Warren Kramp
July 8th, 1923 - April 4th, 2025
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Warren's Obituary
Warren Kramp, 101, of St. Joseph, passed away, Friday, April 4, 2025 at Hanson Hospice Center in Stevensville.
A Service of Eternal Life will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday, April 11, 2025 at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, 1965 Broadway Ave., Benton Harbor with Rev. Nathan Buch officiating. Friends may visit beginning at 10:00 A.M. Friday at the Church. Burial with Military Rites conducted by the Stevensville American Legion will take place 2:15 P..M. Friday, April 11 at North Shore Memory Gardens, Coloma. Memorial donations in Warren’s name may be made to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Michigan Lutheran High School or Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw, MI. Arrangements are entrusted to Starks & Menchinger Chapel, St. Joseph. Those wishing to sign Warren’s Memory Book online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com.
Warren was born July 8, 1923 in Stevensville to August & Alma Kramp. He graduated from Benton Harbor High School and soon after enlisted in the United States Army, serving our country during WWII in the Pacific Theater. On November 25, 1950, he married the former Norma Kutschinski at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Benton Harbor. Warren & Norma were members there until they left to start Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, now Beautiful Savior. He was an active member there, singing in the choir, serving on various boards & committees, and rarely missing a Sunday. Warren retired as a mail carrier for the Benton Harbor Post Office. He was known by his customers as “The Whistling Mailman” always whistling as he delivered to them on his route at the Fairplain Plaza and Plaza Manor apartments, retiring in 1980 after thirty-plus years of employment.
Warren volunteered at The Lighthouse Attic and had the privilege of taking the Honor Flight to Washington DC and also had been recognized for his service by Lest We Forget and in local parades .
In his free time, he enjoyed tending to his yard and vegetable garden, fishing the area inland lakes with his wife, Lake Michigan with his son Larry, bus trips with the St Joseph-Lincoln Senior Center, and most recently the time spent living at Whitcomb Towers where he regularly won Bingo.
Warren is survived by his three sons-Larry of St. Joseph & Duane (Nada) of Stevensville, Roger (Beth) of Neenah, WI; six grandchildren-Shelley (Michael) Grissom, Peter (Michelle) Kramp, Erik Kramp, Megan (Mauricio) Spain, Amie Kramp, Laura (Jeremiah) Martin; six great-grandchildren- Isaiah, Joseph (Gabby), Lilly, Justin, Matthias and Baby Martin due on or about May 18th; and numerous nieces & nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Norma in 2013, his daughter-in-law Deb in 2020, and by eight siblings-Ted, Ernest, Melvin, Herbert, Bill & Jim Kramp, Elizabeth DeMorrow & Ruth Baushke.
A Service of Eternal Life will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday, April 11, 2025 at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, 1965 Broadway Ave., Benton Harbor with Rev. Nathan Buch officiating. Friends may visit beginning at 10:00 A.M. Friday at the Church. Burial with Military Rites conducted by the Stevensville American Legion will take place 2:15 P..M. Friday, April 11 at North Shore Memory Gardens, Coloma. Memorial donations in Warren’s name may be made to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Michigan Lutheran High School or Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw, MI. Arrangements are entrusted to Starks & Menchinger Chapel, St. Joseph. Those wishing to sign Warren’s Memory Book online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com.
Warren was born July 8, 1923 in Stevensville to August & Alma Kramp. He graduated from Benton Harbor High School and soon after enlisted in the United States Army, serving our country during WWII in the Pacific Theater. On November 25, 1950, he married the former Norma Kutschinski at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Benton Harbor. Warren & Norma were members there until they left to start Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, now Beautiful Savior. He was an active member there, singing in the choir, serving on various boards & committees, and rarely missing a Sunday. Warren retired as a mail carrier for the Benton Harbor Post Office. He was known by his customers as “The Whistling Mailman” always whistling as he delivered to them on his route at the Fairplain Plaza and Plaza Manor apartments, retiring in 1980 after thirty-plus years of employment.
Warren volunteered at The Lighthouse Attic and had the privilege of taking the Honor Flight to Washington DC and also had been recognized for his service by Lest We Forget and in local parades .
In his free time, he enjoyed tending to his yard and vegetable garden, fishing the area inland lakes with his wife, Lake Michigan with his son Larry, bus trips with the St Joseph-Lincoln Senior Center, and most recently the time spent living at Whitcomb Towers where he regularly won Bingo.
Warren is survived by his three sons-Larry of St. Joseph & Duane (Nada) of Stevensville, Roger (Beth) of Neenah, WI; six grandchildren-Shelley (Michael) Grissom, Peter (Michelle) Kramp, Erik Kramp, Megan (Mauricio) Spain, Amie Kramp, Laura (Jeremiah) Martin; six great-grandchildren- Isaiah, Joseph (Gabby), Lilly, Justin, Matthias and Baby Martin due on or about May 18th; and numerous nieces & nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Norma in 2013, his daughter-in-law Deb in 2020, and by eight siblings-Ted, Ernest, Melvin, Herbert, Bill & Jim Kramp, Elizabeth DeMorrow & Ruth Baushke.
Memorial Contributions
Memorial donations in Warren’s name may be made to Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church., Michigan Lutheran High School or Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Saginaw, MI.
Michigan Lutheran High School
Lutheran Seminary
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