Lorraine Marie Brammer

Lorraine Marie Brammer, 87 of Scottsdale, Arizona went to be with our Lord on December 6, 2023 due to complications from COVID. She was born, one of eight children, on the family ranch in western South Dakota. Life on the prairie was hard but the family was strong, and the siblings enjoyed nearly every aspect of life with one another, including riding a horse to the one-room school house a few miles down the road. After high school in Spearfish, South Dakota she went to work at the local bank, beginning a 40-year career in banking that concluded with Bank of America in Arizona.

Lorraine married Gerald Edward Brammer (Jerry) in February of 1953 in Miles City, Montana when the two eloped in an act of independence and courage that would be the trademark of their marriage. After accompanying Jerry during his service in the U.S. Army, the couple moved to Oregon. In Oregon, they would raise their children and spend 25 years exploring the great outdoors, with Lorraine enjoying snow and water skiing, camping, fishing and bowling. She also really enjoyed cooking for family and friends, and canning the tremendous bounty of fruits and vegetables that were available in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.

The growth of the Phoenix area attracted the attention of couple in the early 1980’s and they relocated to Chandler, Arizona, thoroughly embracing all that there was to see and do in the great the Southwest. The couple moved to Sun Lakes, Arizona in 1984, became avid golfers and traveled extensively both across the country in their RV, and internationally, enjoying many trips and cruises. In later years, they owned a summer home near Taylor, Arizona. Lorraine continued bowling, participating in leagues and tournaments well into her late 70’s. She was also very active in the women’s golf league in Sun Lakes, and was a member of Risen Savior Lutheran Church.

Lorraine was preceded in death by an infant son, her husband Jerry, and by six of her seven siblings. She was survived by her children, Joan Ruiz of Auberry, California, and Rick Brammer of Scottsdale, Arizona, her sister Virginia Linder, of Berthoud, Colorado, and by seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She truly cherished her family, and was always ready to lend a helping hand or provide advice; she will be dearly missed by all who knew her.