Kramer served as general manager of the Minnesota Kicks and the Dallas Tornado in the professional soccer league started by Lamar Hunt. When that league folded in 1979, he began working for Hunt’s World Championship Tennis (WCT).
In 1986, Kramer launched his own firm, Professional Sports Marketing, helping large corporations wine-and-dine clients and outstanding employees with travel to top-shelf sporting events such as the Masters, Triple Crown horse races and the Super Bowl.
Kent and Kyle actually attended Super Bowl XLIV in Fort Lauderdale in February 2010 when the Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17. Everyone knew who Kramer was pulling for.
“He loved New Orleans,” Kyle Kramer said. “He and I both agree that New Orleans is an amazing city, except for the fact that you can get into trouble 24 hours a day.”
Kramer spent the last three years caring for his wife of 60 years, Kendra, who suffers from progressive dementia.
“For the last three years, it’s gotten pretty serious,” Kyle Kramer said. “This is what I would say aged my dad. But as far as we knew, he was still in relatively good health. I talked to him every day. I missed a phone call from him on Tuesday night (Feb. 20), and he passed on Wednesday morning in his sleep. So, it was still unexpected for us.”
A year ago, Kramer fell and was hospitalized for three weeks, meaning his wife needed to be placed temporarily in assisted living. As soon as Kramer regained his own health, he brought her back to their home in McKinney, a Dallas suburb.
“He was able to get her out and was full-time watching her, taking care of her,” Kramer said.
A funeral service is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home in Allen, Texas. The service will be livestreamed at https://celebrationoflife.tv/.
Kramer is survived by his wife, Kendra Kramer of McKinney, Texas; son, Kurt Kramer of Lucas, Texas; son, Kyle Kramer and wife, Kim of Kansas City, Mo.; daughter, Kelley Kramer-Perez and husband, Avino of Celina, Texas; five grandchildren, Haylee Kramer, Rylee Kramer, Kyra Kramer, Sierra Perez and Koen Kramer; sister, Karen Kramer of San Francisco; and numerous other loving family and cherished friends.
Kramer was preceded in death by his mother, Velma Kramer Moore, and Uncle Fred and Auntie Kay Kramer. He will be buried in Oahu, Hawaii.
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