Oscar Milton Kramer KA3OOK SK

Oscar Milton Kramer, age 87, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, passed away on June 17, 2025. Born in Washington, DC, on June 4, 1938, he was the youngest son of Isadore and Rebecca Kramer, Jewish immigrants from Poland.

After earning his undergraduate and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from George Washington University, Oscar worked as an engineer for NASA, General Electric and the US Postal Service. His engineering expertise contributed to the global tracking stations that supported the Apollo moon missions, and he played a key role in the development of the barcode reader technology that revolutionized the sorting of mail and the scanning of retail items for purchase.

Oscar married Judy Lieberman in 1963, and they had three children, Andy, Paul and Amy, whom they raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was a lifelong learner, and his creativity and insatiable curiosity were expressed in his wide-ranging pursuit of hobbies. In his younger years, he was an avid cyclist who completed a 100-mile “century” bike ride.

He and Judy loved to travel, visiting Europe, China and Israel, and they took their children on many memorable camping trips in the family’s trailer. At Sun City Center, where he and Judy moved in 2002, he participated in the woodworking Sawdust Engineers and the SCC Computer Club (the self-styled “Geeks”), and he played leading roles in the synagogue and Unitarian Universalist congregation, even as he cultivated new skills, taking sewing classes, learning to cook and performing magic.

Oscar was deeply committed to community and public service in both Maryland and Florida. He was an officer in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, a mathematics tutor and an active member of the Democratic Party. An enthusiastic ham radio operator, he provided crucial emergency communications at local hospitals during hurricanes in Florida. Oscar was known for his playful sense of humor and storytelling skills, enthralling generations of children, nieces, nephews and grandchildren, with his bedtime tales and “Billy stories.” He will always be loved by his wife; children and their spouses, Dana, Melinda and Rob; and his grandchildren, Dell, Max, Jayden, Zoe and Ava. He will be deeply missed, and his memory will be a blessing to all who knew him.

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