Obituary: Lola Mae Reser
Lola Mae “Chic” Reser was born in Ekalaka, MT to Laura and Lawrence Webster on May 13, 1943. She was the youngest of five and the first to contract Chicken Pox, hence the nickname that stayed with her to the end. Chic had a true Montana work ethic and held many jobs, mostly service work as a waitress or bartender. In her forties, Chic worked in a lumber yard throwing wood around like a teenager, and later spent several years as a school custodian for Huntley Project schools in Worden, MT. She led the hard life of the Western Woman. Nearly died in a house fire as an infant, but was saved by her older sister, Mary. One of the youngest at the time to receive open-heart surgery at, I believe, age thirteen. Lost her second child, Frank, a few short hours after his birth. Her youngest child, Lana Mae, died at 33-years-old from cancer. Chic was twice widowed, first in the winter of 1979 and again in the fall of 2005. read more
