WALTER 'WALLY' REESE JR.
Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 11, 2008, at St. Mary Church, 417 Green Street.  Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 10, 2008, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home, 1931 Houser Street.

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Walter W.  'Wally' Reese Jr., 66, of Muscatine, died Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at home.

The Reverend Jason Crossen of the Ss. Mary and Mathias Parish will officiate.  Casket bearers will be Donnie Reinier, Steve Holladay, Mike Kurriger, Rory Kuhljuergen, Eric Vaughn, and Ty Thompson.  Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Iowa City.  A funeral luncheon will be held at the Moose Lodge following Mass.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Make a Wish Foundation, Muscatine Humane Society or donors charity of choice.

'Wally' was born on September 26, 1941, in Iowa City, the son of Walter and Lorena Eggenberg Reese.  He and Beverly Tedrow Kuhljuergen were married for 27 years.  They later divorced.

He was a graduate of Iowa City High in 1960.  He served in the United States Army Reserves.

After moving to Muscatine, he managed the Deep Rock Service Station and later owned and operated Wally's Service Station for 25 years.  After his retirement, he worked for Amoco Service Station in Iowa City.  He was currently employed at Hy-Vee Food Store in Muscatine.

Wally was a member of the St. Mary Catholic Church.  He enjoyed working in his yard and watching Hawkeye football games.

He is survived by his two sons, Scott A. Reese and wife, Deb, of Iowa City and Rory E. Kuhljuergen and wife, Piper, of Norwalk; four daughters, Stacy L. Vaughn and husband, Eric, of Perry, Gina J. Holladay and husband, Steve, of Wilton, Jodi L. Kuhljuergen of Middletown, Delaware, and Jane A. Kurriger and husband, Mike, of Muscatine; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren;  and  two sisters, Janet Miller and husband, Jerry, of Plymouth, Minnesota and Shirley Lemon of Benicia, California.

Wally is preceded in death by his parents and one brother-in-law, Mike Lemon.