William Mark Kram

William Mark Kram of Grasonville, MD, died peacefully at home on Wednesday January 18, 2012. He was 65. He was born September 6, 1946, in Baltimore, MD, the son of the late Melvin Kram Sr., and Mary Gourley. Mark graduated from Towson Catholic High School before joining the Navy in 1965. During his time in the Navy, he served as an Electronics Technician aboard the USS Liberty and was a crewmember during the June 8, 1967, attack on the Liberty. After his service, Mark graduated from UMBC in 1973 and was employed as a drug sales rep in southern NJ. During this time, he met his wife Karen, who was a Pharmacist in Cape May, NJ. They married in August of 1975 and later moved to Annapolis. Mark completed his accounting certificate from the University of Baltimore and was admitted as a C.P.A in 1981. He started his own practice on Kent Island that same year and later moved to Grasonville. He later met long time friend and business partner, Thomas J. McCarthy. Kram and McCarthy combined their C.P.A. practices in 1986. Mark graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1993 and was admitted to the Bar later that year and began his law practice. Mark earned his private pilot’s license in 2009 and enjoyed flying his Cessna Cardinal. He was also an active member of Grasonville VFW Post 7464 where he served as a past Commander. He enjoyed his frequent trips to Ocean City where he liked to go fishing and spending time with his family, especially his two grandsons. He is survived by his wife Karen; sons Andrew (Stacey) and Bradley; his grandsons, John Henry and Zachary; siblings John Kram, Sr. (Pauline), Maris Stella Harrison (Richard) and Kathleen Thomas; brother-in-law, Frank T. Cimino; sisters-in-law, Marianne Kram, Joanne Kram, and Nanette Gebhardt-Kram; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Mark is preceded in death by his siblings, Cecelia Cimino, Melvin Kram, Jr., Paul Kram, Sr., and Richard Kram; and his grandson, Andrew M. Kram, Jr. Memorial donations for cancer research at the National Institutes of Health may be made to W. Mark Kram Cancer Fund, c/o Bank Annapolis, 1245 Shopping Center Rd., Stevensville, MD 21666. Friends may call at the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A. in Chester, MD, on Sunday, January 22 from 2 – 4 p.m. A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, January 23, at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Queenstown, MD. Burial will follow at St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery.

William Mark Kram

September 6, 1946 - January 18, 2012