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Obituary from the Philadelphia Inquirer - June 2, 1985
Deceased Name: CHARLES L. REESE 3D, PHYSICIAN
Dr. Charles Lee Reese 3d, 56, a prominent physician in Pennsylvania and Delaware, died yesterday of cancer at his home in Mendenhall, Pa.
Dr. Reese was a native of Wilmington and a 1950 graduate of Princeton University. He began practicing medicine in Wilmington in 1963 and was head of the neurology sections for both the Medical Center of Delaware and St. Francis Hospital, both in Wilmington, at the time of his death. A fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and of the American College of Physicians, Dr. Reese was a clinical professor of neurology at Thomas Jefferson University and was a member of several medical societies.
After serving in the Korean War, he earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, in 1958 and pursued graduate training in neurology at Jefferson and Pennsylvania Hospital.
Dr. Reese was from a prominent Delaware family. His father, Charles Lee Reese Jr., is former editor-in-chief and publisher of the Wilmington Morning News and News Journal newspapers. His late grandfather, Charles Lee Reese, was the first chemical director of the DuPont Co. Dr. Reese belonged to numerous social organizations, including the Wilmington Club, the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin and the Society of Colonial Wars.
He is survived by his wife, Katherine; sons, Dr. Charles Lee Reese 4th, and Douglas Boyd Reese; his father; a sister, and a grandchild.
A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at Christ Church Christiana Hundred in Greenville, Del. Burial in Odessa, Del., will be private.