Mary Louise (Holak) Kraemer, 83, of Onalaska passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Bethany St. Joseph Nursing Home.
She was born December 16, 1934 in Hillsboro, WI to Ethelyn and Robert Holak. In June of 1956 she was married to Donald F. Kraemer and after 22 years of marriage, divorced.
Mary was employed at Stansfield Vending Inc. for 30+ years in which she performed many roles during those years as Office Manager. After her retirement from Stansfield Vending, Mary enjoyed working as a ‘Lunch Lady’ at Onalaska Elementary schools. She loved sharing stories of her “little friends”.
Throughout the years, Mary enjoyed family and friend camping trips to Hatfield and Hayward, fishing, bowling, watching sports of all kind, reading and above all family time. Her inner strength shown through in all aspects of her life.
Mary is survived by her four children: two sons, Kevin (Sue) Kraemer and Kurt (Patty) Kraemer. Two daughters, Kari (Gregg) Allen and Karla (Michael) O’Leary. Ten grandchildren, Benjamin (Melene) Kraemer, Matthew Kraemer, Anna (Nick) Kraemer, Grant (Anna) Engfer, Jessica Engfer, Casey Kraemer, Jamie (Leo) Pedretti, Erin (Andrew) Buss, Ryan and Emma O’Leary and nine great grandchildren. In addition, many nieces and nephews as well as her longtime friend, Sharon Sugg. Mary is preceded in death by her parents and brother, Thomas.
A visitation and celebration of life will be held Sunday, September 30th from 1:00 - 3:00pm at Schumacher Kish Funeral & Cremation Services of Onalaska