OBITS: REITMEIER, Ruth Ellison Rose - 6 Feb 2002 - Whitley Co, KY Date: Saturday, February 16, 2002 2:31 AM Submitted by: Bobbie Ivey-Lewallen Email Registry Obituary Notices, News-Journal, February 13, 2002 Ruth Ellison Rose Reitmeier, 84, Louisville, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2002 at the Jefferson Manor Nursing Home. She was the second of eight children born to James and Elizabeth King Ellison in Whitley County. A homemaker and member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church. Former member of Crescent Hill Women's Club, Highland Women's Club, League of Women's Voters, and Bellarmine Women's Council. Survivors include four daughters, Shirley Rose Bunting of Knoxville, Tennessee, Mary Beth Rose Ellis of Nutley, New Jersey, Judith Rose Cox of Louisville, and Janet Reitmeier Taylor of Decatur, Georgia; two sons, R. Thomas Reitmeier of Houston, Texas and Kenneth List of Louisville; two sisters, Thelma E. Barrett and Jean E. Hayes, both of Cincinnati, Ohio; one brother, James Ellison of Knoxville, Tennessee; 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was a niece of the late Jess Ellison. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Chester A. Rose and Ronald E. Reitmeier. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 9 at Crescent Hill Baptist Church Chapel. Burial was in the Oak Lawn Cemetery in Pleasant View. Memorials to Alzheimer's Association, 3703 Taylorsville Rd. Suite 102, Louisville, KY 40220-1330 or Crescent Hill Baptist Church Memorial Fund. Pearson's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.