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Dr. Donald H. Rames

1928 - 2012

Dr. Donald H. Rames obituary, 1928-2012, Vandalia, IL

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1928

DIED

2012

Donald Rames Obituary

Dr. Donald H. Rames, 84, of Vandalia, died at 7 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at his family home.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Vandalia, with Dr. Roger Grimmett officiating. Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery in Vandalia. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Friday at the church. Hohlt and File Funeral Home in Vandalia was in charge of arrangements. Memorials: Fayette County Hospital, Family YMCA of Fayette County or First United Methodist Church of Vandalia. Online condolences may be shared at www.hohltandfilefh.com.
Dr. Rames was born on Feb. 4, 1928, in Butler, S.D., the son of Harry S. and Mae Bigler Rames. He married Phyllis Johnson on Aug. 21, 1951, in Harvard, Ill.
He was a physician.
He graduated from Watertown High School in 1946, the University of South Dakota in 1950 and the University of Illinois School of Medicine in 1954.
Dr. Rames was a charter member of the American Academy of Family Practice, and a member of the Illinois State Medical Society and American Medical Association. He was a member of the Fayette County Medical Society, and held all of the society's offices; and he served as vice president of Medical Affairs of BJC Hospital. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, served on the First National Bank of Vandalia Board of Directors, served on the Vandalia School District Board of Education from 1962-71 and was a member of the Vandalia Rotary Club. He was a past president of the Fayette County American Heart Association, Fayette County American Cancer Society and Fayette County Board of Health, and served on the Operation OUTING Board of Directors.
He was chosen as the Fayette County Citizen of the Year in 1963, and was presented with an Abe Award for community service by the Vandalia Chamber of Commerce. He served in the Army.
He is survived by his wife; son, Dr. Richard Rames and his wife Sue of St. Louis, Mo.; daughters, Ann Rexroat Duncan of Coppell, Texas, and Mary Rames Orr and her husband Mike of Brentwood, Tenn.; and grandchildren, Lindsay, Richard, Douglas, Alexandra, Laura, Mary, David, Andrew, Katherine, Sarah, Michael, Christopher, Andrea and Sam.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Dr. Douglas Rames; and a brother, Duane A. Rames.

Published by The Leader-Union from Sep. 18 to Sep. 27, 2012.

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Our Deepest sympathy to Phyllis and her family, he was our family Dr for many years, and was on the Vandalia School Board with my father Louis Opfer
for many years.

Ruth Schaal Reed

September 25, 2012

Please know you are in our thoughts and prayers. He will be missed by the generations of family members he devoted his life caring for,including ours! So glad I had the opportunity to know and work for him!

Carmen Grandt

September 25, 2012

While I worked at FCH 30 years ago, I billed Medicare and would sometimes need to find the diagnosis in charts that were not completed. Dr. Rames always said I could read his handwriting better than he! Connie Frappier Boylan (the Oldham's niece)

Connie Frappier-Boylan

September 25, 2012

Dr. Red, as we often called him was a good friend of ours and a great family doctor to us. Dr. Rames will be greatly missed by many of us...our love and sympathy to Phyllis and the entire family. May God grant you peace, strength and comfort in your loss.

Virgil and Jackie Oldham

September 24, 2012

May your memories of the wonderful times you shared with your loved one comfort you and your family, today and always.

American Heart Association

September 21, 2012

Dr Rames was our family doctor. We remember that when our youngest daughter was sick we called him on a Sunday and he came to our house and checked her out. She had pneumonia and
he gave her a shot and stayed with us until he knew she would be o.k. We will always remember that. He was a great doctor.

Carl and Ina Rothe

September 20, 2012

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