The Holton Signal Jackson County Thursday December 21, 1922 Fred Reed Dead. Funeral services for Fred L. REED, who died at his home in Oklahoma City, December 13, of appendicitis, were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from Penwell's chapel in Topeka. Burial was in Topeka cemetery. Mr. Reed lived in Holton several years ago and married a Holton girl, Cressie BECKER. He left Topeka a year and half ago to become auditor of the Coline Oil Company of Oklahoma City, a subsidiary organization of the Santa Fe. He was connected with the department of the auditor of disbursements of the Santa Fe for fourteen years previous to leaving Topeak and was stationed at Chicago at one time. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Reed, live in Topeka.