Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-10
NO HEAVIER WOMAN
Now in Pittsburg Than Young Lady
Who Was Buried Yesterday.
SIZE WEIGHED JUST 42S POUNDS,
And Her Coffin Was 25 Inches Across, In
side Measurement.
A BURDEN FOR SIX PALLBEARERS

The funeral of Miss Lizzie Kramer, OF
Franklin street, took place yesterday after
noon at o'clock. from the residence of her
brother. Frank H. Kramer, No. 33 Pasture
street. The young lady was the heaviest
person living in the Seventh ward, and
rrobablv the heaviest woman living in Pitts
burg. Her weight was 426 pounds.
The Kramer family is one of the best
known on the hill, where they have lived
for many years. The father, John Henry
Kramer, keeps a grocery store at No.
"a Franklin street, corner of Congress. He
has five sons, Frank H., Charles c., VIM. F.,
Henry and Alexander Kramer. There were
two daughters. the surviving daughter being
Mrs. Bakehouse, OF Beltzhoover. The
younger children, Alexander and Lizzie,
live with their parents on Franklin street.
Three of the sons, who are married, live
about two blocks away, in houses ad joining
on Pasture street. Charles Kramer has been
for several years a member of the police
force. Since Chief Brown took charge of
the department, Mr. Kramer has been cor
ner man, his present station being Fifth
avenue and Wood street. William is con-
nected with the Fire Bureau. Charles has
recently been the victim of unusual affilc-
NllO0 DV the Qedll OF Ieldl4fSS.
ALL THE FAMILY LARGE.
All the members OF the family are of
heavy build, including father and mother,
but Miss Lizzie was larger than any two o.
her stalwart brothers She was only rs
years old. From youth she was disposed to
excessive corpulence. As school girl,
when on the streets she attracted general at
tention. During her later years she was
seen out very seldom. Her weight became
so great that she did not care to walk far,
and she did not like to be stared at by peo-
ple on the streets. She therefore did not go
more than two or three blocks from home,
and that far rarely. She might visit a near
neighbor or go to some adjacent store for her
mother. She was a great favorlte with those
who knew her in the immediate vicinity of
her home, and her death has ELECTED many
expressions of sorrow.
Her weight was burden to her. Within
the sst three or four years she was con-
tinuaily trying medicines and miscellaneous
nostrums to reduce her flesh, but all was
useless. Every new anti-fat compound
found in her a purchaser Still, she en-
joyed fairly good health, and until a week
ago she helped her mother in all the house
work.
A SERIES OF MIsFoRTUNEs.
When the present wintry weather set in
Miss Kramer caught bad cold, which de-
veloped into pneumonia. She was not
confined to bed until last Thursday On
February Is, the wife of Officer Kramer
died, and was buried three weeks ago yes
terdav. Last Wednesday, Officer Kramer's
wife's grandmother died in St. Clair town.
snip, and he went Thursday to attend her
funeral. When he lett home his sister was
not seriously i'll. He never again saw her
alive. She died suddenly, at o'clock
FRIDAY evening, and the nrst notice he re-
ceived was the reading of her death in the
newspaper, Saturday morning.
The body of the deceased was prepared
for burial by L. Beinhau.r 6 So1. The
coffin was 5 leet 9 inches long, and % inches
across on the inside. 1t was, of course, M de
specially; and was the widest coffin ever
made by Beinhauer.
The elder Kramers live on the second
floor, over their store, and 1t was thought to
be too difficult and slow task to carry the
coffin down the stairway at the time of the
funeral. Therefore, on Saturday evening,
the remains were removed by a number of
strong men, to the house of Frank Kramer,
on Pasture street. There the funeral serv-
ices were held yesterday afternoon.
COVERED WITH FLOWERS.
There was q large attendance of neighbors
and friends. The great coffin was covered
with beautiful flowers. A touching funeral
oration was spoken by Rev. f. A. Ahner,
the pastor of the Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran Church on High street, to which
the family belongs. The exercises were in
German.
1t was all that six stalwart pallbearers,
assisted by Mr.. Beinhauer, could do to lift
the coffin into the hearse. The remains were
followed to the German Cemetery, at Miners
vile, by long line OF carriages.