Clara Marie Bower Reser

1920 - 1998  (77 years)

• Name	Clara Marie Bower Reser
  Born	27 Sep 1920	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Sep 1998	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5943	Rossville
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	William Samuel Bower,   b. 27 Apr 1896,   d. 29 Dec 1936, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Mary Adeline Beseau Bower,   b. 5 May 1904,   d. 7 Mar 1994  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F2381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Melford E Reser,   b. 5 Nov 1916, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 4 Jan 1996, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 79 years)
  Married	8 Oct 1940	Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, Kansas
  Children	1. Rodney M Reser   2. Marilyn Reser Bush   3. Patricia M Reser Haynes
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019 00:28:33
  Family ID	F2321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 8 Oct 1940 - Oskaloosa, Jefferson County, Kansas Buried - - Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Reser, Clara 1 Clara Marie Reser SILVER LAKE - Clara Marie Reser, 77, Silver Lake, died Monday, Sept. 14, 1998, at a hospital in Topeka. Mrs. Reser was a drapery maker for more than 20 years, and she did food demonstrations for various grocery stores. She was born Sept. 27, 1920, in St. Marys, the daughter of William S. and Mary A. Beseau Bower. Mrs. Reser was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church. She married Melford E. Reser on Oct. 8, 1940, in Oskaloosa. He died Jan. 4, 1996. Survivors include a son, Rodney M. Reser, Silver Lake; two daughters, Marlyn Bush, Wildersville, Tenn., and Patricia M. Haynes, Topeka; two brothers, William Joseph Bow¬er, Downey, Calif., and Bernard Bower, Topeka; two sisters, Pauline Day, Topeka, and Janet Reser, Tecumseh; seven grand¬children; and six great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Holy Name Catholic Church. Burial will be in Prairie Home Cemetery. Mrs. Reser will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home where a parish rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Name Catholic Church, 1114 S.W. 10th, Topeka, 66604. Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home in Topeka is in charge of arrangements.
  		Obituary- Reser, Clara 2 Clara Marie Reser Clara Marie Reser, 77, Silver Lake, died Monday, September 14, 1998, at a Topeka hospital. Mrs. Reser was a drapery maker for more than 20 years, and she did food demonstrations for various grocery stores. She was born September 27, 1920, in St. Marys, the daughter of William S. and Mary A. Beseau Bower. Mrs. Reser was a member of Holy name Catholic Church. She married Melford E. Reser on October 8, 1940, in Oskaloosa. He died January 4, 1996. Survivors include a son, Rod¬ney M. Reser, Silver Lake; two daughters, Marlyn Bush, Wildersville, 174, and Patricia M. Haynes, Topeka; two brothers, William Jo¬seph Bower, Downey, CA, and Bernard Bower, Topeka; two sis¬ters, Pauline Day, Topeka, and Ja¬net Reser, Tecumseh; seven grand¬children; and six great-grandchil¬dren. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Thursday at Holy Name Catholic Church. Burial was in Prairie Home Cemetery. A parish rosary was recited Wednesday at Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Holy Name Catholic Church, 1114 S.W. 10th, Topeka, 66604.