IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Gladys Lucille
Reed
September 6, 1921 – April 19, 2015
Obituary
Gladys Lucille Reed, age 93, of Custer, SD, passed away on April 19, 2015, at the Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer.
Gladys was born on September 6, 1921, in Fedora, SD. She attended school through high school before moving to Pringle, SD, with her parents Henry and Edna Rabenstein. She met and married Don Reed and became a rancher's wife. They grew large flower and vegetable gardens, raised cattle, butchered and sold the meat. They were hard workers but very social. They had a huge garden and hosted large picnics for their various groups as well as yearly sauerkraut making parties. They loved to dance and belonged to the local Square Dance group. They travelled worldwide in their later years, enjoying the fruits of their labors.
Gladys was a member and held offices in many different organizations in Custer, Hot Springs and Pringle…to mention a few; Westerners, Cold Springs Historical, Custer County 1881 Court House Museum, Fall River Historical Society, Custer Senior Center, South Dakota Historical Society, Custer County Republican Women, American Legion Auxiliary, Rebekah Lodge #42, Hot Springs Concert Series, as well as social groups throughout the years, the latest being Pleasant Valley Club. Gladys loved the Sturgis Rally and volunteered at the Senior Center every day of the rally. Somehow, every year, one of the Bikers would take her for a ride on (the back of) his motorcycle.
Gladys is survived by her nephews and nieces, Dallas Rabenstein, Sharron Mobley, Linda Stevens, Duane Johnson, Oly Reed, Judy Reed, Joe Reed; close friends, Marty and Colleen Mahrt of Custer.
A visitation will be held from 2 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Sunday, April 26, 2015, at Chamberlain McColley's Funeral Home in Custer.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Monday, April 27, 2015, at the Pringle United Methodist Church in Pringle, SD, with Rev. Tom Peacock officiating. Interment will follow at the Pringle Cemetery.
A memorial has been established in Gladys's name to benefit the Custer Senior Center or the Custer County 1881 Courthouse Museum.
Gladys was born on September 6, 1921, in Fedora, SD. She attended school through high school before moving to Pringle, SD, with her parents Henry and Edna Rabenstein. She met and married Don Reed and became a rancher's wife. They grew large flower and vegetable gardens, raised cattle, butchered and sold the meat. They were hard workers but very social. They had a huge garden and hosted large picnics for their various groups as well as yearly sauerkraut making parties. They loved to dance and belonged to the local Square Dance group. They travelled worldwide in their later years, enjoying the fruits of their labors.
Gladys was a member and held offices in many different organizations in Custer, Hot Springs and Pringle…to mention a few; Westerners, Cold Springs Historical, Custer County 1881 Court House Museum, Fall River Historical Society, Custer Senior Center, South Dakota Historical Society, Custer County Republican Women, American Legion Auxiliary, Rebekah Lodge #42, Hot Springs Concert Series, as well as social groups throughout the years, the latest being Pleasant Valley Club. Gladys loved the Sturgis Rally and volunteered at the Senior Center every day of the rally. Somehow, every year, one of the Bikers would take her for a ride on (the back of) his motorcycle.
Gladys is survived by her nephews and nieces, Dallas Rabenstein, Sharron Mobley, Linda Stevens, Duane Johnson, Oly Reed, Judy Reed, Joe Reed; close friends, Marty and Colleen Mahrt of Custer.
A visitation will be held from 2 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Sunday, April 26, 2015, at Chamberlain McColley's Funeral Home in Custer.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Monday, April 27, 2015, at the Pringle United Methodist Church in Pringle, SD, with Rev. Tom Peacock officiating. Interment will follow at the Pringle Cemetery.
A memorial has been established in Gladys's name to benefit the Custer Senior Center or the Custer County 1881 Courthouse Museum.
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