Anthony Ray Reese, 21, Steen, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2001, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., as a result of an automobile accident on June 29.
Services were Thursday, Aug. 23, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Rev. Dell B. Sanderson officiated. Burial was in Adrian Cemetery, Adrian.
Anthony Reese was born to Alan "Corky" and Judie (Balster) Reese on July 28, 1980, in Adrian. He attended school in Hills and Luverne. He worked at Ellison Meats in Pipestone for more than a year and a half. He had just become employed at Bell Inc. in Sioux Falls.
Tony enjoyed all kinds of cars, bicycles, boating and animals. He volunteered many hours to the youth of Luverne. He especially enjoyed spending time with his nieces and nephews.
Survivors include his father, Alan Reese, Steen; his mother, Judie Reese, Luverne; his grandmother, Donna Balster, Adrian; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Brian and Dionne Reese, Luverne, and Adam Reese, Steen; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Angela and Terry DeRoo, Versailles, Mo., and Amanda and Richard Fongemie, Luverne; three nephews, Brian, Dunken and Damian; and five nieces, Ashley, Tamara, Mackenzie, Samantha and Skylar.
Tony was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents and his maternal grandfather.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.