While Hillenburg-Holley recently recounted her work through the years, she also met with Rikka Booth, a former special education teacher interested in becoming the new Prom Mom. Her own son Joshua is developmentally disabled. It also means something that the Prom Mom works to make sure special-needs students such as Hart, who has autism, get to the big event. She can scarcely highlight her favorite part of it. Hannah Hart, a 20-year-old Columbus North senior, wore one of the gowns to the prom last year. Today, via the power of social media, plenty of students and parents know. “I never even knew back then that there was a Deana,” Reese said.Īt the time, news about prom help traveled slowly, by word of mouth. The work reminds Reese, a 1994 Columbus East grad who didn’t attend her senior prom because her dad was laid off and her family was hurting financially, how important Hillenburg-Holley is. Reese and Whicker have been Hillenburg-Holley’s assistants for years. Others donate restaurant gift certificates.

Lynn Reese of Photolicious Keepsakes offers discounted photo packages and daughter Hanna Michaelis helps with makeup. So she has a soft spot regarding the pricey part of prom that keeps some students from attending.Ĭonsequently, she has volunteered alongside others such as Allison Watters of The Glass Slipper project in Brown County to find donated dresses, and for-free stylists such as Rene Whicker and others at The Cameo Room. She desperately worked to buy her own prom dresses in 19 partly because she did not want to stand out as a student without means. Hillenburg-Holley herself grew up financially struggling in Columbus. It tugs on my heartstrings,” Hillenburg-Holley said. “Last week, I had a girl break down crying in the parking lot after she picked up a dress - all because she felt so pretty,” Hillenburg-Holley said, referring to a scene at The Cameo Room, a hair shop serving as an unofficial headquarters. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates.But this is the last year in this role for Hillenburg-Holley, allowing her to focus on other priorities. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Year should not be greater than current year Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Sorry! There are no volunteers for this cemetery. GREAT NEWS! There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos You may not upload any more photos to this memorial She was preceded in death by a sister, Meredee Dusterhoff.īurial: Sunnywood Gardens Cemetery, Grand Forks.īurial: Sunnywood Gardens Cemetery, Grand Forks. a daughter, Pam (Ken) Gaulke, Grand Forks five grandchildren and sisters, Melanie Coddington, Glenburn, N.D., and Darcy Nelson, Grand Forks. She is survived by her husband sons, Randy (Suzi) and Shawn (Paula), both of Grand Forks, and Monty (Laura), Thousand Oaks, Calif.

They lived in Crookston until moving to Grand Forks in 1963. She married Daryle Reese on April 22, 1957, in Crookston. 16, 1938, the daughter of Eugene and Olive (Pink) Billadeau, in Crookston, where she graduated from high school in 1956. Sharon Reese, 59, died Sunday, July 26, 1998, in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks North Dakota. Grand Forks Herald (ND) - Wednesday, July 29, 1998

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