Myrna R. Reese, 81, of West Plains, Mo., formerly of Waterloo, died at home Sunday, April 16, 2008, of natural causes.

She was born Jan. 21, 1925, in Waterloo, daughter of Ossie and Naomi Kibler Jackson. She married Arthur B. Reese on Aug. 23, 1944. He died in 1978.

Mrs. Reese was a 1943 graduate of Waterloo West High School.

Survived by a daughter, Judi (Jerry) Kikendall of Waterloo; three sons, Michael of West Plains, Mo., Steven (Sara) of Rogers, Ark., and Paul of Waterloo; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Wilma (Tom) Cayton of Castle Hayne, N.C.; and a brother, Frank Stevens of South Bend, Wash.

Preceded in death by a brother, Daryl Stevens; and a sister, Lottie Zeien.