Eleanor Kremer-Glover

Eleanor Kremer-Glover

Born October 16, 1936 - June 22, 2025, 88 years old

ELLIE GREW UP IN WESTBURY, N.Y., AND WAS THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS WHO ARRIVED AT ELLIS ISLAND. HER FATHER, WILLIAM A. WILLIAMS EMIGRATED FROM WALES, AND HER MOTHER EMIGRATED FROM AUGHNACLIFFE, IRELAND WHEN THEY WERE VERY YOUNG. ELLIE ALSO HAD A YOUNGER SISTER, SALLY WHOM SHE WAS VERY CLOSE WITH. THEIR PARENTS WORKED ON THE ESTATES IN OLD WESTBURY, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY MET AND MARRIED. ELLIE AND SALLY GREW UP IN WESTBURY, AND ATTENDED ST. BRIGID'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL WHERE THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY A WONDERFULLY CLOSE KNIT GROUP OF FRIENDS. ELLIE WOULD MARRY HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, WILLIAM KREMER IN 1957 AT THE AGE OF 21, AND MOVE TO PILGRIM LANE IN WESTBURY. THEIR DAUGHTER, ALISA WOULD BE BORN IN 1960 AND IN 1967 THEY WOULD ADOPT A SON, CHRISTOPHER. ELLIE AND BILL MOVED FROM WESTBURY TO A NEW LEVITT DEVELOPMENT IN STONY BROOK, AND BOUGHT A PRETTY RANCH HOME IN THE THREE VILLAGE AREA WHERE THEIR CHILDREN ATTENDED SCHOOL. AFTER A PAINFUL DIVORCE, ELLIE WOULD RETURN TO COLLEGE FULL TIME WHILE WORKING PART TIME AT NIGHT AT ABRAHAM & STRAUSS WHILE CARING FOR HER TWO CHILDREN. EVENTUALLY, ELLIE RECEIVED HER B.A. IN EDUCATION FROM SUNY, STONY BROOK, AND HER M.A. IN SPECIAL EDUCATION FROM ADELPHI. SHE GOT A TEACHING POSITION IN THE COMSEWOGUE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND TAUGHT IN ALL THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, FINISHING UP AT NORWOOD ELEMENTARY. DURING HER TIME AT COMSEWOGUE, ELLIE HAD BEEN EXCESSED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND WITH THE HELP OF HER TEACHER'S UNION, SHE FILED A GRIEVANCE AGAINST THE DISTRICT. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS ARDUOUS AND TOOK A FEW YEARS, ELLIE WOULD WIN HER GRIEVANCE AND BE ENTITLED TO BACK PAY - JUSTICE SERVED! ELLIE WOULD EVENTUALLY RE-MARRY A LOVELY GENTLEMAN FARMER, KENNETH GLOVER, AND WOULD MOVE TO HIS FARM IN YAPHANK. ELLIE ENJOYED LIVING ON A FARM, AND SHE LOVED PICKING STRAWBERRIES, PUMPKINS AND OTHER PRODUCE. ELLIE'S PASSIONS WERE GARDENING, COOKING, TRAVELING THE WORLD (SHE LOVED HER IRISH AND ENGLISH ROOTS), GOLF, TENNIS, BIRDING AND TEACHING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TO HER STUDENTS AT ST. PHILIP & ST. JAMES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ST. JAMES, NY. - SHE ESPECIALLY LOVED TEACHING THE ROSARY TO YOUNG CHILDREN. ELLIE WOULD RETURN HOME TO STONY BROOK AFTER HER DEAR HUSBAND, KEN PASSED AWAY IN 2001.

ELLIE WAS AN EXEMPLARY EDUCATOR, AND IMPACTED MANY STUDENTS OVER THE YEARS. SHE STILL KEPT IN TOUCH WITH SOME WRITING LETTERS TO THEM, AND MANY RECIPROCATED. TEACHING WAS HER PASSION, AND ELLIE WAS A HARD-WORKING, CARING EDUCATOR. SHE LOVED HER SISTER, SALLY AND WOULD OFTEN VISIT HER IN CALIFORNIA AND LATER, HOPE, IDAHO. SHE LOVED HER CHILDREN, AND ESPECIALLY HER GRANDCHILDREN, SAMANTHA KREMER AND ERIN AND AISLINN PARROT. ELLIE WAS A DEVOUT CATHOLIC AND A STAUNCH REPUBLICAN. SHE WAS INTELLIGENT, BEAUTIFUL, HUMOROUS, IMPECCABLY DRESSED, DEMANDING, STUBBORN AND LOVING. HER FAVORITE NUMBER WAS 8, SHE REMARRIED ON 8/8/86, AND SHE PASSED AT THE AGE OF 88. SHE LOVED SAYING "LT." (LORD & TAYLOR) AND "R.L* (RALPH LAUREN)TO HER FAMILY ALL THE TIME WHICH DROVE THEM NUTS,

BUT THAT WAS HER FAVORITE STORE (MACY'S TOO), AND HER FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND. FINALLY, ELLIE WOULD TEACH HER CHILDREN, ALISA AND CHRISTOPHER A VALUABLE LESSON...NEVER EAT MOM'S PEPPERIDGE FARM MILANO COOKIES OR HER ECLAIRS! UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, MOM XO

Visitation:  Wednesday, July 2nd 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Raynor & D'Andrea Funeral Home 245 Montauk Hwy. West Sayville

Funeral Mass:  Thursday, July 3rd  11:00 a.m. at St. Brigid RC Church 85 Pst Avenue Westbury

Interment to follow at Holy Rood Cemetery Westbury.