Reed, Josiah

Passed:

Age: 63

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1949-09-23

Information:                 Josiah Reed, age 63, a son of G. W. and Nancy Reed, formerly of Kenna, died of electrocution while working with an electric crane at Akron, Ohio, where he had resided for a number of years.  He is survived by his wife, Beulah; daughters, Mrs. Lottie Cross, Mrs. Ona Lee Hazlett, both of Akron, Ohio; three grandchildren; four children by a former marriage, Orville, Arnold, and Bobby Reed of Youngstown, Ohio and a daughter of Phoenix, Arizona.  Four sisters and one brother also survive:  Mrs. Liza Pritt of Leo, Mrs. Ida Curry of McKeesport, Pa., Mrs. Lena Hatcher of Kenna, Mrs. Tina Jones of Elkhurst and Early Reed of St. Albans.  Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from the Hopkins Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Etling officiating.  Burial  was in the Ellet Memorial Cemetery.  (Betty Kessel McIntyre obit collection)