GABRIEL KRISTOFFER RESER (GAB THE GREAT), 53, OF BUCKNER, MISSOURI PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH”, 2026 AFTER A TOUGH BATTLE WITH CANCER.
GABRIEL WAS BORN ON AUGUST 23RD, 1972 IN LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI TO MAX AND PENNY (JEFFRIES) RESER. HE WAS THE OLDER BROTHER TO HIS BEST FRIEND JOSHUA RESER. HE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, SANDRA (BUMGARDNER) RESER, AT COLLEGE (CMSU) AND MARRIED HER ON MARCH 4TH , 1995. GABRIEL AND SANDRA HAD TWO SONS TOGETHER, AUSTIN AND JESSE RESER.
GABRIEL WAS A LOVING, CARING, FUNNY, FAMILY MAN THAT ALWAYS PUT HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS BEFORE HIMSLEF. NO ONE HAS EVER MET A PERSON WHO DID NOT COME TO LIKE GABRIEL, WHETHER IT WAS A 2 MINUTE ENCOUNTER OR A LIFE LONG FRIEND. THAT WAS JUST HIS PERSONALITY. GABRIEL ENJOYED WORKING HIS MOST RECENT JOB WITH HIS WIFE AND BROTHER IN LAW FOR INNOVATIVE ENGINEERED EQUIPMENT AND WAS ALWAYS AN EXTREMELY HARD WORKER. GABRIEL WAS ALSO ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTS FANS THAT YOU WILL EVER KNOW. GABRIEL WAS ALSO A TRUE SON OF MISSOURI AND SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.
GABRIEL LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE SANDRA, HIS MOTHER PENNY, HIS FATHER MAX, HIS BROTHER JOSHUA, HIS SON AUSTIN, HIS SON JESSE, HIS GRANDSON EVERETT, HIS NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, IN LAWS, AND CLOSE FRIENDS. HE WILL ALWAYS BE. GREATLY LOVED AND MISSED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
Obituary submitted by the family.
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