Age 82, Oklahoma City - Private family service will be held at a later date at the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill. Mrs. Schram died Tuesday, May 5, 2009, in Oklahoma City. Arrangements are under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born on August 14, 1926 in Augsburg, Germany to Johan and Krescentia Hargesheimer. She graduated from high school in Germany, followed by a three year apprenticeship in health care. Maria married Burton Schram on October 20, 1948 in Augsburg, where he was serving in the U.S. Army. They retired in Lawton. Maria worked as an advanced certified nurse assistant for Comanche County Memorial Hospital for 15 years. After retiring, she worked as a private duty sitter for ten years. She was a member of the Ladies Tabitha Guild at Holy Cross Lutheran Church and the German-American Club. She loved her poodles and traveling, while she still had her health. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Beverly Jane and Dr. William Walker Brinkley of Edmond, and Laverne Van Hoy of Lawton; four grandchildren, Anthony Wayne Siler of Pensacola, Florida, Michael Burton Siler, Kimberly Ann and Laura Nichole Van Hoy, all of Lawton; four great grandchildren, Sarah and Ryan Siler of Pensacola, Florida, and Brianna Maria Webb and Jason Allen Siler, both of Lawton; and a sister and brother-in-law, Centa and John Dunleavy of Minersville, Pennsylvania. Her husband, parents, three brothers, Albert, Adolph and Phillip, and four sisters, Ida, Anna, Betty and Elizabeth, preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made in Maria's name to the American Cancer Society, 1320 NW Homestead Drive, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505.