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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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