This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reid, Cowling, Robinson, Tredinnick Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1499 Message Board Post: Clarence E. Reid, age 89, of Nashville passed away Friday, Jan. 2, 2004 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Mr. Reid was born Aug. 25, 1914 in Gaylord, the son of Fred and Eva (Cowling) Reid. He was raised in the Gaylord and Battle Creek areas, and attended school there. The family moved to the Nashville area during his teenage years. On June 4, 1944, at the Methodist Church in Bellevue, he married Margaret Robinson. The couple lived in Kalamo during their early years together, then moved to the Nashville area where they established their family farm and raised their family. Clarence was employed at Kelloggs in Battle Creek for over 25 years as a cereal processor, retiring in 1976. He loved farming and raising livestock. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. Clarence was always doing something; after retiring, he kept himself busy fixing bicycles for the area children. In his later years he enjoyed putting puzzles together, spending time on the p! ontoon boat, and spending time with his grandchildren; whom he especially enjoyed as babies. He is survived by his wife of 59 years Margaret; his children, Darwin (Tammie) Reid, Vernon (JoAnne) Reid, Anetta (David) Tredinnick, Darrel (Karen) Reid, Vaughn (Dianna) Reid, Ardie (Sue) Reid, Jerry (Jacky) Reid; 23 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five brothers; three sisters and a grandson, David. Funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004 at the Grace Community Church, Pastors Don Roscoe and Rob VanEngen officiating. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Lung Association, Grace Community Church, or Nashville Ambulance Service. Arrangements were made by the Daniels Funeral Home, Nashville. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, January 6, 2004) Transcriber has no family connection.