Obituary courtesy of Mountain Democrat - published December 20, 2017
Robert Milton Reeder
Sept. 8, 1915 – Nov. 26, 2017
Marcella Ann Ward Reeder
May 12, 1919 – Dec. 12, 2017
On Nov. 26, 2017, Robert Milton Reeder passed away at the age of 102. Robert (Bob) was followed sixteen days later by his beautiful and faithful wife of seventy six years, Marcella Ann Ward Reeder, aged 98. Bob and Marcella passed of natural causes in the quietness of their home in Cameron Park, Calif. In the presence of loving family members.
Bob was born in Sacramento, Calif., to William and Ruth Reeder. He attended Washington Grammar School and Sacramento High School. In 1940 Bob met a beautiful young lady at the Motor City Skating Rink in Smith Flat, Calif. A year later he married that young lady Marcella on Aug. 2, 1941. Bob and Marcella had four children: Darrell, Sharon, Robert and Marcella. They in turn gave Bob and Marcella 11 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren. Bob became a master welder while working and learning by his father's side. After graduating in 1934, he joined the National Guard in the Howitzer Tank Command. Bob then became an expert sharpshooter with his 1911 colt semi automatic and the 135 mm tank cannon. He also served three years in the California National Guard. During World War II Bob worked at the Bethlehem Shipyard as a specialty welder building destroyers for the war effort. Bob as a young man, was a member of the Eagles and was a Boy Scout Master for five years.
Bob and Marcella were entrepreneurs who served the Placerville community with several businesses over the years including Reeder's Welding, Reeder's Saw and Tool Service, Hangtown Cycle and Placerville Marine Co. They also were proprietors at Mid-Valley Trailer Sales in Stockton, Calif.
Bob served the Placerville Community in many other ways, including serving 11 years as a member of the Mother Load School District Board of Trustees, as president of the Democratic Central Committee, as a lifelong member of the Masonic Lodge and the Kiwanis Club, as road captain for the Golden West Community Service District, as the first chairman of the El Dorado County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to combat polio under President Roosevelt, and as an honorary deputy sheriff under El Dorado County Sheriff Ernest Carlson. Bob was preceded in death by his parents William and Ruth Reeder, siblings Merlin, Edward, Louis and sister Beulah.
Marcella was born in Montebello, Calif., to parents Mabel Edith Ward and Frank Jackson Ward. Her family moved to Long Beach where her father worked at the Signal Oil Refinery. While on the job he was severely injured and became an invalid. At the age of 9 her family moved to El Dorado County for her dad's health. Marcella attended a one room schoolhouse in the town of El Dorado, Calif., and later attended a one room school house in Smith Flat, Calif. The family finally settled in Placerville where she attended Placerville Grammar School for seventh and eighth grades and graduated from El Dorado County High School in 1936. After the death of her father in 1937 she attended art school in Los Angeles. After graduating she did hand-printed work in a Hollywood studio for stars homes such as Janet Gaynor, Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper. She returned to Placerville on vacation where she met and married Bob Reeder.
Over the years, Marcella and Bob managed to raise a wonderful family while operating a myriad of successful businesses. They were a powerful team.
After suffering a near fatal rattlesnake bite in 1986 and convalescing at Marshall Hospital she decided to join the auxiliary there where she served as a volunteer for 16 years. She worked all services including ER but eventually found her home in the gift shop. She served there as assistant manager for two years and then as manager. During her tenure she was said to have made over 1300 flower arrangements.
Bob and Marcella will always be loved and never forgotten, by the countless many whose lives they deeply touched.
Robert Milton Reeder
Sept. 8, 1915 – Nov. 26, 2017
Marcella Ann Ward Reeder
May 12, 1919 – Dec. 12, 2017
On Nov. 26, 2017, Robert Milton Reeder passed away at the age of 102. Robert (Bob) was followed sixteen days later by his beautiful and faithful wife of seventy six years, Marcella Ann Ward Reeder, aged 98. Bob and Marcella passed of natural causes in the quietness of their home in Cameron Park, Calif. In the presence of loving family members.
Bob was born in Sacramento, Calif., to William and Ruth Reeder. He attended Washington Grammar School and Sacramento High School. In 1940 Bob met a beautiful young lady at the Motor City Skating Rink in Smith Flat, Calif. A year later he married that young lady Marcella on Aug. 2, 1941. Bob and Marcella had four children: Darrell, Sharon, Robert and Marcella. They in turn gave Bob and Marcella 11 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren. Bob became a master welder while working and learning by his father's side. After graduating in 1934, he joined the National Guard in the Howitzer Tank Command. Bob then became an expert sharpshooter with his 1911 colt semi automatic and the 135 mm tank cannon. He also served three years in the California National Guard. During World War II Bob worked at the Bethlehem Shipyard as a specialty welder building destroyers for the war effort. Bob as a young man, was a member of the Eagles and was a Boy Scout Master for five years.
