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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
R. Ronald
(Ron) Reedy
November 16, 2016
R. Ronald (Ron) Reedy, 77, of Lititz, PA, passed away on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 after a brief illness. He was the husband of Brenda L. Houghton Reedy, with whom he shared 55 years of marriage this past October 1st. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Raymond S. and Edith V. Johnson Reedy. Ron was a 1957 graduate of Warwick High School and attended the National College of Judiciary, University of Nevada, Reno campus. He was a US Navy veteran, serving in the Naval Reserves from 1961 to 1967 and on active duty aboard the USS Dewey, the first guided missile frigate from 1963 to 1965. He was the recipient of the National Defense Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and Naval Armed Forces Reserve Medal. Ron was the retired general manager for Blue Ridge Communications, BRCTV 11, working from 1992 to 2008. Prior to this, he served as Lancaster County's first District Court Administrator from 1974 to 1990. He also served as manager of the Republican Headquarters from 1965 to 1969 and was the field representative for Congressman Edwin Eshleman of the 16th Congressional District of PA from 1969 to 1974. Ron served numerous years on the Fourth of July Committee serving many as its chairman. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Lititz, was the Lititz Springs Park Historian, a member of the Reading Co Historical Society and the Circus Fans Assn of America. He was formerly a Lititz Springs Park board president, chairman of Lititz 250 Celebration, the Int'l Order of Odd Fellow Lodge 1050, was a Mason and former member of the Congressional Staff Club and Court Administrators. A member of Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church of Lititz since 1952, Ron served as church historian, church trustee, Sunday School super. and lay delegate. He was the recipient of the Lancaster New Era Red Rose Award during 1996. In addition to his wife, Ron is survived by his three sons: Timothy S. married to Tina Reedy of Lititz, Mark A. married to Crissy Reedy of Lititz, and Matthew A. married to Deborah Reedy of Lebanon; and by his eight grandchildren: Hannah, Andrew, Grace, Gabrielle, Julia, Nicholas, Oliver and Beatrice. Friends will be received on Monday, November 21, 2016 from 6-8PM at Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church, 44 E. Orange St., Lititz, PA 17543 and again on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 from 9:30-11AM. The Funeral Service will follow at 11AM with interment in Trinity EC Cemetery in Lititz. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions in Ron's memory to the Trinity EC Church Building Fund at the above address, the Warwick Release Time Program, 224 Skyview Lane, Lititz, PA 17543 or to Lititz Springs Park, 24 N. Broad St., Lititz, PA 17543.
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