James Reed

James L. Reed, passed away peacefully on April 23rd, in Rapid City, SD at Rapid City Regional Hospital. A funeral service will be held on April 27th, 12:30 at Beherens Wilson Funeral Home, Rapid City, burial will follow at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Jim was born to Fred and Agnes (Gajewski) Reed in Saginaw, MI on May 14th, 1942. He attended schools in Bridgeport, MI and joined the United States Air Force in January 1961, serving four years in Minot, ND. There he met his first wife, Vanda Felchle. They married January 1963, and had two children, Lauri and Jim. After his discharge, they moved to Saginaw, MI., where he was employed by Chevrolet Foundry. In 1967 they moved to Bismarck, ND and in 1969 he was employed as a negotiator for the Bureau of Reclamation and worked there until his retirement in 1995. He was well known by land owners in the Harvey area as a fair and reasonable negotiator. In July 1988 he married Carol Schock and became a step-father to Marcus and James Schock. His favorite pastimes were fishing on the Missouri River, hunting, and spending time with his children and their families. Jim and Carol called Bismarck home for many years and in 2010 they moved to Rapid City, SD. He is survived by his wife, Carol Reed, his daughter, Lauri (Kevin) Eckmann, Rachel, Kylie, Waukesha, WI, James (Ann) Reed, Nicholas, Lauren, Grace, Baxter, MN, Marcus (Amber) Schock, Tanner Stephens and Sara, Evans, GA and James (Cicely) Schock, Emma and Ryan, Sioux Falls, SD. He is further survived by his siblings, Janet (John) Kelly, Birch Run, MI, and Debbie (Jack) Zeitler, Bridgeport, MI, Fred Reed, Bay City, MI, in-laws, Donna Reed, Bridgeport, MI, Bruce (Kay) Barnes, Denver, CO, Evan (Lori) Barnes, Rapid City, SD and Ellen Bishop, Rapid City, SD and extended family. He was preceded in death by his parents, his father and mother-in-law, his brother, Richard Reed, his sister-in-law, Ingrid Reed, his brother-in-law Greg Bishop, and extended family.

Funeral Home:
W. L. Case and Company Mackinaw Funeral Chapel
4480 Mackinaw Road
Saginaw, MI
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