His funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the
Mount Pulaski Zion Lutheran Church, with the Rev.
Mark Drews officiating. Burial will be in Mount
Pulaski Cemetery.
Mr. Reeves worked in maintenance at the Decatur
Holiday Inn and was maintenance supervisor for
General Motors Central Foundry in Danville.
He served in the U.S. Navy and Marines during the
Korean War.
He was born July 29, 1934, in Lisle to Halsey J.
and Goldie Marie Hamilton Reeves. He married Judy
Knauer in Danville on April 12, 1980.
He is survived by his wife, of Mount Pulaski;
three daughters, Denise (and Mario) Melo of Sioux
City, Iowa, Kim (and Mike) Gordon of Barrington and
Gayle Hoock of Mount Pulaski; one brother, Al (and
Marcy) Reeves of Tavares, Fla.; and seven grandchildren,
Patrick, Mario and Karla Melo of Sioux City, Iowa,
Ashley and Justin Gordon of Barrington, and Marcus
and Kurtis Hoock of Mount Pulaski.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He was a member of Mount Pulaski Zion Lutheran
Church and the Logan County Sheriff's Auxiliary.
He was a Dallas County deputy constable in
Dallas, Texas.
Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church or
Zion Lutheran School, both in Mount Pulaski, or to
the Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.
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