Edward Hershel Reed (1947)
BUCHANAN, DRESSLER, HUMES, REED
Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:19
The Medford Mail Tribune
Medford, Oregon
Monday, July 14, 1947
Page 2, Column 5MAN ELDERLY, ILL, TAKES OWN LIFE
Edward Hershal Reed, 74, was found dead yesterday afternoon in the garage of his home at 421 Oak street by neighbors and members of the family. Death was attributed by investigating city police to a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the head.
The elder Reed had been ill for a considerable period, it was stated, and for the past few weeks had hardly been able to walk without assistance. A .38 caliber revolver was found near the body.
Survivors include his wife, Frances, of the home address, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. June Hume, who is visiting at the home from San Francisco. Funeral arrangements in charge of Perl Funeral home are pending.
________________________The Medford Mail Tribune
Medford, Oregon
Tuesday, July 15, 1947
Page 10, Column 3Obituary
EDWARD H. REED
Funeral services for Edward Hershel Reed will be held at the Perl Funeral home Wednesday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. D. E. Millard officiating. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park.
Mr. Reed is survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances Reed, one son, C. O. Reed of Rio Del Mar, Cal., three stepdaughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Dressler of Washington, Mrs. Evangeline Buchannon of the Grants Pass Pass district, Miss June Humes of San Francisco, Cal., two brothers, Robert Reed of Kirksville, Mo., and Sanford Reed of Missouri and one sister of Chicago.
________________________Transcriber's note: The deceased was born in Madison County, Iowa per the 1885 Iowa State Census. Transcribed as published, daughter's surname per gravestone is "Buchanan".
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