Mrs. Charlene Mae Kramer McQuiston, loving wife, mother and grandmother, 81, went home peacefully to the “City not made with hands” on Oct. 27, 2009.
She was born Oct. 26, 1928, in Uhland, Texas, to Charles and Emily Elbel Kramer. She was a 1947 graduate of New Braunfels High School in New Braunfels.
In her early adulthood, she moved to San Antonio, where she was a civil service worker in the finance office of Fort Sam Houston. While attending First Baptist Church of San Antonio, she met a soldier named Clare McQuiston. They married in the First Baptist Church of New Braunfels on May 18, 1952, and have resided in Richmond since December 1952.
Mrs. McQuiston was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church for over 50 years and taught Sunday school for many years. She enjoyed going to Bible study. She also enjoyed sewing and traveling.
Mrs. McQuiston is survived by her husband of 57 years, Clare McQuiston of Richmond; her children, Janette Cason of Waco, Texas, Douglas (Colleen) McQuiston of Lake Wiley, S.C., Judith (William) Testin of Indianapolis, Gregory (Birgit) McQuiston of Lake Orion, Mich., and Joanne (Patrick) McCree of Normal, Ill.; 13 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Leonard Kramer of New Braunfels, and her twin, Charles Kramer of Edmond, Okla.; and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. McQuiston was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Leslie Kramer and Roland Kramer; and a son-in-law, Randall Cason.
A funeral ceremony was conducted by David McQuiston at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, at the First Baptist Church of Richmond.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the National Parkinson’s Foundation, 1501 N.W. 9th Ave./Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136-1494; or the Reid Hospital Foundation, 1100 Reid Parkway, Richmond, IN 47374.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.smithmcquistonwebster.com.
