Georgian Court Honors Lacey Woman, 27, Who Died Of Cancer

LAKEWOOD, NJ — Georgian Court University has awarded a posthumous degree to nursing student Britani Kramer of Lacey Township, who would have graduated with the nearly 100 students who got their degrees on Wednesday.

One chair was left open during Georgian Court University’s commencement ceremony on Wednesday to honor a Lacey woman and former student who died of cancer, according to the Asbury Park Press.

Britani Kramer, 27, lost her battle with cancer on April 12, according to her obituary.

“Britani was an old soul and if you were part of her life you were loved to the fullest. She will be greatly missed by all,” her obituary says

Kramer graduated from Lacey Township High School in 2011. She was attending Georgian Court University to complete her bachelor’s degree in nursing at the time of her death.

Georgian Court University awarded a posthumous degree to Kramer during the commencement ceremony. Each of her nursing school classmates placed a yellow rose next to the open chair, the Asbury Park Press reports.

“I’m grateful they’re doing this for her,” her mother Kelly Kramer, who is a nurse, told the publication. “It’s a mixed feeling. I’m very proud of her, but it also upsets me that I don’t get to see her do what she wanted to do so badly.”

Read more in the Asbury Park Press.

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