Mildred V. “Milly” Reuter, 96 of Ridgeway Place died at Covenant Medical Center on Sunday, February 16, 2014.

She was born November 27, 1917 in New Hartford, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Anna Nelson Jorgensen.

Milly married Harold Palmer in 1938 and they later divorced; she married Jay Leslie Reuter in 1943 and he died in 1968. She graduated from New Hartford High School and then Iowa Normal School. Milly was Food Service Manager for the Waterloo Community Schools.

She was a member of Central Christian Church. She was President of her high school class and President of the Iowa Food Service Association.

Milly is survived by her daughter Patricia (Wayne) Reuter Riddle of Waterloo; daughter Cheryl Kay (Charles) Immerzeel of Janesville; five grandchildren Craig Immerzeel, Jill (Joe) Junk, Scott (Brenda) Immerzeel, Jodi (Tim) West, and Julie (Don) Boyle; eleven great grandchildren: Keith Immerzeel, Ashley Immerzeel, Jason Junk, Justin Junk, Jessica Moffitt, Emily Immerzeel, Brandi Immerzeel, Lexi West, Karlee Boyle, Keaton Boyle, and Marlee Boyle; five great-great grandchildren; and her sister Helen McCarty of Burbank, California.

She is preceded in death by her brother Wendell Jorgensen, sister Muriel Stephens and stepson Leslie Jay Reuter.