Shirley Reusser

Services for Shirley Reusser, 90, Hillsboro, who died June 10, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Mennonite Church, Hillsboro, an hour after burial at Haven of Rest Cemetery, rural Hillsboro. Relatives will receive friends 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Jost Funeral Home, Hillsboro.

Born Aug. 28, 1934, in Hillsboro to Hugo and Lottie Hiebert, she graduated from Hillsboro High School, attended Bethel College for one year, and in 1956 received a registered nursing degree from Bethel Deaconess School of Nursing.

She married Dwayne Reusser on June 30, 1958, at Sister Frieda Memorial Chapel, Newton. They lived in Moerfelden-Walldorf, Germany, for one year while Dwayne was stationed there. After his discharge from the Army, they moved to a farm in Kansas.

A lifelong member of First Mennonite Church, she taught Sunday school and served on various committees, helped with the Arts and Crafts Fair in Hillsboro, and was an office nurse for multiple physicians, director of nursing at Parkside Homes, and Marion County health nurse.

After Dwayne died Nov. 14, 2007, she moved to town and on June 1, 2012, married George Charlsen. He died Jan. 10, 2023. She spent her last years at Salem Home.

Survivors include children Layne, Diedre, and Ty; 12 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Preceding her in death were brothers Abraham, Russell, and Loren.

Memorials have been established with First Mennonite Church and Salem Home.