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Gilbert Thomas Reel

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Gilbert Thomas Reel

Birth
Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
Death
22 Jun 2019 (aged 101)
Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Waterlick, Warren County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Gilbert Thomas Reel, 101, of Front Royal, Virginia, passed away Saturday, June 22, 2019 at his home.

A funeral service will be held Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at Maddox Funeral Home with Pastor Happy Anderson officiating. Interment will follow in Panorama Memorial Gardens at Waterlick with military honors provided by the Winchester VFW Post 2123.

Mr. Reel was born December 17, 1917 in Woodstock, Virginia, son of the late Claude Gilbert Reel and Virgie Mae Barton Reel.

He retired after many dedicated years from Riverton Lime Stone Company.

Mr. Reel was a United States Marine serving during World War II. He was a member of the Giles B. Cook Post 53 American Legion.

He was married to the late Flora Ellen Sibert Reel.

Surviving are a son, Claude S. Reel Sr. and wife Charlotte of Front Royal; one sister, Kathleen Mauck of Strasburg; grandchildren, Jennifer Thorpe Cook and husband James, and Claude Samuel "Sam" Reel Jr. and wife Jessica; great grandchildren, Madison Cook, Brayson Cook, Taylor Reel, Kyleigh Reel, and Skylor Reel; and son-in-law, Leroy Thorpe of Luray.

Mr. Reel was preceded in death by his parents; wife; daughter, Martha Ellen Thorpe; and brother, Alfred Reel.

Pallbearers will be Sam Reel, Wes Burner, Jim McDonald, Steven Sibert, Eddie Ralls, and Jack Ralls.

The family will receive friends 12-1 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at the funeral home.

Arrangements are being handled by Maddox Funeral Home, 105 West Main Street, Front Royal, VA.

An obituary was published in the Northern Virginia Daily on Monday, June 24, 2019.
Gilbert Thomas Reel, 101, of Front Royal, Virginia, passed away Saturday, June 22, 2019 at his home.

A funeral service will be held Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at Maddox Funeral Home with Pastor Happy Anderson officiating. Interment will follow in Panorama Memorial Gardens at Waterlick with military honors provided by the Winchester VFW Post 2123.

Mr. Reel was born December 17, 1917 in Woodstock, Virginia, son of the late Claude Gilbert Reel and Virgie Mae Barton Reel.

He retired after many dedicated years from Riverton Lime Stone Company.

Mr. Reel was a United States Marine serving during World War II. He was a member of the Giles B. Cook Post 53 American Legion.

He was married to the late Flora Ellen Sibert Reel.

Surviving are a son, Claude S. Reel Sr. and wife Charlotte of Front Royal; one sister, Kathleen Mauck of Strasburg; grandchildren, Jennifer Thorpe Cook and husband James, and Claude Samuel "Sam" Reel Jr. and wife Jessica; great grandchildren, Madison Cook, Brayson Cook, Taylor Reel, Kyleigh Reel, and Skylor Reel; and son-in-law, Leroy Thorpe of Luray.

Mr. Reel was preceded in death by his parents; wife; daughter, Martha Ellen Thorpe; and brother, Alfred Reel.

Pallbearers will be Sam Reel, Wes Burner, Jim McDonald, Steven Sibert, Eddie Ralls, and Jack Ralls.

The family will receive friends 12-1 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at the funeral home.

Arrangements are being handled by Maddox Funeral Home, 105 West Main Street, Front Royal, VA.

An obituary was published in the Northern Virginia Daily on Monday, June 24, 2019.


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  • Added: Jun 23, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200424570/gilbert_thomas-reel: accessed ), memorial page for Gilbert Thomas Reel (17 Dec 1917–22 Jun 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 200424570, citing Panorama Memorial Gardens, Waterlick, Warren County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by dMf (contributor 47174180).