REESE, Glenn M. 1914-2002

REESE, MACKIE, PROTHROE, HELM, KEITH, LEACH

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/17/2013 at 00:57:41

Glenn M. Reese was born January 6, 1914 in Union, Iowa, the son of Burl S. Mackie and Ida Pearl Reese. He died Saturday, November 16, 2002, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls, at 88 years of age.

He married Lalieth Prothroe on July 12, 1946 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She preceded him in death on March 7, 1975. Glenn married Jean Helm Leach on January 10, 1976 in Rochester, Minnesota. He served with the U.S. Army during WW II. Glenn was a Service Administrator with John Deere & Company for many years, retiring in 1976. He later worked for many years for Iowa Diesel Injection Service in New Hartford, Iowa, retiring in 1990. Glenn was a member of the Elk’s Club in Waterloo, Iowa and the Cedar Falls AMVETS Post 49.

Glenn is survived by his wife, Jean, of Cedar Falls; a son, Dennis (Margaret) Reese of Iowa City, Iowa; two step-sons, William R. (Michelle) Leach of Naples, Florida and John G. Leach of Rochester, Minnesota; a granddaughter, Lucy Reese of Iowa City, Iowa; six step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife and a half sister, Burlene Keith.

Funeral services were 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at Cedar Heights Presbyterian Church, with interment at Fairview Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. Memorials may be directed to the church or Cedar Valley Hospice.

[Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home Obituary]