Age 87, of White Lake. November 7, 2019. Beloved wife of Robert, devoted mother of Roy (Ruth Kramp), of Norfolk VA, David (Deborah) Kramp of Clare, MI, Dionisia Tebbe of DeWitt, Mi, Eric (Katherine) Kramp of Ypsilanti, MI, Frederick (Amanda) Kramp of White Lake, MI; and loving grandmother of Amanda, Angela, Anastasia, Amberose, David, Scott, Robert, and Lucy. She was born January 21, 1932 in Manila, Philippines, and was preceded in death by Robert, her parents, Teodoro and Dionisia Camu, and siblings Teodoro Camu, Jr., Lilia Camu-Magat, Virginia Camu-Escandor, Azucena Camu-Lola, Angel Camu, and Antonio Camu.
Sylvia was born in the Philippines and moved to the mountains to avoid the worst of the impacts of WWII to that nation. After the war and completing her undergrad at the University of the Philippines, she came to the U.S. and the University of Michigan as a Fulbright Scholar to pursue a masters in comparative literature and a doctorate in education. She went on to earn a post-doctorate masters in the teaching of mathematics from the University of Detroit. She met Robert Scott Kramp, a life-long resident of Michigan in the mid-1950s and were married soon after at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ann Arbor.
Sylvia had a love of food, ideas, stories, and Michigan Football. Throughout her life, she especially loved genre fiction - Westerns, romance, and science fiction. Her favorite authors included Louis L'amour, Arthur C. Clarke, Mary Balogh, and Gorden Dixon. She loved her garden — irises and daylilies were among her favorites. She loved to cook and serve food to anyone who might enter her home.
Later in life, she rediscovered her passion for volunteering and travel. She often helped at the Waterford Community Center and traveled to Savannah, Europe, and the Porcupine Mountains. She walked across the Mackinac bridge annually for a number of years with her daughter Nisia during Labor Day bridge walk.
Sylvia died peacefully in her sleep after a long battle with dementia.
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The funeral service will take place Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at 11:00 am at St. Patrick Catholic Parish Church, 9086 Hutchins Road, White Lake, Michigan, 48386. Sylvia will be taken to church Wednesday to lie in state from 10:00 am until the time of mass. Burial will follow at All Saints Cemetery. Sylvia’s family will receive friends at the Elton Black & Son Funeral Home, 1233 Union Lake Road, White Lake, Michigan 48386, on Tuesday, from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm. Those desiring may consider memorial contributions to the Alzheimer’s Association of America.
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