Bob and Marcella were entrepreneurs who served the Placerville community with several businesses over the years including Reeder's Welding, Reeder's Saw and Tool Service, Hangtown Cycle and Placerville Marine Co. They also were proprietors at Mid-Valley Trailer Sales in Stockton, Calif.
Bob served the Placerville Community in many other ways, including serving 11 years as a member of the Mother Load School District Board of Trustees, as president of the Democratic Central Committee, as a lifelong member of the Masonic Lodge and the Kiwanis Club, as road captain for the Golden West Community Service District, as the first chairman of the El Dorado County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to combat polio under President Roosevelt, and as an honorary deputy sheriff under El Dorado County Sheriff Ernest Carlson. Bob was preceded in death by his parents William and Ruth Reeder, siblings Merlin, Edward, Louis and sister Beulah.
Marcella was born in Montebello, Calif., to parents Mabel Edith Ward and Frank Jackson Ward. Her family moved to Long Beach where her father worked at the Signal Oil Refinery. While on the job he was severely injured and became an invalid. At the age of 9 her family moved to El Dorado County for her dad's health. Marcella attended a one room schoolhouse in the town of El Dorado, Calif., and later attended a one room school house in Smith Flat, Calif. The family finally settled in Placerville where she attended Placerville Grammar School for seventh and eighth grades and graduated from El Dorado County High School in 1936. After the death of her father in 1937 she attended art school in Los Angeles. After graduating she did hand-printed work in a Hollywood studio for stars homes such as Janet Gaynor, Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper. She returned to Placerville on vacation where she met and married Bob Reeder.
Over the years, Marcella and Bob managed to raise a wonderful family while operating a myriad of successful businesses. They were a powerful team.
After suffering a near fatal rattlesnake bite in 1986 and convalescing at Marshall Hospital she decided to join the auxiliary there where she served as a volunteer for 16 years. She worked all services including ER but eventually found her home in the gift shop. She served there as assistant manager for two years and then as manager. During her tenure she was said to have made over 1300 flower arrangements.
Bob and Marcella will always be loved and never forgotten, by the countless many whose lives they deeply touched.
Obituary courtesy of Mountain Democrat - published December 20, 2017
Robert Milton Reeder
Sept. 8, 1915 – Nov. 26, 2017
Marcella Ann Ward Reeder
May 12, 1919 – Dec. 12, 2017
On Nov. 26, 2017, Robert Milton Reeder passed away at the age of 102. Robert (Bob) was followed sixteen days later by his beautiful and faithful wife of seventy six years, Marcella Ann Ward Reeder, aged 98. Bob and Marcella passed of natural causes in the quietness of their home in Cameron Park, Calif. In the presence of loving family members.
Bob was born in Sacramento, Calif., to William and Ruth Reeder. He attended Washington Grammar School and Sacramento High School. In 1940 Bob met a beautiful young lady at the Motor City Skating Rink in Smith Flat, Calif. A year later he married that young lady Marcella on Aug. 2, 1941. Bob and Marcella had four children: Darrell, Sharon, Robert and Marcella. They in turn gave Bob and Marcella 11 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren. Bob became a master welder while working and learning by his father's side. After graduating in 1934, he joined the National Guard in the Howitzer Tank Command. Bob then became an expert sharpshooter with his 1911 colt semi automatic and the 135 mm tank cannon. He also served three years in the California National Guard. During World War II Bob worked at the Bethlehem Shipyard as a specialty welder building destroyers for the war effort. Bob as a young man, was a member of the Eagles and was a Boy Scout Master for five years.
Bob and Marcella were entrepreneurs who served the Placerville community with several businesses over the years including Reeder's Welding, Reeder's Saw and Tool Service, Hangtown Cycle and Placerville Marine Co. They also were proprietors at Mid-Valley Trailer Sales in Stockton, Calif.
Bob served the Placerville Community in many other ways, including serving 11 years as a member of the Mother Load School District Board of Trustees, as president of the Democratic Central Committee, as a lifelong member of the Masonic Lodge and the Kiwanis Club, as road captain for the Golden West Community Service District, as the first chairman of the El Dorado County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to combat polio under President Roosevelt, and as an honorary deputy sheriff under El Dorado County Sheriff Ernest Carlson. Bob was preceded in death by his parents William and Ruth Reeder, siblings Merlin, Edward, Louis and sister Beulah.
