Mrs.
Nellie B. Reed, 84, Route 1, Mentone, died at 10:06 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, at
the Kosciusko Community Hospital emergency room. She was born April 11, 1902,
at Silver Lake, the daughter of Frank and Jennie Eaton Lyon. She lived most of
her life in the Mentone area. She was married Dec. 24, 1929, at Mentone, to
Robert G. Reed, who died in 1971. She was very active in the Democratic party
and was county vice chairman from the 1950s to the early 70s. She assisted her
husband in the Reed Funeral Home for many years, until it was sold in 1962. She
was in charge of the Warsaw Branch of the Kosciusko License Bureau for eight
years in the 1960s. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Mentone
United Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary and the Fodales Club.
Surviving are one daughter, Janet R. Reed, Willow Springs, Ill.; two sisters,
Mrs. Fred (Louese) Evans and Mrs. Robert (Betty) Milligan, both of Attica; one
brother, Don F. Lyon, North Webster. Funeral services will be held at 10:30
a.m. Wednesday at the King Memorial Home, Mentone, with the Rev. Lester Taylor
officiating. Burial will be in the Mentone Cemetery. Friends may call at the
funeral home after 2 p.m. today (Tuesday). Star Tribune, Attica, Indiana,
Tuesday, September 9, 1986 Pg. 2