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Claire Reese
October 31, 1917 — December 26, 2000
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CLAIRE REESE was born October 31, 1917 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Edward J. and Bertha (Klein) Quinn. She married Leonard T. Reese, the love of her life, on May 5, 1939 in Waterloo, Iowa. He preceded her in death on May 19, 1991. Claire was a graduate of Our Lady of Victory Academy in Waterloo. She died Tuesday, December 26, 2000, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, at 83 years of age.
Claire is survived by her four daughters, Kay DeJaeger of Waterloo, Jacquie Reese of Rye, New Hampshire, Camilla Briggs of Denmark, Iowa and Bridget Daniel of St. Simons Island, Georgia; seven grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, her brother, Russell Quinn of Chatsworth, California and her sister, Louise Kirsch of Waterloo.
She was preceded in death by her husband and parents; a son, Jimmy P. Reese and a daughter, Dorothy R. Edeker; a great-grandson, Christopher Edeker; five brothers, Jim, Dick, Dale, Tom and Dr. John Quinn, and two sisters, Sue Kemp and Annette Wolff.
Funeral services were 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 28, 2000, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Cedar Falls. Entombment will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery Mausoleum at a later date. Memorials may be directed to Sterling House, 5101 University Ave., Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613.
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