Vera Eleanor Cryer
1932 - 2025
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Vera Eleanor Stenberg Cryer rested from this life on July 27th, 2025, at 93
years. Born in Duluth MN, January 5, 1932, then raised in Slottsbron, Sweden
from age 2 to 15. She spent her childhood days in the woods or on skis in
winter and with extended family at the summer house on the lake. She came
by boat, with her parents, through Ellis Island New York, Feb 24, 1947. They
eventually settled in Baton Rouge, LA where she graduated from North
Highlands. She met and later married Fred Cryer in 1951. She worked as a
typist and payroll clerk at the old Heidelberg Hotel in Baton Rouge, until she
became a mother. She left her job to be a homemaker and gardener. In later
years she and Fred bought a shrimp boat, named it Ms Ellie and had the time
of their lives. She loved to cook for family and friends and host them on “The
Porch”. She was known for her hobbies of needlework and painting.
She leaves to honor her memory, 2 son’s and their wives Larry and Marsha
(Williams) Cryer, Freddy and Paula (Mire) Cryer,
Brother-in-Law Morgan “JR” Cryer, beloved nieces and nephews who knew
her as “Aunt Blondie”,
Swedish cousins especially Berith (Lennart Frykgård), Billy (Ava Klarqvist) Bert
Olov (Inger Holmgren), Tommy (Ann Lee) Gun-Britt (Goren Dahlqvist),
Margareta (Ingemar Ohlsson), Siv Klarqvist Petterson and
Longtime neighbors and friends especially Keith and Shellene Blount and
Dennis Neal.
Preceded in death by her husband Fred Cryer and parents Anna Lisa Larson
Stenberg and Axel Harry Stenberg of Örebro, Sweden.
Visitation will be at 1st Pentecostal Church of Denham Springs on Thursday,
August 7, 2025, from 9am until 11am with Memorial Service at 11am.