Obituary of Amarant Marion Kanzler Cormier

Amarant Marion Kanzler Cormier, 94, of Kernersville, NC 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 Reverend 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, Washington, Amarant was the wife of the late Norman G. Cormier and the daughter of the late Daniel Archie Kanzler and Marie Schroeder Kanzler. She was a 1944 graduate of Ritzville High School. In 1948, Amarant graduated from Holy Names Catholic College Spokane, Washington, majoring in Education. She then graduated in 1949 with a 5th year degree from Gonzaga University Spokane, Washington. Amarant and Norman were married in 1950 at St. Paulus Lutheran Church San Francisco, California.

Mrs. Amarant Cormier was a substitute teacher here in Kernersville from 1973 to 2003. She touched the lives of many students in this area. She was known for having long hair, with large bows, many bracelets and glasses. She kept a tight ship in any classroom she found herself in. She loved teaching and she took very good care of her students and teachers. She made many friends in the schools where she not only taught, but also kept them in Avon Products. Avon was not only a home business for Mrs. Cormier, it was also a ministry. She folded many diapers, had babies and pets of all kinds sitting on her lap while she listened and often prayed with her customers (friends, really) about the situations happening in their lives. She offered many words of comfort, caring and wisdom” Cormier-isms”she would call them. Mrs. Amarant began knitting prayer shawls after breaking her hip in 2003. She made close to 300 prayer shawls that literally went everywhere. She had three that went to Germany. Each prayer shawl was edged in white so that person was always wrapped in Christ’s arms. Mrs. Amarant Cormier always put God 1st then, Country, and Family in her daily life. She was a unique power-house in her corner of the world and will be sorely missed.

Survivors include her sons, Paul N. Cormier and wife, Barbara of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Thomas A. Cormier and wife, Debbie of Kernersville, North Carolina; grandchildren, Kathryne C. Bulger and husband, Ryan of Texas, Seth C. Cormier and wife, Samantha of Hawaii, and Chelsey D. Cormier and fiancé, 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 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.