Visitation: No formal visitation, friends may view from 12:00 to 5:00 pm Friday, Sept. 24 at the       funeral home

Services: 10:00am, Saturday, Sept. 25 at the funeral home

Interment: Penner Cemetery

Obituary:

Virginia Reese, daughter of Harold and Ines (Emery) Welton was born on Feb. 2, 1931 at Buckhart, Missouri. She departed this life at the age of 79 on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010 at the St. Johns Regional Health Center in Springfield, MO surrounded by her four loving children.

Virginia attended schools in Missouri and California, graduating from the eighth grade in Yolo County, California. Virginia encouraged hard work and education to her six children and many grandchildren.

Virginia married Marlin Reese on February 14, 1948 and they began their 58 years of love and devotion to each other. Virginia and Marlin raised six children on their farm near Topaz, Missouri. She was a constant companion and helpmate to her husband and a wonderful mother to her children. She was a member of the Church of Christ and loving follower of the Lord. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

Virginia was a determined, straightforward person who taught her children respect for themselves and for other and to never say "I can't". She believed in self-reliance and strength of character. She was a master quilter and gardener who canned hundreds of quarts of vegetables each summer for her family. Virginia enjoyed farming the land she and Marlin loved.

Virginia is survived by her children, Marlin Kieth Reese, Ronald Max Reese and wife, Eloise, Dwight Reese and wife, Valerie and Susan Annette Mason and husband, Tom; 16 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; six brothers and sisters, Kenneth, Floyd and Jerry Welton, Lois Rodgers, Carol Clinton and Marilyn Byerly; as well as many nieces and nephews.

Virginia will be welcomed to Heaven by her husband, Marlin; two children, Danny Lee and Teddy Lane, and her parents, Harold and Ines Welton.