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Donald Reser

Male - 1922


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  • Name Donald Reser 
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Dec 1922  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5945  Rossville
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2017 

    Father John Henry Reser 
    Mother Helen Agnes McDonnell Reser,   b. St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1945, Winchester, Jefferson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Obituary- Reser, Donald
    Obituary- Reser, Donald
    THURS. DEC 7, 1922
    Donald Reser Accidentally Shot by George Quinlin
    Donald Reser, age 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Reser, was shot, by George Quinlan aged 15, last Sunday afternoon, and died two hours later. The shooting occurred on the Henry Otto place in the northwest part of the township.
    The Reser child had started on a hunt with his dog and had reached the Otto place which is about one-half mile from the Reser home. The neighbor sug¬gested the boy go to a hay stack in a pasture nearby and scare out a rabbit. Boon after he reached the hay stack George Quinlin, accompanied by his cousin Rich¬ard Lutie, came along and the boys were talking together when Donald’s dog scared a rabbit out of the hay stack. The little Reser boy became excited and started to run after his dog directly in line between Quinlan and the same di¬rection the rabbit was running. Quinlan, evidently excited like¬wise raised his gun and fired at the rabbit but the whole charge struck the Reser boy in the back of the head. In spite of the ter¬rible wound the Reser child lingered until nearly five o’clock. The Quinlan boy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Quinlin living in the same neighborhood.
    Funeral services were held Tues¬day morning at 9 o’clock at the Catholic church in St. Mary. The body was interred in the St. Mary cemetery.