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Ralph Cramm Obituary

Cramm, Ralphborn December 25, 1927 in Hutchinson, KS, died April 14th, 2014. Ralph's kindness and generosity was known to many. Ralph was a natural salesman; he never met a stranger. He began his sales career at the Wichita Beacon in 1947 and during that time also published a local magazine, Round Town for two and a half years. After leaving the Beacon, he worked at UHF TV station KEDD for a short time. In 1961, he went to radio sales at KLEO. In 1964, he moved to KFDI as an advertizing salesman and outdoors editor. He was an avid outdoorsman all of his life and excelled at hunting and fishing. He had a daily hunting and fishing program on KLEO and later KFDI radio for decades. He was a frequent speaker at Isaac Walton League meetings and was very active in the Wichita Optimists Club. He is preceded in death by his wife Mary, son Richard Christopher, mother Helen, father Ralph Sr., stepmother Phyllis and brother Dick. Survivors include daughters Ginny (Robin) Nelson, Debbie (Mark) Welty, both of Wichita, Becky Carlberg of Burnet, TX, Kelley (Ken Horn) of Kansas City, MO, Lisa (Richard) Gruber of Evergreen CO, Anita of Ojai CA; Sons Fred (Kathy) of The Woodlands, TX, Ralph of Wichita; 15 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. A rosary will be held at 7:00 pm Monday the 21st and the service will be Tuesday the 22nd at 10:00 am, both at St Mary's Cathedral, 430 N. Broadway. Memorial with the Kansas Wildlife Federation.

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Published by Wichita Eagle from Apr. 18 to Apr. 20, 2014.

Memories and Condolences
for Ralph Cramm

19 Entries

J.V. Van Allen

December 26, 2024

Larger than life, that was Ralph. Always angling to help, always on the move. I always marveled at Ralph´s energy and attitude. That was Ralph. A friend

Tammy Holt

April 13, 2023

I so miss POPS, and Grams, yhey were the best. The family is always in my thoughts and prayers.

April 24, 2014

ralph and i had many good times together at kfdi-- was a good friend terry burford

Tammy Holt

April 22, 2014

Ralph was a kind man, I am so glad that I was given the opportunity to take care of him ar his home. I am truly blessed that I was given the chance to meet such an intersting person. Ralph taught me how to shoor a hand gun. I will truly miss him. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

Patricia Clinesmith - Allen

April 22, 2014

Love and Prayers for all the family, it's difficult to lose your parent.
GOD Bless

April 21, 2014

I am so sorry to hear about your father's passing. The Erdman family always remember having wonderful 4th of July celebrations with all the fire works your Dad set off for the neighbors! He will be missed by so many! May your family find peace in all those wonderful memories! Trish (Erdman) Reid.

Faye Graves

April 19, 2014

I worked with Ralph while News Director at KFDI Radio. We were together many times at different events and accounts.We also wend hunting & fishing together and were good friends for many years. I want the family to know that he was a very good man to be with and a tremendous salesman.

Chuck Schechner

April 19, 2014

Ralph lived life to the fullest. I enjoyed working with him at KFDI. My prayers go out to the family.

April 19, 2014

Ole Ralph was a great guy. I'ld always look forward to hearing his fishing reports and he was right most of the time. He had that special "Radio Voice" One day he came into a shop I was working at, I had never met the man but as soon as I heard his voice I knew exactly who it was. He had a heart of Gold for sure. Was proud to of known Ralph.

April 19, 2014

What a great memory of our lives!We loved listening to Ralph Cramm on KFDI and seeing him on the promotional junkets of the early years of the station.Our thoughts and prayers are with his beloveds and dear friends.The personalities of old were larger than life and known for their lives of integrity. Thank you for sharing Mr Cramm with all of us.
The Price and Ulrich families

Greg and Jeannie Stevens

April 19, 2014

Ralph was an ICON in the Radio industry. A consumate professional, and truly one of the funniest human beings on the planet. The world is a better place for having known him. I will miss him. He played a big part in our family. Many times Ralph was the topic of our discussions.

Jim Setters

April 18, 2014

Ralph was Ralph. And, all of us, the old Gang at KFDI loved him. And always will.

Bob Proffitt

April 18, 2014

The one and only, taught me so much and an incredible spirit. Never forget he and I beating Charlie and Burford to win a sales contest at KFDI, and the prize chosen by Ralph was duck hunting in Northern Kansas. You will be missed Ralph!

Jim Petty

April 18, 2014

I'm going to miss you Buddy!

Don Walton

April 18, 2014

Ralph was one of a kind and he was my “Friend”. I've known him for almost 50 years, half of them working together and he helped me so much in those early years. And the memories we made! What great ones they are. In the last few years when I would see him we would re-live many of those. What a marvelous time we had. Ralph was so very proud of all his family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and remember that Ralph is home now where he belongs. May God Bless him, and may he rest in peace, because he was my “Friend”. Lit' Donnie Do-Dad! Don and Sandy Walton

Don Walton

April 18, 2014

Ralph was one of a kind and he was my "Friend". I've known him for almost 50 years, and the memories we made! What great ones they were. Each time I saw him during the last few years we would re-live man of those. What a marvelous time we had. Ralph was so very proud of his family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and remember that Ralph is home now where he belongs. May God Bless him and may he rest in peace, because he was my "Friend". Lit' Donnie Do-Dad Don & Sandy Walton

Don Walton

April 18, 2014

Ralph was one of a kind and he was my "Friend". I've known him for almost 50 years, half of them working together and he helped me so much in those early years. And the memories we made! What great ones they are. When I saw him these last few years we would re-live many of those. What a marvelous time we had. Ralph was so very proud of all his family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and remember that Ralph is home now where he belongs. May God Bless him, and may he rest in peace, because he was my "Friend". Lit'Donnie Do-Dad!
Don and Sandy Walton

Don Walton

April 18, 2014

Don Walton

April 18, 2014

Ralph was one of a kind and he was my “Friend”. I've known him for almost 50 years, half of them working together and he helped me so much in those early years. And the memories we made! What great ones they are. In the last few years when I wouold see him we would re-live many of those. What a marvelous time we had. Ralph was so very proud of all his family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and remember that Ralph is home now where he belongs. May God Bless him, and may he rest in peace, because he was my “Friend”. Lit' Donnie Do-Dad!
Don and Sandy Walton

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