Delmar Paul Reeder

DELMAR PAUL REEDER, 76, OF 615 NORTH AMERICA ROAD, HARRISBURG, IL DIED SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2009 AT 11:20 PM SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AT HIS HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2009 AT 10:30 AM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD TUESDAY AFTER 9: 00 AM. REVEREND JEFF RUSH WILL OFFICIATE AND BURIAL WILL BE IN LEDFORD CEMETERY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO LEDFORD CEMETERY OR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND MAY BE LEFT AT THE FUNERAL HOME. HE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 7, 1933 IN HARRISBURG, IL TO THE LATE DELMAR DWAN & THELMA (MEDLIN) REEDER. HE MARRIED BONNIE PENNINGTON ON JUNE 15, 1956 AND SHE PRECEDED IN DEATH ON FEBRUARY 6, 2009. HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, WHERE HE SERVED FOR OVER 22 YEARS. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE KOREAN WAR AND THE VIETNAM WAR. HE IS SURVIVED BY 2 SONS: MARK (BECKY) REEDER OF HARRISBURG, IL AND CLIFFORD REEDER OF LAS VEGAS, NV; A DAUGHTER: THERESA FRITTS OF HARRISBURG, IL; 2 BROTHERS: JAMES REEDER AND RICHARD REEDER BOTH OF HARRISBURG, IL; 3 SISTERS: CAROLYN THOMAS AND LINDA HUTCHINSON BOTH OF HARRISBURG, IL AND PATTY HARROD OF BRAIDWOOD, IL; 5 GRANDCHILDREN: SETH FRITTS, JAMIE FRITTS, CALEB REEDER, JEREMIAH FRITTS, AND JOSE REEDER. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, PARENTS, 2 SISTERS: ALMA ODLE AND BARBARA REEDER AND 2 BROTHERS: DONALD REEDER AND ROBERT REEDER.