Amarant Marion Kanzler Cormier

Amarant Marion Kanzler Cormier, 94, of Kernersville, N.C., passed away peacefully Wednesday April 8, 2020.

With COVID-19 restrictions in place and limiting the number of people in groups to 10, the family will have a graveside service Saturday April 11, 2020, with Rev. Elliott Lutz officiating. A public gathering to remember and celebrate the life of Mrs. Cormier may be organized at a later date.

A native of Ritzville, Wash., Amarant was the wife of the late Norman G. Cormier and the daughter of the late Daniel Archie and Marie (Schroeder) Kanzler.

She was a 1944 graduate of Ritzville High School. In 1948, Amarant graduated from Holy Names Catholic College in Spokane, Wash., majoring in education. She then graduated in 1949 with a fifth-year degree from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash.

Amarant and Norman were married in 1950 at St. Paulus Lutheran Church in San Francisco, Calif.

Amarant began knitting prayer shawls after breaking her hip in 2003. She made close to 300 prayer shawls that literally went everywhere, including three that went to Germany. Each prayer shawl was edged in white so that person was always wrapped in Christ's arms.

Survivors include her sons, Paul N. (Barbara) Cormier of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Thomas A. (Debbie) Cormier of Kernersville, N.C .; grandchildren, Kathryne C. (Ryan) Bulger of Texas, Seth C. (Samantha) Cormier of Hawaii, and Chelsey D. Cormier and fiance Nick Clements of South Carolina; and great-grandchildren, Annabelle Marie, Jackson James, and Lila Elizabeth all of Texas, and Savanna Ann of Hawaii.

In addition to her husband and parents, Amarant was preceded in death by her oldest son, John D. Cormier; and her brother, Oscar Kanzler.

Friends and family may view and sign the guestbook at http://www.Pierce-JeffersonFuneralService.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Fountain of Life Lutheran Church, 323 Hopkins Road, Kernersville, NC 27284.