San Bernardino County Obituaries

Ann Fairbanks

Submitted by Peggy Hooper 23 Mar 2008

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Redlands Daily Facts; 03/11/2008

Ann Fairbanks, an 86-year resident of Redlands, died March 9 in Redlands, following an illness. 
She was 91. 
She was born Anna Elizabeth Kramer on March 27, 1916, in Chicago and came to Redlands when 
she was a child. 

She graduated from Redlands High School in 1934 and married Stan Fairbanks in 1935. 

She had three brothers, Henry Kramer, Charles Kramer and Thomas Kramer, and a sister, Freda 
Rathgeber. 

The Kramer family started a business in Redlands, Kramer's Furniture and Appliance Refinishing, 
that is still operated by the family. 

She was an avid golfer and a former member of the Redlands Country Club and the club's women's 
golf team. 

Her husband died in 1993 and her daughter Jeanne Pittenger in 1996. 

Survivors include her daughter Ruth Tracer of Redlands; her son Don Fairbanks of Yucaipa; her 
grandson Ed Bellamy of St. Petersburg, Fla.; three great-grandchildren; and longtime friend Ray 
Roheim. 

Visitation is noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at Emmerson-Bartlett Memorial Chapel, 703 
Brookside Ave., Redlands, followed by graveside services at 2 p.m. at Hillside Memorial Park.