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Agnes Catherine Janning (Reising) 1909-1989
Mrs. Gregory W. Reising

The Carroll Herald, July 1989

MAPLETON - Mass of the Christian burial for Agnes Catherine Reising was celebrated Monday July 3, 1989, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mapleton. Mrs. Reising, 79, formerly of the Carroll area, died Saturday, July 1, at the Willow Dale Nursing Home in Battle Creek.

The Rev. John Brennan celebrated the mass. Burial was to St. Mary's Cemetery in Mapleton.

Pallbearers were Joe Grote, Leonard Grote, Tony Jacoby, Elmer Grote, Leo Lambert and Richard Janning.

Mrs. Reising was born Oct. 14, 1909, at Carroll, the daughter of John and Louise (Augustine) Janning. She grew up in the Carroll and Maple River area.

On Dec. 29, 1931, she married Gregory W. Reising at Mount Carmel. They farmed at Breda, Maple River and Wall Lake before making their home in Mapleton in 1950.

Survivors include six sons: Elmer of Springfield, Ore; Kenneth of Junction City, Ore.; Eugene of Los Angeles, Calif.; Leonard of Onawa, and Raymond and Melvin of Mapleton; two brothers, Gerhard Janning of Carroll and Norbert Janning of Lidderdale; and 11 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1981; one daughter, three sons, three sisters and one brother.

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