Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Marty Duane Reese


YORKTOWN, IN

Marty Duane Reese, 53, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2013 in Cowan.

A life resident of this county, he was born June 25, 1960 in Muncie and was a 1969 graduate of Yorktown High School. He worked as a tree surgeon and had also been a truck driver.

Marty loved being an outdoorsman, including fishing, hunting and especially gardening. He also greatly enjoyed the guitar, classic rock music and WFBQ-Q95 and their “doghouse” program as well as the “Mr. Obvious Show”

His loving family he leaves behind, include his mother, Betty (Folkner)Perry;  father, Elmer Reese (wife, Maggie); three sons, Dustin D. Reese (Sara), Derick K. Reese (daughter-in-law Jennifer) and Daniel R. Reese (fiancĂ©e Ashley); five grandchildren,  Alyssa Fraze, Storm Fraze, Whitney Reese, Mary Reese and Eiven Reese; Five sisters, Debbie Perry-Caldwell, Lisa Perry-Cox, Sonja Epperhart, Jeanine Hyatt & Sherry Harris-Caldwell; two brothers, Mark Perry and Rick Harris and special friend, Penni Reese and her son Jacob Gaddis; as well as several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles & cousins.

He is preceded in death by his step-father, Charles Perry and paternal and maternal grandparents.
 
Services will be held Thursday, July 18th at 1:00 p.m.  at the family residence, 3500 S. Co. Rd. 550 W, (Broadway Ave.) Yorktown. – casual dress requested (shorts & tank tops acceptable). Pastor Randy Davis will preside and burial will follow at Elm Ridge Memorial Park, Muncie.

Visitation will be Thursday, from 11:30a.m. until service time at the residence.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made at any First Merchants Bank location, in his son’s name: Dustin Reese, to assist with final expenses.

Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.watersfuneralhomes.com