Henry Cramer Jr.

Age 90 Bridgewater Henry Cramer Jr. died March 14 at Fellowship Village in Basking Ridge. He was born in Haarlem, Holland and resided in Bridgewater for 56 years. Mr. Cramer was a member of the Blessed Sacrament Church in Martinsville and a founding member of the Vocation Seekers there and the Serra Club. A former member of the Holy Name Society at Immaculate Conception Church in Somerville and he had been a CYO basketball coach in the 1960s and 70s. He served as a Captain in the US Army during WW II and retired as a Major from the US Army Reserves in 1980 after a total of 38 years service. Mr. Cramer's first wife, Regina (Curry) Cramer died in 1999. Surviving are his wife Rita Higgins Cramer, his children Denise, Stephen, Paul (wife Dona), Mark (wife Shelley), Peter and Mary Beth Hueber( husband Jason), his step-children William Higgins (wife Linda), Maryellen Gula (husband Robert) and Kathleen Platt. A sister Ann Kerr and 12 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren, 4 step-grandchildren and 2 step-great grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10am on Saturday, March 19 at the Blessed Sacrament Church, Washington Valley Rd., Martinsville. Interment to follow at Resurrection Cemetery in Piscataway. Visiting hours are from 2-4pm & 7-9pm on Friday, March 18 at the Cusick Funeral Home in Somerville