Anna Reel

Anna Katherine "Kate" Reel of Lexington, Virginia passed in the early morning hours onDecember 23, 2017. Born on January 20, 1924 in Bridgeport, Illinois to Earl R. McCracken andMinnie Mills McCracken, Kate left home to attend Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing inVincennes, Indiana. Being a nurse was the greatest pride of her life other than marrying Morris Reel and raising their two sons, Robert M. Reel and Richard E. Reel. She supervised the night shift at Good Samaritan Hospital as charge nurse for 18 years followed by several years as the operating room recovery room charge nurse until her retirement. She embodied the Midwestern trait of earnestness with constant devotion to her family and profession. Kate was an avid lover of nature and history. She spent much of her retired time volunteering at Grouseland, the historic home of William Henry Harrison the ninth president of the United States, and being an active member of the Francis Vigo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She also diligently worked on her passion for genealogy. Her family will forever be grateful for the impressively accurate and detailed family history she has left behind. While Indiana would always be home, she joined her eldest son's family later in life in the Blue Ridge Valley of Virginia, where she never took for granted the opportunity to live among the mountains. She became a well