James Matthew “Jimmy” Smith-Kramer, 20 years old, died on Sunday, May 28, 2017, at Tacoma General Hospital in Tacoma, Wash. as a result of a vehicle incident.

He was born on May 27, 1997, in Aberdeen, Wash. to Charles Edward and Jodie Charlene (Smith) Kramer. He was an enrolled member of the Quinault Indian Nation and had attended services at the 1910 Shaker Church.

He was raised and attended school in Taholah and graduated from Taholah High School in 2015. While in school he was very active in their sport activities to include, basketball, football, track and baseball. He had been a coach for basketball and football.

He had worked as a commercial crab fisherman out of Taholah.

His travels had taken him to Arizona, Mexico, Las Vegas, Disneyland as well as tribal journeys; basketball playoffs and trips in the family canoe. His true passion was hunting that allowed him to help area families with their food and other items.

James Matthew Smith-Kramer is survived by his father, Eddie Kramer of Hoquiam; his step-mother, Misti Conway of Hoquiam; he was raised by Cory Smith of Taholah as his dad and Maranda James as his mother; Leeza James is the mother of his children, Keoni James and Lilo James; Tyus Ikta Smith, Jaymen Nicholas Conway, Nathan Charles Smith-Kramer and Tom Anderson are his brothers; Luvelah Elyse Charlene Smith, Jazmyn Lavatta Conway and Samantha Smith-Kramer are his sisters; Chills Kramer, Woodrow “Skeeter” Underwood, Jim Conway and Verdi “Deanie” McCloud are his grandparents; Richard and Jeannie Underwood are his God parents. He is also survived by numerous other relatives. He was preceded in death by his mother, Jodie Charlene Smith-Kramer; his grandmothers, Carol Hammer and Susan Smith and his great-grandmother, Hazel Smith.

A candlelight service will be at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, with the funeral service to be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Both services will be held at the Taholah Educational Center Gymnasium. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park in Hoquiam. Leon Strom and Jerry Walthers will officiate at the services.

A dinner for family and friends will then be held at the Taholah Community Center.

Direction is by the Coleman Mortuary, 422 – 5th Street in Hoquiam.

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