Carole L. Reeser

Carole Leonard Reeser, 82, passed away on Sunday, January 19, 2025, at The Legacy at North Augusta in Staunton.

She was born on August 19, 1942, in Renovo, Pennsylvania, to the late Charles and Marie Bartholomew Leonard.

After graduating from Renovo High School in 1960, she attended Lock Haven University where she graduated in 1964 with a degree in Early Childhood Education. Her career in teaching spanned over thirty-three years where she taught in Selinsgrove, Williamsport and Keystone Central school districts. She went on to retire in 2001.

On June 19th, 1965, she married her husband of fifty years, James Reeser, in Renovo, Pennsylvania. Carole had many hobbies which included reading, quilting, gardening, antiquing, and traveling. She had been a member of Friends of the Library, Millbrook Playhouse, The Book Club, Covenant Quilters, and the former Lock Haven Garden Club. She was also a devoted member to Covenant United Methodist Church in Lock Haven.

She is survived by her sons, Brian Reeser and his wife, Rhonda and Steve Reeser and his wife, Becky; her grandchildren, Madi, Ally, and Brandon Reeser, of Verona; her brother, James Leonard and his wife, Donna, of Wellsville, New York; her niece, Wendy Leonard Young; her sister-in-law, Pat Steidler and her husband, Harold, of York, Pennsylvania; her nephews, Shawn and Justin Steidler; and a brother-in-law, Charles Reeser and his wife, Vicki, of Kingsport, Tennessee.

A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Covenant United Methodist Church in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (44 W. Main Street, Lock Haven PA 17745-1218).

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Covenant United Methodist Church (44 W. Main Street, Lock Haven, PA 17745-1218) or the James and Carole Reeser Scholarship through the Lock Haven University Foundation (10 Durrwachter Alumni Conference Center, Lock Haven, PA 17745).