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Robert Leighton Reed
20 Jul 1921 – 30 Oct 2011
| Birth | 20 Jul 1921 |
| Death | 30 Oct 2011 |
| Cemetery | Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell , Lincoln County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Amy on 18 May 2013 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79717757 |
Bio
Robert L. Reed Robert L. Reed, 90, of Hamburg, Iowa, passed away on Oct. 30, 2011, at Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg, Iowa. Robert was born in Custer County on a farm near Arnold, to Francis Oscar and Julia Lavetta (Huff) Reed on July 20, 1921. He attended elementary school at Oxford District 13 and graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1939. Robert served overseas with The Seventh Air Depot Group during WWII. He received his Army discharge in December of 1945 at Leavenworth, Kan. He found employment as a carpenter and mason, which he worked at until he had collected enough experience and college hours to qualify him as an instructor at Mid Plains Community College Vo. Tech Division at North Platte in 1973. He held this position until retiring in 1986, but continued to teach night classes and other assignments until 1993. He is survived by his loving wife, of 59 years, Betty, of Hamburg, Iowa; daughter, Dr. Elizabeth (Ellis Makos) Reed, and their daughter, Olivia, of Omaha; daughter, Janet (James) Lechner and husband, and their twin sons, Jeffrey and Reed, of Hamburg, Iowa; three sisters, Betty Swick, of Salem, Ore., Marian Woodward, of Jefferson City, Mo., and Gweneth Den Dooven, of Denver, Colo.; and other family and friends. Memorials are suggested to the Hamburg, Iowa, Rescue or the Broken Bow Fire Department. The family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m., today, at the Rash-Gude Funeral Home in Hamburg, Iowa. Graveside Services will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, at Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell with the Nebraska National Guard Funeral Honors detail conducting military honors. Services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 7, at the United Trinity Church in Hamburg, Iowa, with Pastor Daniel Voigt officiating. Rash-Gude Funeral Home in Hamburg, Iowa, is in charge of the arrangements. North Platte Telegraph November 2, 2011
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- Elizabeth M "Betty" Reed Swick 1918–2017 FaG
- TSGT Walter Francis Reed 1919–1943 FaG
- Marian Jeanette Reed Woodward 1923–2018 FaG
- Rodney Stovin "Rod" Reed 1925–2011 FaG
- Dorothy Anabelle Reed Mayo 1930–2000 FaG
- Gweneth Marilyn Reed Den Dooven 1933–2018 FaG
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