Ora D. “Dolly” Kramlich, 96, of Whitehall, died Feb. 17, 2025, peacefully in Above and Beyond at the Knights in Allentown.

The loving wife of the late Dick Kramlich, the couple was married 65 years at the time of his death in 2015.

Born July 23, 1928, in Allentown, she was a daughter of the late Leon and Grace (Davies) Schray.

She was the eldest of their six children.

Growing up in south Allentown, she attended Allentown High School, graduating in 1946.

She then attended the Allentown Hospital School of Nursing where she graduated in 1949 and began a career as a registered nurse, working in medical surgery, ICU and ICU staff instruction, and later at Phoebe Home, totaling nearly 40 years.

She was a loyal part of a close circle of nurses from the Class of ’49, known as the “Club Gang,” who visited together once a month for 67 years and a longtime member of the Allentown Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association.

She and her husband were faithful members of First Presbyterian Church of Hokendauqua.

In addition to singing with the church choir for more than 60 years, she was also a deacon, elder and church treasurer.

She volunteered as a Cub Scout Den Mother, a PTA officer and regularly at the local voting site.

She enjoyed music, reading, gardening and, eventually, watching football on Sunday afternoons with her husband.

One year, she famously won the family NFL pool, much to the embarrassment of the rest of the family.

She and her husband enjoyed traveling, visiting Ireland, Germany, Brazil, Alaska, and a memorable six-week cross-country trek in their RV.

She cherished the annual family vacation to the Jersey shore and later Emerald Isle, N.C.

Her survivors include daughters Joanne Matthews and Alice Wall and her husband, Jack, all of Walnutport; sons Richard Scott Kramlich and his wife, Gail, (Parker) of Allentown, Michael Kramlich of Coplay and Daniel Kramlich and his wife, Ann Hoefer, of Houston, Texas; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; sisters Esther Meyers of Allentown, Sally and her husband, Tom Heffner, of Northampton; and brothers Robert Schray of Whitehall and Sheldon Schray and his wife, Carol, of Catasauqua.

She was predeceased by her sister, Verona Bickert; sister-in-law, Renae (Kunkle) Schray; brothers-in-law, Donald Meyers and Ernie Bickert; and son-in-law William “Jeff” Matthews.

Services will be at noon March 15 in First Presbyterian Church of Hokendauqua, 3005 S. Front St., Whitehall, with the Rev. P. Douglas Cronce Jr. officiating.

Visitation with her family will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the fellowship room.

Interment will be private.

Contributions may be made to the church, 3005 S. Front St., Whitehall, PA 18052, or to the Allentown Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, mailed to 444 Pershing Blvd., Whitehall, PA 18052-6411.