BETHANY, PA - A memorial service for Shirley T. Reed, 87, of Bethany, Pennsylvania was held on Saturday, January 7, 2012, at the Bethany United Methodist Church. The Arthur A. Bryant Funeral Home, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, was in charge of the arrangements. Interment was in Bethany Cemetery.
Mrs. Reed died at home on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, after an illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon H. Reed in 2005.
Born on April 5, 1924, in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Emma (Sargent) Thompson.
Mrs. Reed worked at the Wayne County Livestock Exchange in Honesdale as Clerk and Bookkeeper. She helped in the family business, L.H. Reed and Sans serving as the Secretary of the business.
Shirley was a 4-H leader, a member of the Bethany United Methodist Church where she was active in the United Methodist Women and helped to prepare and serve many meals. She was also involved in the "Crazy Quilts," helping to make hundreds of quilts over the years She enjoyed traveling with her husband, and was able to visit every state in the continental United States. She greatly supported her husband in the 19 years he served as a Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission. She was an avid gardener and homemaker. Shirley will be remembered as a dedicated mother and grandmother.
She is survived by four children: Sandra Villard, of Easton, Pennsylvania, Jeffrey Reed and his wife Barbara, of Cherry Ridge, Pennsylvania, Stephen Reed and his wife Cindy, of Bethany, and Douglas Reed and his wife Bonnie, of DeKalb Junction; ten grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by five brothers, Everett, Bob, Frank, Charles andJack, and a sister, Alice.
Memorial Contributions may be made in Shirley's memory to Bethany United Methodist Church, Bethany, PA 18431: