Charles Cramblet

CHARLES CRAMBLET

Cedar Rapids

Charles Donald "Don" Cramblet, 81, of Fort Worth, Texas, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 19, 2014.

Don was born May 7, 1932, in Alliance, Neb., to

Charles Augustus Cramblet and Bertha Mae Ash, the oldest of five children. The family lived in Nebraska, South Dakota, Oregon and Wyoming. He married Juanita C. White on Jan. 19, 1952, in Rapid City, S.D. From this union was one daughter, Donna. They were later divorced. He married Patricia I. Harthun on March 4, 1954, in Pringle, S.D. From this union were three children, Diana, Jerry and Sheryl. Pat passed away Nov. 17, 1993. He remarried Juanita on May 27, 1995, in Kansas City, Kan., and they later divorced.

He was a patented inventor of an easy release tailgate hinge during the height of campers in truck beds and manufactured them in Sweet Home, Ore.

In the early 1970s, he moved back to Iowa, where he worked as a welder for Nissen Trampoline in Cedar Rapids until retiring in 1994.

He moved to Hulett, Wyo., in 1995 and Alliance in the summer of 2001. In February of this year, he moved to Fort Worth, Texas.

Survivors include son, Jerry and Patty Cramblet of Cedar Rapids; daughter, Sheryl and Steve Strout of Fort Worth; daughter, Donna and George Simpson of Bonner Springs, Kan.; grandchildren, Casey Cramblet, Jessica Cramblet, George Simpson and James Simpson; great-grandson, Cooper Simpson; sister, Mary Ann Smith; and ex-wife, Juanita Wheeler.

Don was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Diana; wife, Pat; brothers, Jack and Billy Ray Cramblet; sister, Dorothy Kerby; and friend, Ollie Jensen.

A memorial service will be held at a later time. He will be buried with his wife, Pat, at Cedar Me-morial Park Cemetery at a later time.

Condolences may be sent to Sheryl Strout, 5973 Feather Wind Way, Fort Worth, TX 76135.

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