Mrs Ellen Rankin Reamer

Ellen Weedon Rankin Reamer, 92, a resident of Trinity Oaks Retirement Community in Salisbury, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2014, at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center. Mrs. Reamer was born November 28, 1921, in Kannapolis, NC, the daughter of the late Dr. Richard Brandon Rankin and Juanita Weedon Rankin. She grew up in Concord, NC and graduated from Concord High School. Ellen received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from Duke University in 1943. She was a first grade teacher at Odell School in Cabarrus County before marrying another Duke graduate, Richard Daniel “Dick” Reamer, November 20, 1943, in Concord. During World War II, while Mr. Reamer served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, the Reamers lived in New Haven, CT and Dayton, OH. After the war ended, they moved to Concord, then Hendersonville, NC; and settled in Salisbury in 1952. Mrs. Reamer was a homemaker, but she enjoyed working for several years as a teller for Security Bank while her three children attended college. She loved gardening, reading, watching Duke basketball games, playing cards and spending time with her family at Lake Norman and Blowing Rock. She delighted in meeting new people and never had an unkind word to say about anyone. Ellen was a lifelong Presbyterian and a faithful member of the First Presbyterian Church in Salisbury for more than 60 years. She served as President of the Women of the Church twice and taught Sunday School. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband on April 26, 2006, her sisters, Minnie McCorkle Rankin and Betsy Rankin Sinden McClure, and her brother, Dr. Richard Brandon Rankin, Jr. Ellen is survived by her son Richard Rankin “Randy” Reamer and wife Marcia of Salisbury, daughter Ann Reamer Baker and husband Dr. Charlie Baker of Crossnore; daughter Betsy Reamer Webster and husband Don of Mount Ulla; sister Ann Rankin Meacham of Huntersville; six grandchildren: Neeli Reamer Lorick and husband Kevin, Meredith Reamer Sullivan and husband Paul, Richard Reamer, Jr. and wife Addie Laurie, Daniel Baker, Alice Baker Meuten and husband Travis, and Kate Baker; three great-granddaughters: Mollie Sullivan, Eleanor and Mary Chapman Reamer; many nieces and nephews and countless friends. Service and Visitation: A service to celebrate the life of Ellen Reamer will be conducted at 11:00 AM Thursday, May 29, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church in Salisbury officiated by the Rev. Dr. Jim C Dunkin and Rev. Dr. Randal V. Kirby. The family will receive friends in Lewis Hall following the service. Memorials: Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 308 W. Fisher St., Salisbury, NC 28144; or to the charity or organization of your choice. Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Reamer family. Online condolences may be made at www.summersettfuneralhome.com.

Mrs Ellen Rankin Reamer

November 28, 1921 - May 25, 2014