Memorial

Nancy Lee (Curran) Cram, 72, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on Wednesday January 20, 2021. Services: Private at Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel, where a visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.  on Saturday January 23, 2021. The Rev. Jaymee Glenn-Burns of Trinity-St. James United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.  As mandated by proclamation, social distancing must be practiced which requires a limited number of people to be allowed into the visitation at one time. The use of facemasks or shields is required.  

Survivors include her husband Dennis, her brother, Jim Curran, two nieces, Jamie (Ron) Chittick and Marsha (Jon) Otto. Great nieces and nephews, Andrew (Velvet), Dylan, Samantha and Aubrey Chittick, Jared Curran, Rylee and Jonah Otto, great-great niece, Sadie Chittick, cousins, Joan Reinberg and Bob Schrader and long time friend, Vicki Mc Connell. She was preceded in death by her parents.

Nancy was born May 17, 1948 to Betty and Guy (Bud) Curran in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She graduated from Jefferson High School in 1966 and Kirkwood Community College in 1984.  Nancy married Dennis Cram on September 1, 1990. She was employed at Cedar Rapids Inc, O’Brien Steel and the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Nancy was a member of Trinity-St. James United Methodist Church where she held many titles. Nancy enjoyed watching the Kernels, bingo, jigsaw puzzles and cruising.

In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Trinity-St. James United Methodist Church or the Kernels Foundation.