Ex-Resident Sam Reed Dies At E. St. Louis

Sam Reed, 58, a former Mt. Vernon resident, died at 2:30 p.m. Monday at his home, 9957 South Road, Fairview, East St. Louis.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Schildknecht Funeral Home on Route 50, at Fairview, Ill.

The body will lie in state at the Schildknecht Funeral Home where friends may call after 7:00 p.m. today.

He was the son of Humes and Addie Reed.

On Jan. 1, 1928, he was married to Edna Jenkins, who survives.

He is also survived by a son, James reed, a daughter, MRs. Anna Nelson; two grandchlidren, all of Fairview, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Noma Swem of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Ruth Rosenburg of Wayne City.

Mr. Reed was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Christian shurch of Belleville.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register-News
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 1962, page 2
Transcribed and submitted by: Sandy (Whalen) Bauer

Note from Sandy: his sister Ruth (Reed) Rosenburg (1891-1972) was actually a half-sister. Ruth was a daughter with Humes B. Reed's first wife, Effie Florene Bennett, my 1st cousin, 3 times removed.