Obituaries : Thomas A. and Evangeline B. Reisser Memorial Service

A Memorial Celebration of Life Service to honor the lives and accomplishments of Thomas A. Reisser and Evangeline B. Reisser will be held on June 23, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at the Vinton Presbyterian Church, 608 1st Avenue, Vinton. Thomas was born July 10, 1925 in Vinton to Edgar and Esther (Rinker) Reisser; Evangeline was born January 14, 1926 in Hopkins, Minnesota to Rev. Ludvik and Emily (Kucera) Burian. Tom and Angie were married February 14, 1948 in Ely, Iowa, and farmed northeast of Vinton until the mid-1990’s, when they moved to the Phoenix, Arizona area. Tom died at his home in Sun City, Arizona on August 18, 2003, and Angie died May 30, 2011 in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, where she had been receiving health care for several months.

Surviving are two daughters: Cynthia (David) Finch of Solon, OH and Ann (Ken) Hughes of Riverton, IL; four grandchildren: Thomas Finch and Rebecca Finch of Portland, OR, Patrick Hughes of Springfield, IL and Samuel Hughes of Carbondale, IL; one grandson, Hunter Hughes of Springfield, IL. Tom is survived by two sisters, Shirley (Robert) Wilson of Waterloo, IA and Dorothy Benesh of Cedar Rapids, IA; Angie is survived by two sisters, Miriam Moore of Scottsdale, AZ and Gloria McConkey of Glendale, AZ. They are survived by 21 nieces and nephews and several cousins.