Colleen V. Reichert, age 93 of Prescott Wisconsin passed away peacefully at the Prescott Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on February 15, 2023.
Colleen was born on January 29, 1930, in Ellsworth, Wisconsin to Lyle and Ottilla (Thom) Keller.
She is a graduate of Ellsworth High School and attended the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Colleen moved to Minneapolis where she worked for the Dayton Company. She moved to Prescott in 1949 to become the bookkeeper for Lakeside Creamery. She later became Secretary/Treasurer of St. Croixdale Hospital until her retirement in January 1992.
Colleen was married to Jerald (Jerry) Reichert at the English Lutheran Church in Ellsworth, Wisconsin on September 8, 1951. To this union two children were born, Jill Anne, and Jack Arthur.
Colleen was an avid reader and belonged to several book clubs. She enjoyed playing cards and was a member of a local Bridge Club. Win or lose, she was a loyal Green Bay Packer fan.
Colleen was an Auxiliary member of the Prescott American Legion Post 61 and the Pierce County VFW Post 9060. She enjoyed working at many of the Legion chicken fries. As a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Prescott she sang in the choir for several years.
Colleen and Jerry enjoyed traveling. During vacations they visited most of the states, including the Hawaiian Islands. They also traveled to Canada, Mexico, and Caribbean Islands. After retirement they were fortunate to spend nineteen years in Florida or California during the winters. Her preferred destination was California where they attended many Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope and Dinah Shore celebrity golf tournaments, including the tournament in which four US Presidents participated.
Colleen is survived by her son, Jack (Karla) Reichert; grandchildren, Chad Ngcheed, Jenny Wollan, Jeremiah Reichert, Megan Reichert, Melissa Reichert, Brianna Baez, and Emily Reichert; great-grandchildren, Angelina, Ashton, and Amelia Wollan, Brody Ngcheed, William and Jack Reichert, Addison and Austin Morillon, and Anai Baez.
She was proceeded in death by her parents, husband Jerry, daughter Jill Ngcheed, and sister June Laurens.
The family would like to thank the staff at Prescott Nursing and Rehabilitation Community for the wonderful care given to Colleen over the seven years she resided at the facility. They would also like to offer their appreciation for the services of St. Croix Hospice.
A Memorial Service for Colleen Reichert will at 11:00am on Thursday, May 25, 2023 at O’Connell Family Funeral Home, 1339 Orrin Rd, Prescott, WI 54011. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the Pine Glen Cemetery in Prescott, WI.
Services are entrusted to the O’Connell Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Prescott, www.oconnellfuneralhomes.com, 715-273-4421
We so enjoyed working with Colleen in the Business Office at St. Croixdale, Riverwood Center, RiverHills. I still use a few of her expressions and I cut my business teeth working on the computer in her office while she worked away. It was ironic because years earlier I spent my youth walking past Jerry and Colleen’s house on the way to the Little Store and would see her walking her Chihuahua Paco or Taco. When my grandmother was in the nursing home she would come into the room and I always hoped it was because she recognized me when I called her “grandma” as we had nearly 30 years prior. She and Jerry were such nice people and contributors to Prescott. Much affection to the family.