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Bertha Nadine Leonard Reser

Female 1929 - 2001  (71 years)


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  • Name Bertha Nadine Leonard Reser 
    Born 20 Jul 1929  Berryton, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 May 2001  Overbrook, Osage County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Overbrook Cemetery, Overbrook, Osage County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5941  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Father Thomas Leonard 
    Mother Bertha Elizabeth Zirkle Leonard 
    Family ID F2380  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Married 6 Mar 1948  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Daniel D Reser
     2. Steven D Reser
     3. James L Reser
     4. Michael L Reser
     5. Diana P Reser Sumner
     6. Elaine S Reser Davis
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2017 16:39:31 
    Family ID F2303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Documents
    Obituary- Reser, Bertha N.
    Obituary- Reser, Bertha N.
    Bertha Reser
    OVERBROOK — Bertha Nadine Reser, 71, Overbrook, died Thursday, May 17, 2001, at an Overbrook nursing home.
    Mrs. Reser worked for the Furst McNess Co. for 45 years and 10 years for Jostens American Yearbook in Topeka. She also worked five years for Brookside Manor in Overbrook.
    She was born July 20, 1929, in Berryton, the daughter of Ralph Thomas and Bertha Elizabeth Zirkle Leonard. She attended school in Berryton and graduated from Topeka High School in 1947. She moved back to Overbrook from Topeka in 1971.
    Mrs. Reser was a member of the Ladies Auxil¬iary to the Anderson-Raible Post No. 239 of the American Legion in Overbrook, the Overbrook Flower Club and the Kansas POW Chapter.
    She married Donald William Reser on March 6, 1948, in Topeka. He died Aug. 30, 1987.
    Survivors include two daughters, Diana Sum¬ner, Garnett, and Elaine Davis, Overbrook; four sons, Michael L. Reser, Carbondale, Daniel D. Reser, Steven D. Reser and James L. Reser, all of Overbrook; two brothers, George Irvin Leonard, Overland Park, and Richard Leonard, Rockport, Texas; 12 grandchildren; and nine great¬grandchildren.
    Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church in Overbrook. Burial will be at the Overbrook Cemetery. Mrs. Reser will lie in state from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Greenwood- Roberts-Heise Funeral Home in Overbrook where visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.
    Memorial contributions may be made to the Overbrook Library and sent in care of Kansas State Bank of Overbrook, Overbrook, 66524.