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CHESTERTOWN Ruth B. Wiemer of Chestertown died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008, at

Heron Point. She was 92.

She was born April 11, 1916, in Orange, N.J., the daughter of the late William Lawrence

and May Chandler Brunyate. After graduating from Columbia High School in S. Orange,

N.J., in 1934, she attended Hollins College in Roanoke, Va., where she received her AB

degree in Psychology in 1938. After graduating from the Philadelphia School of

Occupational Therapy in 1940, she became an occupational therapist at the Seashore

House in Atlantic City, N.J. From 1943 to 1961, she served as Director of Occupational

Therapy at the Children's Rehabilitation Institute in Reisterstown, which became the

Kennedy-Kreiger Institute of Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 1962, she accepted a position

as Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at the Milwaukee Downer College in

Milwaukee, and later that same year was employed by the State of Maryland

Department of Health as a consultant in occupational therapy. In 1963, she entered the

Masters program at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, earning her masters degree

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in education. In 1966, she became the chief of the Division of Occupational Therapy for

the Maryland Department of Health, retiring from this position in January 1980.

Mrs. Weimer was well recognized for her outstanding work in the field of occupational

therapy. Among her many awards were the establishment of the Ruth W. Brunyate

Lectureship by the Community College of Baltimore, a Presidential Commendation in

1979 and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Towson University. She was a

member of the National Health Council Board, and from 1964 to 1967, served as

President of the American Occupational Therapy Association.

She was an active member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Easton and the

P.E.O. Sisterhood. In addition to her professional accomplishments, Ruth was an avid

knitter, did beautiful needlepoint and dabbled in watercolors.

On March 21, 1970, Ruth married Christopher H. Wiemer, one of the founders of the

United Cerebral Palsy Association and former executive director of the Kennedy-Kreiger

Institute. They retired from Baltimore to Easton in 1979.

Following the death of her husband in 1998, Ruth made her home at Heron Point in

Chestertown. While at Heron Point, she served on the board of trustees and was liaison

to the Resident Council.

Ruth is survived by a stepdaughter, Mary Louise Wiemer of Baltimore.

She was preceded in death by her brother, William Brunyate, in 1997.

Interment will be private at Oxford Cemetery.