La Grande, Oregon
Irene Adell Reed, 93, of La Grande died Aug. 7 at Grande Ronde Hospital. Viewing will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday and the funeral at 11 a.m. Saturday at La Follette’s Chapel in Burns. Burial will follow in the Burns Cemetery.
A memorial reception in La Grande will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church fellowship hall.
Mrs. Reed was born Aug. 5, 1913, to Leonard Lincoln and Alda Bertha Elliot Davis in Leland, Idaho. She graduated from Kendrick High School in 1931 and Lewis and Clark Normal School 1933. She taught elementary school in Idaho and Oregons. She joined the First Baptist Church in Burns 1937,and was one of the oldest living members. She served the church as deaconess, treasurer, Sunday school teacher, daily vacation school teacher and pianist.
On June 30, 1938, she married Lee Porter Reed at the First Baptist Church. They owned Reed Signs, Office Supplies and Sporting Goods, and served as the local driver’s license examiners. She enjoyed reading, playing the piano, sewing, cooking and traveling.
Survivors include daughters and their husbands, Brenda Lee and Roland Whitsell of Gallatin, Tenn., and Marilyn Ann and Verl Miller of La Grande; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Her husband; a half-sister and her husband, Helen and Jesse Gregory; two brothers and their wives Charles and Shirley Davis, and Carl and Billie Davis, all died earlier.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of La Grande, Billy Graham Association or the Gideons.
The Observer Online, Obituaries for the week ending Aug. 26, 2006, Published: August 28, 2006