Obit: Reis, Alice (1924 - 2007)

Contact: Crystal Wendt
Email: crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Franklin, Gonnering, Archambo, Pflanzer, Nikolai, Miller, Haas, Becker, Schuh, Berg

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Reis, Alice (12 March 1924 - 11 Nov. 2007)

Alice Reis

ABBOTSFORD -- Alice Reis, 83, Abbotsford, Wis., died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007, at Saint Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007, at St. Bernard's Catholic Church, Abbotsford, Wis. Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Colby, Wis. The Rev. Ben Franklin will officiate. Pallbearers will be Fred Schindler Jr., Denny Gonnering, Frank Archambo, Jerry Pflanzer, Todd Nikolai and Steve Miller. Honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and George Haas.

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Maurina Funeral Home, Abbotsford, Wis., and from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday at the church. There will be a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Alice was born March 12, 1924, in the town of Colby to Albert and Elsie (Becker) Schuh. She attended St. Mary's Catholic School in Colby, Wis., and graduated from Colby, Wis. High School. Alice and Dale Reis were married June 24, 1944, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. He preceded her in death May 9, 2001. They farmed in the town of Hull, Wood Co., Wis. She was a volunteer at Continental Manor Nursing Home in Abbotsford, Wis.

Alice enjoyed her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and playing cards. She loved to bake. Alice was kind hearted and always willing to help. She was a member of St. Bernard's Catholic Church and the PCCW.

Alice is survived by her son, Russell (Jan) Reis of Abbotsford; her grandchildren, Eric (Shannon) Reis of Abbotsford, Wis., Jason (Michelle) Reis of Willard, Jared Reis of Thorp and Megan Reis of Abbotsford; her great-grandchildren, Collin, Ethan, Aidan, and Evan; one sister, Marie (Richard) Nikolai of Colby; and a special friend, Myrtle Pflanzer.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dale; one brother, Raymond Schuh; and one sister-in-law, Iola Berg.