Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Reese, Hope Elizabeth King October 23, 1993 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 March 27, 2023, 11:59 am Virginian Pilot October 24, 1993 Hope Elizabeth King Reese, age 71, died Saturday, Oct. 23, 1993, in her home. Mrs. Reese was a native of Norfolk, Va., and a Williamsburg resident since 1949. She was employed with The Virginia Gazette as a society editor, writer, interviewer, photographer, proof reader for over 25 years. She received first place in "Editorial" Virginia Press Women Communication Contest in 1985. Mrs. Reese was a member of Bruton Parish Episcopal Church, past president of Woman's Club of Williamsburg. She graduated from Maury High School in 1940. After graduation, she worked as a telephone operator until 1942 when she married Bill. She is survived by her husband, W.R. Bill Reese; two daughters, Sandra Reese Hoyer of Dover, DE., and Linda Reese Neidermeyer of Lake Oswego, Ore.; a son, William J. Reese of Hampton Bays, N.Y.; four grandchildren, Hope E. Reese and Alexander D. Reese, both of Southhampton, N.Y,. Elizabeth L. Tortorici of Mountain View, CAL., and Jayme K. Tortorici of Portland, ORE.; two sisters, Amy King Swindell of Stone Mountain, GA., and Barbara King Bosse of Virginia Beach, Va. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Bucktrout Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Bruton Parish Episcopal Church by Rev. David Tetrault and Rev. Cotesworth Lewis. Burial will follow at 1 p.m. in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 323, Williamsburg, Va. 23187. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/r/reese7285nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/vafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb