Monica Imojean 'Jeanne' Reed, 90
Monica Imojean "Jeanne" Reed, 90, was "welcomed into the Lord's arms" on Sept. 15, 2008, at Heritage Place in Kalispell.
Jeanne was born Dec. 8, 1917, in Cascade, to Fred and Grace (Bain) Tintinger. The youngest of eight children, she attended school in Great Falls at St. Mary's Catholic School.
On March 10, 1934, she married Ed Reed in Great Falls and then moved to the Fairfield Bench where they raised sheep and started their family of six children. In 1952 they moved their family to Columbia Falls, where Ed worked as a carpenter and Jeanne worked at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co.
In her mid-40s, Jeanne obtained her beautician's license, opened Jeanne's Beauty Shop in Columbia Falls and continued styling hair years after selling her shop in the mid-'70s.
She and Ed resided in their family home on Highway 40. They were very active in the Good Sams, Columbia Falls Senior Center, the Whitefish McDonald's coffee group, and tending their gardens, where Ed would make his wine and Jeanne would make her wonderful jams.
Everyone who met Jeanne knew she loved to dance, sing with the Trubadors, feed her animals too much and, most importantly, loved her wonderful family.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ed, in 1994; her five brothers, Leland, Lloyd, Carl, Russell and Fred; and her two sisters, Marian Farrell and Tess Squires.
She is survived by her six children, Tom Reed and wife, Martina, of Escondido, Calif.; Sandy Turner of Kalispell; Terry Reed of Kalispell; Jerry Reed and wife, Becky, of Columbia Falls; Todd Reed and wife, Patti, of Whitefish; and Mike Reed and wife, Sue, of Kalispell; 14 grandchildren, Tammy Englehardt and husband, Rick, of California; Jamie Bronson of California; Brian Reed of Olney; Steve Turner of Kalispell; Teresa Collier and husband, Rob, of Kalispell; Corrine Turner of Kalispell; JoAnn Reed of Bigfork; Britt Reed of Columbia Falls; Jon Reed and his wife, Linda, of Belgrade; Scott Reed of Columbia Falls; Misty Retz of Whitefish; Kevin Reed of Columbia Falls; Cory Reed of Columbia Falls; and Nick Reed of Alaska; 11 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandson. She also loved her extended families, Jerry Whetham of Whitefish; Leroy and Jana Grundmeier, their daughter, Kami Doty and husband, Kenny; and Bill and Linda Hoyt, of Whitefish; and numerous nephews and nieces.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at St. Richard's Catholic Church in Columbia Falls, with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery following the service.
Jeanne's family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations in Jeanne's name be made to any of the local animal shelters or the Humane Society.