Funeral services for Ida Kramer, who died Wednesday, were held yesterday. Miss Kramer, who created the part of Mrs. Isaac Cohen in “Abie’s Irish Rose,” in which role she appeared for more than six years, succumbed to heart disease in her Brooklyn home at the age of fifty-two.
She died soon after she had prepared and served the Simchos Torah dinner which it was her custom to make every Succoth for her family. Her husband, Joseph Schneider, her two sons, their respective wives, and her two grandchildren were gathered about her as she was singing Jewish melodies from her early repertory. Death came without a warning, and she succumbed before the family physician reached her.
Miss Kramer was born in Russia and came to this country when she was thirteen years of age. She appeared in vaudeville and various Jewish plays, though her outstanding success was on Broadway in “Abie’s Irish Rose.”
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