I answer to Lisa, Risa, Rita, Rena...
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I answer to Lisa, Risa, Rita, Rena...

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From: Reesa (Ensslin) Kirschner, 54, R.N., Auburn, Calif., cherofoot@foothill.net

Date: 11/17/03

I was named after my grandfather, Reese B. Patterson (religion - culture: Baptist Mormon Cherokee Choctaw Jew). I answer to Lisa, Risa, Rita, Rena.

Who is the oldest Reesa in the society? I'm thinking it might be me.

Editor's note: Nope, famed opera singer Risė Stevens, who accepted honorary membership in the Society in 1999, has you beat ;-)