Larry Jay Reese

I am sorry to hear about Larry. I feel bad that I didn't look to see if he was still in the Brillon area so I could have seen him.

I was honored to reconnect with my cousin for the past couple years after moving back to Wisconsin. His graciousness and mischievous wit always reminded me of our Grampa Floyd Reese. He was always connected to the distant past of the Pate and Reese cousins when we were all kids goofing off as a kind of tribe. He greeted me with a smile on our visits especially if I had a DQ at the ready. Larry will always amaze me with his tenacity to battle that terrible disease whatever it brought his way....

Larry was a part of our Dine Around group which started in the early 90's and continued for many years. We had a few meetings at Garrow Villa and enjoyed getting together with Larry and some of our other members. Looking back we were the glue that held our group together along with Carolyn and her Mother Florica. It is sad that we drifted apart in recent years and our lives took different turns, but there was always that one constant, we were all fighting MS. We will meet again to hear...

Larry always had a positive attitude about life despite his health challenges. He was a jokester.... I was able to visit him a few times while he lived at Garrow Villa. On one of my visits while leaving I said "Ok , I will be seeing you later" he responded with "thanks for the warning!" Thank you Leroy and Sandie for watching over him.