BRAMER, WILLIAM H. AND SARAH

by Marilyn Bramer Downing

Entry F49 from the History of Hooker County Nebraska
with permission of the Hooker County Historical Society

Bill and Sarah Bramer

William Herman "Bill" Bramer was born
October 1, 1899 at Stamford, in Harlan
County Nebraska, to Frederick and Rika Ott
Bramer. He graduated from Dunning High
School in the Class of 1917 and further from
the Grand Island School of Business. Bill
came to Mullen in 1918 to be associated with
the Citizen's State Bank. This Bank was
located in the building later owned and
occupied by the late Dr. D.A. Walker. After
the closing of this bank Bill ran the Coopera-
tive Credit Association in a building on the
corner of First and Washington later occu-
pied by the late Steve Yagadich's Boot Shop.
In 1936 the Abott Company of Alliance
obtained a charter for the present Bank of
Mullen and Bill Bramer was asked to head
the bank as Cashier. During his tenure of
banking, Bill trained many of the men who
were later to become the leading officers of
the various Abbott Banks.

Sarah Ann Thomas was born in Nuckolls
County near Edgar, NE., on December 2,
1901 to Benjamin Jones and Leonora Wilk-
ens Thomas. Sarah graduated from Edgar
High School in the Class of 1919 and from
Peru State Teachers College, Class of 1921.
She taught Home Economics and Science at
Yutan, NE., and at Mullen High School
before her marriage on June 23, 1924 to
Wlliam H. Bramer. She was employed in the
office of the Hooker County Clerk and then
in the Bank of Mullen until her retirement
in 1966. Since "retirement" she has remained
very active - working in many diversified
areas. She has been a member of the Order
of Eastern Star and United Methodist Wom-
en, and worked for these organizations in
several capacities.

Bill and Sarah Bramer worked together at
the Bank of Mullen plus owning ande opera-
ting a small ranch located one mile south of
Mullen. Bill retired from banking in 1970 as
President of both the Bank of Mullen and the
Citizen's State Bank of Thedford. Through
the years Bill was involved in many civic
activities in Mullen, including serving on the
School Board, Town Board, in Commericial
Club and any commitee formed for the
improvement of Mullen. He was a faithful
member of the Mullen Masonic Lodge #282
AF&AM and was instrumental in the build-
ing of the new Masonic Temple in Mullen. In
his spare time Bill enjoyed fishing, hunting
and traveling. Bill passed away in Mullen on
May 1, 1975 and is burried in the Cedarview
Cemetery in Mullen.

Bill and Sarah Bramer were parents of one
daughter Marilyn Grace born
1930 at Mullen.