Jeanette L. Rees

DOUSMAN - Dousman resident Jeanette L. Rees died Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, at Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital. She was 90.

She was born Aug. 31, 1910, in Waukesha to Michael and Emma (nee Uschler) Zick. On July 11, 1931, she married Thomas "Bud" Rees in Waukesha. She was a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church where she served on the sessions board. She was a former member of Ina J. Reid Chapter 55 O.E.S., the Waukesha Practical Club, former president of the YWCA board and former member of the Waukesha Women’s Club.

She will be sadly missed by her daughters, Barbara (John) Hamner of Denver and Joanne (Charles) Altman of Wausau. She was the dear grandmother of Rees Hamner, Ann (Chris) Keffalos, Amy (John) Rauman and Katy (Jeremiah) Kidd. She was also the proud great-grandmother of Aspen, Hunter, Mason, Tate and Seth; and the beloved sister of Eleanor Rose of Waukesha and Francis Bischel of Dousman. She is further survived by other relatives and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas, on Jan. 12; brothers, Edward, Matthew and Sherburn; and sister, Lucille.

The family will receive friends from noon until the memorial service at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at First Presbyterian Church, 810 N. East Ave. Waukesha. The Rev. Don Clarke will officiate. Burial of the cremated remains will take place at a later date at Prairie Home Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials are appreciate to the Wisconsin Masonic Home-Scholarship Fund, 410 N. Main St., Dousman, WI 53118. For more information, call Randle-Dable Funeral Home, 547-4035.