Date Posted: 2006-12-17

Richard M. Reed, 69, of St. Paul, died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006, as the result of an automobile accident near Greeley. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006, at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul. Services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 22, 2006, at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul, with the Revs. Thomas Hyde and Ray Kosmicki officiating. Burial will be in the Elmwood Cemetery at St. Paul. Peters Funeral Home of St. Paul is in charge of arrangements.     

He is survived by one son, Richard Reed and his friend, Diane, of St. Paul; three daughters, Peggy (Dan) Griffin of Elba, Penny (Howard) Beck of St. Paul, and Pam (John) Baxa of Grand Island; two brothers, Robert (Nola) Reed of Lexington, and Tom Reed of Sterling, Colo.; two sisters, Betty (Harold) Fothergill of Grand Island and Pat (Tom) Roszel of Saratoga, Wyo; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a former daughter-in-law, Karen Reed of St. Paul.     

He was preceded in death by his parents. Richard was born on Dec. 17, 1937, at Lexington, to George and Edna (Courter) Reed. Richard grew up on the family farm and attended Dist. South 3 Dawson County rural school and was a 1955 graduate of Lexington High School. He then worked for the Crawford family as a farmhand and for Dunlap Well Drilling.     

He was united in marriage to Barbara Hammond on Dec. 22, 1957, at Lexington. The couple farmed near Lexington until 1967 when they moved to a farm in the Midway area near St. Paul. In 1994, they moved to Farwell and in 2004, they moved to St. Paul.     

Richard continued to farm up until the time of his death. He was a member of the Methodist faith and the Feeders and Breeders.Memorials are suggested to the family's choice.

-Obituary obtained from www.lexch.com