REEDER, Ella G. 1903-1994

REEDER, SNOOK, DAVISSON, LACKEY

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Date: 11/17/2012 at 15:37:14

Fairfield Ledger (Ia.)
Tuesday, May 10, 1994

Ella G. REEDER

Ella G. REEDER, 91, of Robert Lee, Texas, former area resident, died at 9:48 p.m. Sunday, May 8, 1994, at the West Coke County Nursing Home in Robert Lee.

The service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Behner Funeral Home with the Rev. William Rathbun officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials have been established to Salina Presbyterian Church and First Baptist Church.

Mrs. REEDER was born Jan. 22, 1903, in Jefferson County, the daughter of Hervey and Kate W. DAVISSON SNOOK. She graduated from Fairfield High School in 1922 and from Parsons College in 1952. On Feb. 14, 1926, she married John Henry REEDER in Salina. He died Oct. 17, 1973. She lived in rural Jefferson County from 1903 until 1945 and in Fairfield from 1945 to 1976, when she moved to Robert Lee. She had been a teacher, office worker and homemaker, and had worked at Harper Brush and the Jefferson County Auditor's Office. She was a member of Salina Presbyterian Church, Daughters of American Revolution, Robert Lee Stamp Club, Genealogy Society, and had been a Red Cross and and RSVP volunteer.

Surviving are two sons, Charles E. of Waco, Texas, Paul of Billings, Mont.; a daughter, Kathryn LACKEY of Robert Lee; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A brother, Ernest SNOOK, and a sister, Amy SNOOK, preceded her in death.

(Volunteer transcription. I am of no relation.)