REEDER, Lovone I. 1930-2016
REEDER
Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 3/11/2016 at 11:16:05
NORTHWOOD, IOWA -- Lovone Irene Reeder, 85, Northwood, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
A celebration of her life will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 2016, at the First Lutheran Church, 309 N. Ninth St., Northwood, with the Rev. Judy Converse officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday at the Conner Colonial Chapel, 1008 First Ave. S., Northwood. Following the visitation, cremation will be accorded, with graveside inurnment to be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Sunset Rest Cemetery in Northwood, with military graveside honors conducted by members of Our Buddies VFW Memorial Post 6779 of Northwood. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to the service on Saturday at the church.
The family would like to suggest that those wishing to give a memorial in her memory, may wish to consider memorials to Hospice of North Iowa, First Lutheran Church, or to the Northwood Public Library.
Lovone Irene (Bennett) Reeder was born on June 17, 1930, in Greensboro, Alabama, the daughter of Claude Hampton and Lena Irene (Southard) Bennett. Lovone was baptized in the Baptist faith. She was inducted into the United States Marines on February 15, 1952, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and served her country honorably and faithfully until her honorable discharge on November 13, 1952, in San Francisco, California.
She was united in marriage to Charles Reeder on August 15, 1959, in Las Vegas, Nevada. During her life, Lovone worked as a teller for Bank of America in Los Angeles, California, with her husband Charles, owned the Northwood Meat locker, and Charlie by the river restaurant in Northwood. Lovone also worked for Fallgatters Grocery Store in Northwood.
Lovone enjoyed golfing, playing cards, sewing, reading, bowling, traveling, and was able to travel to Europe twice, and visiting with family and friends.
She was a member of First Lutheran Church and the church circle in Northwood, and the VFW ladies Auxiliary in Northwood.
Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Dan (Terri) Bacon of Greenwood, South Carolina and Richie (Young Sook) Reeder of Colorado Springs, Colorado; her grandchildren, Maegan (David) McHugh of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Carson (Luke) Penney of Greenwood, South Carolina, and Heidi Reeder of Guttenberg, Iowa; her great-grandchildren, Evan Keel, and Anne Penney; several nieces, nephews, and other extended family members and friends.
Lovone was preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Irene Bennett; husband, Charles Reeder who died on June 24, 2004; daughter, Francis Doreen Zimmerman; brothers, James, John, and Robert Bennett; and her sister, Juanita Ammerman.
Conner Colonial Chapel, Northwood, IA: 641-324-1543
Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 3/11/2016
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