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U. S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 show Trevor D. Reese, born 1923, in Missouri, Enlisted 20 Dec. 1943 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Branch was Air Corps, grade Private. His education was 4 years of high school, civil occupation was machine operator, Marital Status: single, without dependents.

Posted on-line at The Daily Star-Journal, St. Joseph, Missouri on July 26, 2016: Trevor David Reese Sr., 93, of Warrensburg, passed away Monday, July 25, 2016, at his home. Trevor was born March 14, 1923, in Kansas City, the son of Ivor E. and Gertrude (Cramer) Reese. On May 15, 1948, he and Alma “Sue” Alley were united in marriage at Peninsula Baptist Church in Blackwater, in a double ceremony with her sister (Sarah and Paul Stober). They were married for 67 wonderful years until Sue’s passing on Dec. 11, 2015. Trevor graduated from North East High School in Kansas City before enlisting in the U.S. Navy. At the end of World War II he was flying for the Army Air Corps. After his service he attended the University of Missouri where he obtained his B.S. degree in electrical engineering. He worked for 30 years as a civilian missile engineer. His career took him to California, Oklahoma and finally to Warrensburg where he was chief missile engineer. After his second retirement, he worked for 15 years in the UCM Book Store where he enjoyed a wonderful community of friends. Trevor’s Christian faith was a very real and very important cornerstone of his life, and he made sure that faith was passed on to his family. He taught and lived by the creed: I pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. Trevor is survived by two sons, Trevor David Reese Jr. of St. Louis and Mark Richard Reese and wife, Tina, of Anthem, Arizona; a daughter, Susan Reneé Oxley and husband, Doyle, of Centerview; a brother, Gordon Reese and wife, Donna, of Atlanta, Georgia; a sister, Janice Peters and husband, Avin, of Independence; six grandchildren, Erin Chenoweth and husband, Matthew, of St. Louis, Ashley Powell and husband, Kevin, of St. Louis, Jonie Oxley and R. Elias Oxley of Centerview, Laura Reese and Kimberly Reese of Anthem, Arizona; and one great-grandson, James Alley Chenoweth of St. Louis. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Sue; two brothers, Ivor Elias Jr. (Bud) and Evan Reese; and three sisters, Vesta Belle Hutsel, Gwen Hutsel and Donna Addison. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 28, at the Peninsula Baptist Church in Blackwater. Interment will follow in Peninsula Baptist Church Cemetery with full military honors. Pallbearers will be Trevor Reese Jr., Mark Reese, Doyle Oxley, R. Elias Oxley, Matthew Chenoweth, and Kevin Powell. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Sweeney-Phillips & Holdren Funeral Home in Warrensburg. Memorial contributions are suggested to Lottie Moon Missions or Samaritan’s Purse and can be left in care of the funeral home.

Birth	14 Mar 1923	Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri
Marriage	15 May 1948	Jackson Co., Missouri - Alma Sue Alley
Death	25 Jul 2016	Warrensburg, Johnson Co., Missouri
Burial		Peninsula Cemetery, Lamine, Cooper Co., Missouri

Spouse	Alma Sue Alley (1926 - 2015)
Child	Trevor David Reese Jr. (1956 - )
Child	Susan Renee Reese (1964 - )
Child	Mark Richard Reese (1966 - )

Father	Ivor Elias Reese (1894 - 1975)
Mother	Edna Gertrude Cramer (1898 - 1971)
Sibling	Vesta Belle Reese (1920 - 2013)
Sibling	Ivor Elias "Bud" Reese Jr. (1921 - 1987)
Sibling	Gwen Eleanor Reese (1924 - 2014)
Sibling	Evan Dale Reese (1928 - 2003)
Sibling	Gordon Benjamin Reese (1930 - 2016)
Sibling	Donna Mae Reese (1932 - 2005)
Sibling	Janis Gertrude Reese (1934 - 2016)