Background

Cramer, Esther Ridgway was born on January 17, 1927 in La Habra, California, United States. Daughter of Claude Arthur and Ida Alma Ridgway.

Education

Bachelor, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1948. Postgraduate, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1949. Postgraduate, California State University, Fullerton, 1960—1967.

Career

Supervisor physical education Fullerton Schools, 1948-1951. City historian City of La Habra, since 1965. Vice president community relations Alpha Beta Company, 1979-1986, director consumer affairs, 1973-1979.

Author, historian Orange County, since 1965. Member Orange County History Commission, Santa Ana, California, since 1973. Commissioner United States Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Inspection Board, Washington, 1982-1984.

Vice president Orange County Centennial, Santa Ana, 1987-1989.

Achievements

• Esther Ridgway Cramer has been listed as a notable writer, historian, food products executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • LA HABRA, THE PASS THROUGH THE HILLS: The Formative Years of a Southern California Community from 1769,

    (Illustrated from historic maps, reproductions of art and ...)

  • La Habra: The Pass Through the Hills
  • The Alpha Beta Story, An Illustrated HIstory of a Leading Western Food Retailer
  • Brea: The city of oil, oranges and opportunity
  • The Alpha Beta story;
  • A Bell in the Barranca: A Story about La Habra Valley at the Turn of the Century

Membership

Advisory board Orange County council Boys and Girls Club, 1978-2000, past president. Board directors Orange County Chamber of C., 1979-1989. Advisory board Automobile Club.

Southern California, 1983-1989, Louisiana Habra Children's Museum, since 1980, La Habra Boys and Girls Clubs, since 1987, past president. Member Orange County History Society (president 1971-1972), Orange County Pioneer Council (president 1993-1994), La Habra Old Settlers History Society (historian since 1973), Mortar Board, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Writing, travel.

Connections

Married Stanley Edward Cramer, June 17, 1948. Children: Cynthia Ann Cramer Freeman, Melinda Cramer Ching, Janet Cramer Esguerra Buddle.

Father:

Claude Arthur

Mother:

Ida Alma Ridgway

Spouse:

Stanley Edward Cramer

child:

Janet Cramer Esguerra Buddle Cramer

child:

Melinda Cramer Ching Cramer

child:

Cynthia Ann Cramer Freeman Cramer