the family's farmhouse outside of Downs on May 11, 1917 and passed away from a stroke on July 23, 2016 at Providence Portland Medical Center.

She was the seventh of nine children (Ted, Alvin, Ceicel, Clarence, Richard, Myrtle, Ann, Dan and Grace Kramer) and attended elementary school in the Downs and Lamona areas close to Ritzville. She attended high school in Toledo and Ferndale, Wash., graduating from Custer High School in 1935. Ann married Morley Kerr February 9, 1936, making their home in the Lower Yakima...