contributor: Richard LaBrosse

June 9, 1969  
 

Mrs. Anita Sanders Reed, 51, 118 N. Main St., Oconto Falls, died Monday afternoon at Community Memorial Hospital, Oconto Falls, following an illness of 3 months. She was born May 3, 1918 in Kenosha. She was the daughter of Viroca and the late Rollyn Sanders; was a graduate of Oconto Falls High School and attended Whitewater State Teacher’s College. She taught High School in Oconto Falls, Bear Creek, and in Nelson. She was a member of the Teachers’ faculty at Rockford College, Rockford IL. She also worked as a teletype setter for newspapers in Rockford, Ill., and in Appleton. From 1961 to 1968 she operated the Sanders Ins. Agency in Oconto Falls. She married Jay Reed May 1, 1948 in Rockford, Ill. Mr. Reed is a war correspondent and outdoor writer for the Milwaukee Journal. She was a member of the St. Anthony Altar Society and a past member of Oconto Falls Businessmen’s Association.

Survivors are her husband; her mother, Viroca Sanders; many aunts, uncles and cousins. At Soulek Funeral Home, Oconto Falls after 5 p.m. Wednesday. Altar Society Rosary, Wednesday 7:30 p.m. and parish Rosary 8 p.m. Wednesday Funeral 10 a.m. Thursday, St. Anthony Catholic Church, the Rev Joseph Tomczyk officiating. Burial in the church cemetery.