Dr. Cramer Reed
By 
Emily Smith, Jeff Schurman, Trey Anderson, and Chris Varenhorst 

Dr. Cramer Reed was born July 24, 1915, in Artegia, New Mexico. When he was young his family moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma. 

He remembers living in a small town where not much happened. He remembers that Bartlesville was a fairly progressive town because it was an oil town. There were two junior high schools and one high school. But they were both run on tight budgets much like public schools now. At the time he didn't realize that his school was run on a tight budget because he was used to tight budgets. That was how he grew up. 

Dr. Reed remembers that he used to "run around" with a group of five or ten people. He refers to this group as somewhat of a "clique." This clique spent a lot of time together and they especially liked going to the YMCA. The YMCA was the major recreation place in Bartlesville. They would watch movies on Saturday nights there on the basketball court. 

When he was older, they would drag race on Saturday nights. He and his friends would spend all night just riding up and down a stretch of road, racing any one who wanted to. Dr. Reed remembers that when he was in seventh grade, they didn't really learn how to get along with and deal with the opposite sex. It wasn't really until high school that he started to really get interested in girls. 

He doesn't really remember taking any field trips when he was young, and he thinks that field trips are a great addition to the curriculum of schools currently. He went to a public elementary school so they didn't have the funding for field trips. Besides, there wasn't really anywhere to go on a field trip. When he was younger, Dr. Reed remembers that his favorite holiday was the Fourth of July. His father owned a grocery store and always got free fireworks from people who wanted him to sell their fireworks in his store. So they always had fun setting off fireworks. 

Because his father owned a grocery store, Dr. Reed remembers having to help carry produce to and from the stores. When he was older his father acquired more grocery stores and he got to work in them. He remembers going and getting watermelon to sell in the stores. 

When he was young they always walked to school because there wasn't really any way to get to school besides wagon or walking. 

Dr. Reed is eighty-four years old and isn't actually living in assisted care. He actually is on the board of Larksfield place and visits quite often. He is still very active and full of life. He is happily married. His wife's name is Geney. He seems as if he has not aged at all since his younger days, and he seems to enjoy what he does very much. It is admirable how well he gets along with the residents of Larksfield place. He has lived a full and prosperous life, and he is a great example of a person who will live forever in the hearts of many people. He has touched many people's lives throughout his career as a doctor and in his work at Larksfield place. He has made many people's lives fuller than they could have ever dreamed of.