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Reevan Francis Barrett Cramer
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Educator, administrator.
Born at Winnipeg on 30 December 1924, son of Phillip Cramer (?-1948) and Anne Cramer (?-1962), brother of Raymond Joseph Barrett Cramer, he received BA and BEd degrees from the University of Manitoba. He taught in several Winnipeg schools, including Aberdeen School (1950-1952), Tec Voc High School (1952-1953), Isaac Newton School (1953-1954), Churchill High School (1955-1958), and Gordon Bell High School (1960-1962).
He was a negotiator with the Winnipeg School Board (1966), and was Assistant Director of the Fine Arts for the Winnipeg School Division. He played a lead role in the planning of what would become the R. B. Russell High School and went on to be its first Principal (1964-1969). He was later Superintendent of the Transcona Springfield School Division (1969-1972), an Area Superintendent in Winnipeg School Division, and an Assistant Deputy Minister of Education under Premier Ed Schreyer.
On 29 April 1949, he married Shoshana Rosalind Feldman (1926-1999) and they subsequently had two daughters and two sons.
He died at Winnipeg on 6 July 1998 and was buried in the Hebrew Sick Benefit Cemetery.
Birth registration [Rivan Francis Barrett-Cramer], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Bend’s school job filled,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 May 1969, page 3.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 9 July 1998, page 42.
Obituary [Shoshana Rosalind Cramer], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 January 1999, page 33.
“A historical look at River East Transcona School Division, 1959-2002,” River East Transcona School Division, 2018.
We thank Phillip Cramer, Nathan Kramer, and Mark Szymanski for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 May 2025
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