my uncle doc died this week. Hyman Doc Kramer was a man of means, political connection and access. He worked tiredlessly for war vets and specifically Jewish War Vets. He was a committed husband, father and grandfather. He was the Political machine in Medway Ma. If you wanted political access, you found HY Kramer.
Hy Kramer had ... Baseball tickets, baseball jackets, money to travel, money to remodel, He had stature, he had clout, he had his hand out.
Hy Kramer asked to be a Quartermaster in the army. He asked for compensation from those who he helped. He helped them and helped himself. He got paid for his work and got paid in money and product.
Hy Kramer also is a convicted Felon and spent almost a year in a federal jail when he was in his 60s. He was taped doing business by the Feds and was indicted by a grand jury and convicted and served his time
the political machine man then could no longer vote. He could still organize and politicize. His felon status restricted him in some ways.
His wife of 58 years has held the line and held her family together thru the best of times and through the times where mr kramer was shamed. For a woman who lives in a narcissitic and centered world, worried about what the community would say, she was faced with the greatest test based on her husband's transgressions.
My Uncle Hyman Doc Kramer was buried after Parkinson's disease made him a shell of himself. NO longer able to speak clearly or have control over his body functions. His 6 foot man became a shell..
attended the funeral, i saw a Small fish in a big pond. A big man in a little town of Massachusetts. A man who was abandoned by the people who surrounded him or many they were just dead by now. A man whose hayday was long gone. A man who was shamed. A man who was loved by his children and grandchildren who dont see the man clearly but see what they want to see