Marcella was born in Montebello, Calif., to parents Mabel Edith Ward and Frank Jackson Ward. Her family moved to Long Beach where her father worked at the Signal Oil Refinery. While on the job he was severely injured and became an invalid. At the age of 9 her family moved to El Dorado County for her dad's health. Marcella attended a one room schoolhouse in the town of El Dorado, Calif., and later attended a one room school house in Smith Flat, Calif. The family finally settled in Placerville where she attended Placerville Grammar School for seventh and eighth grades and graduated from El Dorado County High School in 1936. After the death of her father in 1937 she attended art school in Los Angeles. After graduating she did hand-printed work in a Hollywood studio for stars homes such as Janet Gaynor, Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper. She returned to Placerville on vacation where she met and married Bob Reeder.
Over the years, Marcella and Bob managed to raise a wonderful family while operating a myriad of successful businesses. They were a powerful team.
After suffering a near fatal rattlesnake bite in 1986 and convalescing at Marshall Hospital she decided to join the auxiliary there where she served as a volunteer for 16 years. She worked all services including ER but eventually found her home in the gift shop. She served there as assistant manager for two years and then as manager. During her tenure she was said to have made over 1300 flower arrangements.
Bob and Marcella will always be loved and never forgotten, by the countless many whose lives they deeply touched.
Robert Milton Reeder
Sept. 8, 1915 – Nov. 26, 2017
Marcella Ann Ward Reeder
May 12, 1919 – Dec. 12, 2017
On Nov. 26, 2017, Robert Milton Reeder passed away at the age of 102. Robert (Bob) was followed sixteen days later by his beautiful and faithful wife of seventy six years, Marcella Ann Ward Reeder, aged 98. Bob and Marcella passed of natural causes in the quietness of their home in Cameron Park, Calif. In the presence of loving family members.
Bob was born in Sacramento, Calif., to William and Ruth Reeder. He attended Washington Grammar School and Sacramento High School. In 1940 Bob met a beautiful young lady at the Motor City Skating Rink in Smith Flat, Calif. A year later he married that young lady Marcella on Aug. 2, 1941. Bob and Marcella had four children: Darrell, Sharon, Robert and Marcella. They in turn gave Bob and Marcella 11 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren. Bob became a master welder while working and learning by his father's side. After graduating in 1934, he joined the National Guard in the Howitzer Tank Command. Bob then became an expert sharpshooter with his 1911 colt semi automatic and the 135 mm tank cannon. He also served three years in the California National Guard. During World War II Bob worked at the Bethlehem Shipyard as a specialty welder building destroyers for the war effort. Bob as a young man, was a member of the Eagles and was a Boy Scout Master for five years.
Bob and Marcella were entrepreneurs who served the Placerville community with several businesses over the years including Reeder's Welding, Reeder's Saw and Tool Service, Hangtown Cycle and Placerville Marine Co. They also were proprietors at Mid-Valley Trailer Sales in Stockton, Calif.
Bob served the Placerville Community in many other ways, including serving 11 years as a member of the Mother Load School District Board of Trustees, as president of the Democratic Central Committee, as a lifelong member of the Masonic Lodge and the Kiwanis Club, as road captain for the Golden West Community Service District, as the first chairman of the El Dorado County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to combat polio under President Roosevelt, and as an honorary deputy sheriff under El Dorado County Sheriff Ernest Carlson. Bob was preceded in death by his parents William and Ruth Reeder, siblings Merlin, Edward, Louis and sister Beulah.
Marcella was born in Montebello, Calif., to parents Mabel Edith Ward and Frank Jackson Ward. Her family moved to Long Beach where her father worked at the Signal Oil Refinery. While on the job he was severely injured and became an invalid. At the age of 9 her family moved to El Dorado County for her dad's health. Marcella attended a one room schoolhouse in the town of El Dorado, Calif., and later attended a one room school house in Smith Flat, Calif. The family finally settled in Placerville where she attended Placerville Grammar School for seventh and eighth grades and graduated from El Dorado County High School in 1936. After the death of her father in 1937 she attended art school in Los Angeles. After graduating she did hand-printed work in a Hollywood studio for stars homes such as Janet Gaynor, Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper. She returned to Placerville on vacation where she met and married Bob Reeder.
Over the years, Marcella and Bob managed to raise a wonderful family while operating a myriad of successful businesses. They were a powerful team.
After suffering a near fatal rattlesnake bite in 1986 and convalescing at Marshall Hospital she decided to join the auxiliary there where she served as a volunteer for 16 years. She worked all services including ER but eventually found her home in the gift shop. She served there as assistant manager for two years and then as manager. During her tenure she was said to have made over 1300 flower arrangements.
Bob and Marcella will always be loved and never forgotten, by the countless many whose lives they deeply touched.
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