Rebecca A. "Becky" Drees 1987-2010

DREES, PINS, SCHULTZ, KLUESNER, RECKER

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 10/19/2015 at 21:39:15

EARLVILLE, Iowa - Rebecca A. "Becky" Drees, 22, of 3135 218th St., Earlville, died at 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, 2010, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 6, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Robert Gross officiating. Burial will be in St. Clement's Cemetery, Bankston. Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. Monday, July 5, at Reiff Funeral Home in Dyersville, where there will be a wake service at 1:30 p.m.

She was born on Aug. 13, 1987, in Dubuque, daughter of Ron and Nancy (Pins) Drees. Becky was a 2006 graduate of Western Dubuque High school in Epworth. In 2009, she received her associate's degree in liberal arts at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo. She was currently enrolled in the surgical technician program at Northeast Iowa Community College. She was employed part-time at Modernfold, Country Junction, and most recently at Diamonds Edge Landscaping, while attending college.

Becky lived life to the fullest, she always had a smile on her face and always knew how to make you laugh. She touched so many lives.

Surviving are her parents, Ron and Nancy Drees, of Earlville; three siblings, Jeremy (friend, Danyelle McClendon) Drees, Jayme (friend, Steve Hall) Drees, both of Cedar Rapids, and Danny Drees, at home; a nephew, Nolan Drees; her grandmothers, Rosemary Pins, of Bankston, and Anna Jean Drees, of Dyersville; aunts and uncles, Mary Sue (Gene) Schultz, of Earlville, Donald (Kim) Pins, of Dubuque, Janet (Joe) Kluesner, of Bankston, Tom (Carrie) Pins and Mark (Barb) Pins, both of Dubuque, Jean (Dean) Recker, of Manchester, Kevin (Colleen) Drees, of Dyersville, and John "Jack" (Joan) Drees, of Colesburg; and many close cousins.

She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, John Drees and Sylvester "Vessie" Pins; and an uncle, Gary Drees.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.reifffuneralhome.com.

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Sunday, July 4, 2010