Dresser, Anna (Rekow) 1882-1946

REKOW, DRESSER, BERRY, PARKER, MEYER, CUMMINGS, LANDT

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 6/10/2005 at 15:54:41

Mrs. LEONARD P. (Anna Rekow) DRESSER

Mrs. Leonard Dresser Passes Away in Idaho

Mrs. Leonard P. Dresser, a former resident of this community, passed away at her home in Emmett, Idaho, Saturday, July 6, and funeral services were conducted July 9 in the Bucknum chapel by the Rev. Killerman, pastor of the Lutheran church. Interment was at Riverside cemetery.

Mrs. Dresser was born as Anna Rekow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rekow, June 8, 1882, in Germany. She came with her parents to the United States when two years old. She was married to Len Dresser in December, 1903, at Postville, and the couple lived here until they moved to South Dakota. In 1907 they went to Emmett, Idaho.

Mrs. Dresser is survived by her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Ena Berry of Nez Perce, Idaho; two sons, Francis and Carl of Emmett; four grandchildren; five brothers, Otto, Fred, William, Emil and Henry Rekow; four sisters: Mrs. Helen Parker, Mrs. Louise Meyer, Mrs. Minnie Cummings, Mrs. DeEtta Landt, and her father, Herman Rekow, of Luana. A brother, Karl, preceded her in death.

She had been an active member of the Progressive Club and of the Lutheran Ladies' Aid society, Emmett.

Postville Review, hand-dated 1940 or 1946 - contributed by Mary Durr

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Added 05/08/2014 by Connie (Kelly) Ellis, granddaughter of Alice Holly. Note: I continue to do research on the Dresser family.

Source: Dresser Family Records compiled by Alice (Owen) Holly and Esther (Smith) Chamberlain in the 1960's.

On the obituary posted by Mary Durr (above) the death date was in question.

Additional information:
Anna P. (Rekow) Dresser daughter of Herman and Bertha (Fischer) Rekow was born June 8, 1882 in Lasselne, Pommern, Germany. Anna married Leonard Percy Dresser on December 2, 1903 in Postville, Iowa. Anna died July 6, 1946 in Emmett, Idaho and is buried in the Riverside Cemetery at Emmett, Idaho.

Anna and Leonard Dresser were the parents of three children:
Francis Herman Dresser, Karl Elmer Dresser, and Ena Lois Dresser.