Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Reed, John W. "Jack"  January 20, 2009
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 1/23/2009
  Reed, John W. "Jack"   
   
  John "Jack" W. Reed, 83, of Manheim passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 
  at the Lebanon VA Medical Center. Born in Trenton, N.J., he was the son of the 
  late William Bishop and Sarah B. Handford Reed. He was the loving husband of 
  Clara "Claire" Conner-Reed. He was preceded in death in 1996 by his first wife, 
  Lillian Durchuck Reed. Jack was a member of St. Richard Catholic Church of 
  Manheim, where he served on church council, grounds maintenance committee, and 
  was a lector. In 1943, he left Trenton, N.J., volunteering for the U.S. Navy. A 
  World War II veteran, he served in the Navy Armed Guard Division as a gunner. 
  He received two battle stars and, later, two medals from Russia. After military 
  service, he returned to school for his GED. Jack graduated in 1950 from 
  Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, with a B.S. in poultry husbandry. After 
  graduation, he was a salesman in New Jersey for Kasco Feed of New York state, 
  and Kelloggs feed division of Battle Creek, Michigan. In 1956, Jack started 
  with GLF of Lakewood, N.J., as enterprise salesmanfarm supplies and later 
  assistant manager at Farm Store, Tunkhannock, store manager at Pleasant Mount, 
  Pa., and store manager in Carbondale, Pa. GLF and Eastern became Agway 
  Cooperative Association in 1964, where Jack held various positions. He was 
  responsible for building in Lebanon, Pa., the first farm chemical plant east of 
  the Mississippi. In 1988, Jack retired from Agway, Lebanon, Pa., after 32 years 
  of service. After retirement, he was a volunteer driver for Lancaster County 
  Department of Veterans Affairs, the transport crew for the Manheim Veterans 
  Ambulance Association, and volunteered as a docent on the liberty ship John 
  Brown in Baltimore, Md. Jack worked part time for Manheim Auto Auction for 14 
  years. While in the Lebanon area, he was a member of B.P.O. Elks No. 631 as 
  deputy representative to the VA Hospital, Lebanon Valley Nation Bank 
  Agriculture Advisory Board, and was on the 4-H Board of Directors, leader, and 
  chairman of the 4-H finance committee. Jack started the 4-H auction at Lebanon 
  Fair to benefit 4-H members. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce Farm 
  City Week Committee, chairman of Farmer's Tour Business, member of the Advisory 
  Board for Cedar Crest High School Vo-Ag, and honorary chapter farmer of Cedar 
  Crest Vo-Ag FFA. He also was member of AMVETS, and lifetime member of the 
  American Legion Post 419 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5956, both of 
  Manheim. Jack enjoyed stock car racing, golf, reading, music, and he was an 
  avid Eagles fan. Surviving in addition to his wife are three sons, William, 
  husband of Kathy Neral Reed of Downingtown, John, husband of Diane Justice Reed 
  of Reading, Edward Reed of Elizabethtown; two stepdaughters, Delores "Dee," 
  wife of Ronald Forry, Donna, wife of Larry Snavely, both of Manheim; seven 
  grandchildren, Michelle Pollis, Robert, Kim, Jack, Nancy Reed, Beth Lehman, 
  Jill Brenneman; and two step-grandchildren, Michelle and Matthew Snavely; one 
  greatgrandchild, Alexis Brenneman; and a niece, Dorothy Durchuck Kotowski of 
  Bryan, Ohio. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend a Mass of 
  Christian Burial from St. Richard Catholic Church, 110 North Oak Street, 
  Manheim, Pa., on Saturday, January 24, 2009, at 11 a.m. with the Reverend 
  Father Francis T. Menei as celebrant. Interment will be private, and at the 
  convenience of the family at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, Pa. 
  There will be no viewing. Friends may visit with the family at the church on 
  Saturday morning from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Those desiring 
  may send contributions in Jack's memory to St. Vincent dePaul Society, c/o St. 
  Richard Catholic Church, 110 North Oak Street, Manheim, PA 17545; or Hospice of 
  Lancaster County, P. O. Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604-4125; or the Lebanon VA 
  Medical Center Hospice Unit, c/o Sheila Kendall, 1700 South Lincoln Ave., 
  Lebanon, PA 17042. The Buch Funeral Home, Manheim, Pa., is in charge of 
  arrangements.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 1/23/2009  
  
  
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