RossvilleKansasGenealogy
Genealogy for the Rossville, Kansas area, compiled by the Rossville Community Library.
First Name:  Last Name: 
[Advanced Search]  [Surnames]

Laurel Pearl Wood Reser

Female 1894 - 1948  (53 years)


Personal Information    |    Media    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Laurel Pearl Wood Reser 
    Born 12 Jul 1894  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 Jan 1948  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 2 Feb 1948  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5973  Rossville
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2017 

    Father Melvin Richard Wood,   b. 13 May 1866, Cameron, Steuben County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1936, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Margaret Ann Taylor Wood,   b. 1870,   d. 1900  (Age 30 years) 
    Married 1891 
    Family ID F2402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Lottie Reser,   b. 27 Oct 1888, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1972, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 29 Mar 1911 
    Children 
    +1. Melvin Benjamin Reser,   b. 17 Nov 1911, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 2001, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    +2. Ruby Margaret Reser Fulton,   b. 29 Dec 1914, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1973, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    +3. Melford E Reser,   b. 5 Nov 1916, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1996, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +4. Donald William Reser,   b. 25 Nov 1920, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1987, Overbrook, Osage County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +5. Randall F Reser,   b. 30 Apr 1924, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 2007, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +6. Robert Neil Reser,   b. 5 May 1933, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 2015, Tecumseh, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     7. Marcene Elaine Reser,   b. 12 May 1936,   d. 26 May 1936  (Age 0 years)
    +8. Harold L Reser
     9. Nadine Reser McMillan Jones
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2018 09:57:58 
    Family ID F2302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Reser, Laurel
    Obituary- Reser, Laurel
    LAUREL PEARL RESER
    Laurel Pearl Reser, 54, wife of Wm. L. Reser, died at her home at 564 Burr Street, in Topeka last Thursday January 29, following an extended illness.
    Mrs. Reser was a native of Rossville township, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mell Wood. She was born July 12, 1894 and had been a resident in this vicinity most of her life. She was a member of the United Brethren [sic] Church.
    She was united in marriage to Wil¬liam L. Reser March 29, 1911, and to this union nine children were born.
    Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Fulton, Gilroy, Calif., and Mrs. Nadine McMillan, Topeka; and six sons, Randall, Donald and Robert of Topeka; Milford and Ben of Silver Lake and Harold of Lecompton. One child died in infancy.
    Other survivors include eleven grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Ethel Rezac, St. Marys, Kan., two brothers Prank Wood, Rossville, and Riley Wood, Samuels, Idaho.
    Funeral services were held at the Penwell Chapel, Topeka, Monday, Feb. 2nd at 1:30. Burial was in the Ross¬ville Cemetery. The pallbearers were her six sons.