REED, Robert E. 1919-2005

REED, LAUN, TAYLOR

Posted By: K. Kittleson
Date: 12/5/2008 at 12:46:15

Service:
10:30 AM -- Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Hauser Funeral Home
1205 South Main Street
Charles City, Iowa

Robert E. “Bob” Reed, 85, of Charles City, died Saturday, February 11, 2005, at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital in Charles City.

Funeral Services for Bob Reed will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 15, at the Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City. Rev. Gayle Wilcox, associate pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Military Honors will be conducted by the Charles City Ceremonial Unit.

Robert E. Reed was born September 14, 1919, in Charles City, the son of L. E. and Clara (Laun) Reed. He attended Charles City Schools and graduated with the class of 1937.

On May 2, 1942, he married Geraldine Taylor of Charles City, in Algonac, Michigan. Robert served in the US Army Signal Corps for 23 years and obtained the rank of CW3. He saw action in both World War II and the Korean War. His military career spanned the globe. After retiring from the Army, he worked for the State of Iowa Liquor Commission for almost twenty years in the state liquor store and retired in 1982 as the manager.

He was a 50-year member of the St. Charles Masonic Lodge, a Life member of the VFW, Retired Officer’s Assn., DAV Assn., and the American Legion.

He was an avid fisherman, tool tester, and enjoyed woodworking, trap shooting and was an expert marksman obtaining both military honors and as a trap shooter. At the age of 70, he taught himself to use the computer.

He is survived by his wife, Geraldine, Charles City; two sons, James (Kim) Reed, Shelburne, Vermont, David (Connie) Reed, Tacoma, Washington, and two daughters, Marilyn (Gerald) Frye, Garnavillo, Iowa, and Diane (Robert) Klaiber, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Also surviving are two granddaughters, Lisa (Jeff) Mink, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, Jennifer Reed, Boston, Massachusetts; and one great-granddaughter, Allison Groom, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Glenn and Eugene, and two sisters, Thelma Oliver and Dorothy Walter.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Charles City Hospice and/or the Trinity United Methodist Church.

The Hauser Funeral Home, (641) 228-2323, www.hauserfh.com, in Charles City, is in charge of arrangements.

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