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Francis I Reese
May 26, 1923 — March 11, 2004
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FRANCES I. "JEAN"
REESE, 80, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Thursday, March 11, 2004, at the Western Home Communities in Cedar Falls. Jean was born May 26, 1923 at Kalamazoo, Michigan, the daughter of Raymond P. and Amy Helm. She married William Leach and he later preceded her in death. Jean married Glenn Reese on January 10, 1976 at Rochester, Minnesota. He preceded her in death on November 16, 2002. Jean was the secretary to the President of Whirlpool Corporation in Benton Harbor, Michigan and also worked for a Trust Company in Rochester, Minnesota. She later worked out of her home as a professional china painter. Jean was a past president of the Cedar Falls Woman's Club. She also was a member of the National Association of China Painters and was a former officer with the Iowa China Painters Association.
She is survived by her two sons, William R. (Michelle) Leach of Naples, Florida and John G. Leach of Rochester, Minnesota; a step-son, Dennis (Margaret) Reese of Iowa City, Iowa; three grandchildren, Jeffrey H. Leach of Naples, Florida, Erin A. Leach of Tampa, Florida and Barbara (James) Larson of Austin, Minnesota; a step-granddaughter, Lucy Reese of Iowa City; two great-grandchildren, BreeAnna and Autumn Larson of Austin, Minnesota, and three sisters, Mary Hays and Joyce Miskill, both of St. Joseph, Michigan and Florence Jones of Abilene, Texas.
Jean was preceded in death by both husbands and her parents; a sister, Ruth Gardner and a brother, James Helm.
Funeral services were 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 20, 2004, at Cedar Heights Presbyterian Church with burial at Fairview Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. Memorials may be directed to Cedar Valley Hospice or Cedar Heights Presbyterian Church.
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