Obituary     

LaVerdos Frank Reis 1923-2005

The Breda News, May 18, 2005

LaVerdos Frank Reis, age 81, of Auburn, Iowa, died Monday, May 16 2005, at St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll.

Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, May 18, 2005 at St. Mary Church in Auburn. The Celebrant will be Father Lawrence McCarty.

Lector will be Tricia Langel. Gift bearers will be Deb Ludwig, Terry Reis and Dan Reis. Mass Servers will be Bobby and Colton Theulen. Soloist will be Vickie Reis. Eucharistic Ministers will be Pam Deal, Felix Bluml, and Harry Bluml.

Honorary Pallbearers will be granddaughters, Robin Wood, Rachel Brockman, Ronda Bohm, Stacey Benson, Sara Crabbs, Leslie Reis, Sonya Wilt, and Danielle Ludwig.

Casket Bearers will be grandsons, Matt Kuker, John Kuker, Ben Langel, Bryson Langel, Scott Reis and Jason Ludwig. Burial will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Auburn.

Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 2:30 P.M. Wednesday. A rosary will be recited at 3 P.M. Wednesday. There will be a Christian wake service at 8 P.M. Wednesday by the parish.

Mr. Reis was born on September 6, 1923, at Breda, Iowa, a son of Joseph J. and Caroline (Steinkamp) Reis. He spent most of his lifetime in the Breda and Auburn communities and attended St. Bernard School.

On March 5, 1946, he was married to Luella Bluml at Holy Family Church in Lidderdale, Iowa, with Father Laurence Schoeppner officiating. The couple farmed in Sac and Carroll counties and in 1986 moved to their home in Auburn. Mr. Reis was employed by the Sac County Conservation Board as the Grant Park Attendant for 15 years. He was a member of St. Mary Parish at Auburn.

He is survived by his wife, Luella Reis of Auburn, children Pam Deal and her husband James of Anoka, Minn., Terry Reis and his wife Joy of Lake View, Tricia Langel and her husband Gene of Tempelton, Dan Reis and his wife Vickie of Westside, and Deb Ludwig and her husband Meryl of Auburn; 14 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; brother Delmar Reis of Odebolt; sisters, Janice Husenga of Carroll, Illa Mae Riesberg of Halbur, and Karen Reis of Des Moines; sister-in-law, Helen Reis of Coon Rapids; and brother-in-law, Louis Williams of Carroll.

He was preceded in death by his parents; grandsons Rick Reis and John Reis; brothers Unis Reis, Myron Reis, and Joseph Reis, Jr.; and sisters, Lorraine Killeen, Darnella Loneman, and Betty Williams.

 

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