Individual Details

Thomas Daniel Reese

(11 Mar 1888 - 31 Oct 1972)

On the 1930 U. S. Census of St. Louis City, St. Louis Co., Missouri, Thomas D. Reese appears with his wife Fleetina M. and daughters Dorothy T. and Martha E. Thomas is a telephone operator for the railroad.

The Daily Capitol News, Jefferson City, Missouri, November 2, 1972, Page 58: Husband, wife die in Nevada. Thomas Daniel Reese, 84, Nevada, died Tuesday morning at home after learning of his wife's death. Mrs. Fletta Mae Reese, 77, died earlier Tuesday morning at a Nevada nursing home. Mr. Reese was born March 11, 1988, at Peterton, Kan., the son of Joseph and Gwenthilian Reese. He was married June 26, 1920 at St. Louis, to the former Miss Fleeta Mae Bohner. He retired as wire chief in 1957 after 40 years with the Missouri Pacific Railroad. A member of the First Baptist Church, Nevada, Mr. Reese was a veteran of World Ar I, and a member of masonic Lodge at Pittsburg, Kan.; the White Shrine, Order of the Eastern star and Past Patron, American Legion and world War I Barracks No. 315 in Nevada.

Mrs. Reese was born March 16, 1895 at Sedalia, the daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Oldham Bohner. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Nevada, White Shrine, Order of the Eastern Star, Progress Club and the Missouri Pacific Boosters Club.

Mr. and Mrs. Reese are survived by: Two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Truitt, Prairie Village, Kan., and Mrs. Robert L. Martin, Jefferson City; and six grandchildren. In addition, Mr. Reese is survived by one brother, Ivor Reese, Independence, and one sister, Mrs. Mae Campbell, Chicago. Mrs. Reese is also survived by one brother, Dr. Earl Bohner, Springfield. Combined funeral services will be at 10 a.m. today at the Milster Funeral Home, Nevada, with the Rev. O. V. Dodson officiating. Burial will be in the National Cemetery, Ft. Scott, Kan.

Events

Birth11 Mar 1888Kansas
Marriage26 Jun 1920Fleeta Mae Bohner
Death31 Oct 1972Nevada, Vernon Co., Missouri
BurialFort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas

Families

SpouseFleeta Mae Bohner (1894 - 1972)
ChildDorothy Velma Reese (1923 - 2012)
ChildMartha Elizabeth Reese (1926 - )
FatherRichard Jenkin Reese (1846 - 1923)
MotherGwenllian Lewis (1856 - 1945)
SiblingHannah Margaret Reese (1876 - 1933)
SiblingWilliam Lewis Reese (1878 - 1949)
SiblingMary Jane Reese (1880 - 1960)
SiblingElizabeth Ann Reese (1881 - 1967)
SiblingRichard Reese (1883 - 1883)
SiblingJohn Isaac Reese (1884 - 1969)
SiblingCora Emily Reese (1890 - 1969)
SiblingMae Beatrice Reese (1892 - 1974)
SiblingIvor Elias Reese (1894 - 1975)

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