SHELDON - Luella M. Reed, age 93, passed away Friday October 26, 2007 at Franklin County Rehab in St. Albans with her loving family at her side.
\tShe was born February 12, 1914 in Fairfield the daughter of the late Arthur & Agnes (Sowers) Draper.
\tShe was a resident of Sheldon most of her life and a member of the Sheldon Methodist Church. She was employed at Kerbs Memorial Hospital for several years and then at BFA-St. Albans as a hot lunch cook for 21 years retiring in 1985. She was a member of the St. Albans Senior Citizen Club.
\tLuella enjoyed playing 500 with her family and friends, knitting and making quilts which all of her family enjoy today. She especially loved her special birthday parties which she looked forward to celebrating with her family and adoptive daughters.
\tShe is survived by her daughter, Donna Spaulding and her husband Robert of Sheldon; a daughter-in-law, Joan Reed of Sheldon; her grandchildren, James D. Reed Jr., Brian Reed and his wife Lucky, Lisa Seguin and her husband Steve, Robert R. Spaulding and his special friend Karen Dufault, Gregory Spaulding and his wife Sandra; great grandchildren, Natalie & Laura Spaulding, Steven Seguin, Travis Reed and his companion Amanda Hoague, Brittany & Joshua Reed, Derick Barber, Angela Jones, Colton, Landon & Megan Reed; great great grandchildren, Sadie Mae Jones, and Riley Reed; several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents Luella was predeceased by her husband Kenneth Reed; her son, James D. Reed Sr.; her sisters, Lucy Machia and Stella Rice.
\tA memorial service will be held Tuesday October 30, 2007 at 10:00 AM at the Sheldon United Methodist Church with Rev. Donavee Copenhaver officiating. Interment will follow in the Sheldon Village Cemetery. There will be no visiting hours.
\tFor those who wish, contributions in Luellas memory maybe made to the Sheldon Methodist Church, C/O Nancy Martin, P.O. Box 66, Sheldon Springs, VT 05485