LaRee E. “Ree” Reifschneider, 73, La Crosse, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020, at Hays Medical Center, Hays, Kansas.
Ree was born January 28, 1947, in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Wayne and Evelyn (Partridge) Schultz. She was a lifelong resident of Rush County, Kansas. A 1965 graduate of Bison Rural High School, Bison, Kansas, she was an Accounts Payable Clerk for Mid State Farmers Coop, Rush Center, Kansas.
She was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church, La Crosse, Kansas.
Yard work and gardening were Ree’s favorite passion.
On July 12, 1969, she married Bob Reifschneider at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, La Crosse, Kansas.
She is survived by her husband, Bob Reifschneider, La Crosse, Kansas; three sons, Kevin Reifschneider (Melanie Boucher, Wichita, Kansas, Mark Reifschneider (Jill Folkerts, McPherson, Kansas, and David Reifschneider (Johnny Feliciano, Reno, Nevada; three grandchildren, Katlyn Reifschneider, Scottsdale, Arizona, Jack Reifschneider, Topeka, Kansas, and Bo Reifschneider, Wichita, Kansas; her mother, Evelyn Cosby, La Crosse, Kansas; and one brother, Brian Schultz, Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
She was preceded in death by her father; her stepfather, Newman Cosby; and two brothers, Randy Schultz, and Galen Schultz.
Per Ree’s wishes, the family has chosen cremation.
Visitation will be Sunday, March 1, 2020, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Janousek Funeral Home, La Crosse, Kansas, with the family receiving friends from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Memorial service will be Monday, March 2, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at the Janousek Funeral Home, La Crosse, Kansas, with Father Stephen Dabanka officiating.
Memorials are suggested to the LaRee E. “Ree” Reifschneider Memorial Fund.
Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family here.
Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine Street, P.O. Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785-222-2517.