Dorothy Reese Obituary

DANVILLE - Dorothy "Dot" Reese, 92, of Fairmount joined her loved ones in heaven Tuesday (Jan. 7, 2025) at home.

A memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, Jan. 11, at Kruger Funeral Home, 10 E. Williams St., Danville, from 10 to 11 a.m. with services following at 11 a.m. with Pastor Chuck Powell officiating.

Dot was born April 30, 1932, in Little Falls, Minn., to Lambert and Mabel (Jacobsen) Larson. She attended Little Falls Community High School.

Dot was a people person, and every job she worked reflected that; she worked as a phone operator at Rochester Methodist Hospital, an assembly line worker at Motorola, delivered meals for CRIS Senior Services in Oakwood, was a caretaker for the elderly in their homes, and was a dietary aide at Colonial Manor nursing home. Above all else, her most important job in life was raising her children and taking care of her family.

Dot enjoyed watching old westerns, game shows and the Minnesota Vikings play football. She loved horses, despite being thrown from one as a child, and enjoyed reading a good Amish or western novel. Her family was the most important part of her life, and her great-grandchildren never failed to put a smile on her face.

Dot was a longtime member of Oakwood First Evangelical Methodist Church, joining in 1973.

Dot leaves behind her children, Sheryl Reese, Cynthia (Ferrell) Stroh and Michael (Kelly) Reese; grandchildren, Bonnie (Cliff) Faraci, Valori (Jan) Mejia, Melissa (Steve) Mann, Jordan (Heather) Reese, Janelle Reese and Joseph Reese; great-grandchildren, Clifford, Josh, Brett, Katelyn, Brandt, Jayden, Anthony, Isabella, Bentley, Abel and Zoey; and great-great-grandchildren, Emilio and Ezekiel. She also leaves behind several nieces and nephews.

Dot was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Stephen Reese; five brothers, Lambert, Robert, Donald, Kenneth and Gerald; a sister, Irene; four nieces; and a nephew.

Messages and memories may be left at krugercoanpape.com or on the Kruger Funeral Home Facebook page. Memorials may be made in Dot's name to Oakwood First Evangelical Methodist Church, 108 W. N. Main St., Oakwood, IL 61858.