Elaine Marie Reeves, age 73, of Manistee, Michigan, died Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Michigan.

She was born on March 10, 1950, in Manistee, Michigan and was the daughter of the late Virgil L. and Harriett G (Wilkes) Bruesch Sr. She was a graduate of Mason County Central High School with the class of 1968. Elaine married Sammy Glenn Reeves on May 6, 1978, at Our Savor Lutheran Church in Scottville, Michigan. Sammy preceded her in death on August 23, 2020. After attending beauty school in Manistee, Elaine was employed in Onekama with Wynonna's Beauty Salon and later with Betty's Beauty Shop in Manistee, until her retirement in 2019. Elaine loved the outdoors and living in the woods and enjoyed working in her vegetable and flower gardens.  She always enjoyed being around horses and attended many Horse shows with her family members.

She is survived by two sisters and a brother-in-law, Brenda and Thomas Griffis and Virginia Bruesch all of Scottville, MI, her brother, Virgil Bruesch Jr. of Shelby, MI, her stepdaughter, Sharon (James) Cox of Big Rapids, MI. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Sammy Reeves, her parents, Virgil and Harriet (Wilkes) Bruesch, two sisters, Bonnie Bruesch and Dolly Ann Bruesch and by her stepdaughter Peggy Franklin.

A time of remembrance will be held on Monday, February 12, 2024, at 11:00 am at the Herbert Funeral Home in Manistee, Michigan. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday morning, one hour prior to the time of remembrance. Burial of her cremated remains will follow at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Free Soil, Michigan.

The Herbert Funeral Home of Manistee is in charge of funeral arrangements.