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- Danville, Ill. Commercial-News Friday, May 30, 1986
Lawrence Robert Reese, 76, of 3727 Illinois, formerly of Hoopeston, Ill., died at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday (May 28, 1986) at Lakeview Medical Center.
He was a carpenter and was a member of the Carpenters Union Local 269. He had farmed for several years in the Hoopeston area and had formerly worked at the C&EI Railroad Oaklawn Shops.
He was a member of the Old Union Church of Christ. Born Dec. 5, 1909, in Vermilion Co., Ill., son of Isaac Edward and Cora Norris Reese. Hew was married On Nov. 26, 1927, in Covington, Ind., to Hazel Fern Johnson. She survives.
Also surviving: two sons, James of Rock Falls, Ill., and Robert of Danville; six daughters, Mrs. William (Evelyn) White and Mrs. Jerry (Helen) Warner, both of Alvin, Ill., Lois Reese of Berwyn, Ill., Mrs. Glenn (Irene) Maul of Hoopeston, Ill., Mrs. John (Donna) Heideman of Crete, Ill, and Bonnie Allen of Chicago; three brothers, George of Tucson, Ariz., Bill of Hallsville, Texas, and LeRoy of Danville; two sisters, Ruth Fields of Covington, and Edna Davis of Danville; 26 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four brothers and a sister.
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday at Lakeside Funeral Chapel; Officiating: Roger L. James and D. Eugene Houpt; Burial : Johnson Cemetery; Visitation: 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home; Memorials: American Cancer Society.
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