Person:Lester Reeder (1)

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  1. Lester James Reeder1906 - 2010
m. 29 Jan 1931
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Name[2] Lester James Reeder
Alt Name[1] Les Reeder
Alt Name[1] Lester J. Reeder
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 17 Dec 1906 Beaverdam, Allen, Ohio, United StatesJames Lester Reeder
Marriage 29 Jan 1931 to Frances Irene Miller
Death[1] 13 Apr 2010 Spencerville, Allen, Ohio, United States
Burial[1] Spencerville Cemetery, Spencerville, Allen, Ohio, United States

Obituary

Les, 103, died at 1:45 p.m., in the Roselawn Manor Nursing Home. He had resided there since December 2009.

He was a son of James and Sarah (Hart) Reeder. On Jan 29, 1931, he married Frances I. Miller, who survives. In January, they celebrated 79 years together, 68 years in their home in Spencerville.

Also surviving are a son...; two daughters...; nine grandchildren...; nine great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren.

Deceased are a son-in-law, Robert E. McDermitt; a grandson, Dennis McDermitt; grandson-in-law, Chuck Golliher; four siblings, Mary, Viola, Moses and Henry Reeder.

He was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Spencerville; a 61-year member of the Acadia Lodge 306, Free and Accepted Masons of Spencerville, Spencerville Chapter 169, Royal Arch Masons and the Lima Council 20, Royal and Select Masons. He had worked 40 years for the Buckeye Pipeline Company of Lima as a Pipeliner "A," retiring in 1969. After retiring from there, he worked part-time for the Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home for 22 years. He enjoyed bowling, golf, OSU football and the Cleveland Indians baseball.

Funeral services will be in the Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home in Spencerville, with the Rev. Jan Johnson and his grandson the Rev. Bradley Reeder officiating.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lester J. Reeder, in Find A Grave.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Reeder, James Lester, in Ohio, United States. Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962. (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.)
    p 2 p 462, 17 Dec 1906.

    Beaver Dam, Allen County, Ohio. James Lester Reeder, b. 17 Dec 1906, s/o James Reeder & Sarah Elizabeth Hart.