Rosemary W. (Wood) Reid, 93 of Reynolds, died Thursday, December 14, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Monday, December 18, at Speer Funeral Home, Aledo. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 19, at the First Baptist Church, Aledo. Burial will follow at Sugar Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Aledo and the Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Rosemary was born on February 10, 1930, at her home farm in Reynolds, Illinois, to Thal Austin Wood and Frances Anna (Sproston) Wood. She married Edward Thomas Reid on August 13, 1950, at the First Baptist Church of Aledo. They had four children.
Born and raised on her grandparent’s farm, Rosie was always rooted in her family’s history. She graduated from Reynolds High School in 1948 then went on to study at bible colleges in South Carolina and Minnesota. She returned home and became a teacher in Preemption. After her husband, Ed, started a transmission repair business in Moline, Illinois, Rosie then transitioned to helping him run the business and raise her children. Once the kids got into school, she ran and was elected to the Aledo School District Board where she became the first woman president of the school board. She was also an active member of the First Baptist Church Aledo. Once Ed sold his business, Rosie also retired so they could spend many years wintering in Arizona and traveling all over the world with friends and relatives.
Rosie was full of faith, loving admiration of family, and so willing to be there for anyone. Her table was always open for lively discussions and great meals. She went out of her way to fill her pantry full of snacks she knew people liked, even if she didn’t like them. She loved to play games with her kids and grandchildren and was pretty competitive at them. In her spare time she loved daily devotionals, reading, watching Hallmark movies, and watching the Cubs.
Those left to cherish Rosemary’s memory include her children and spouses: daughter Vicki Reid, daughter Lori (Reid) Dobry and Jim Dobry, and son Bruce Reid and Donna Reid; daughter-in-law: Gayle Reid and Scott Jenkins; grandchildren and spouses: Adam Reid, Jordan and Beth (Reid) Oswald, Mitchell Reid, Michael and Kali (Pewitt) Quinn, Nicholas and Shelby (Reid) Shepard, and Connor Reid; step-grandchildren and spouses: Jordan and Nicole (Strimel) Johnson, Zach and Gianna Strimel, Jacob and Emmalee Jenkins, and Conner Jenkins; great-grandchildren: Caitlyn Reid and Hannah Oswald; step-great-grandchildren: Jullian Quinn, Rory Quinn, and Stella Strimel; and sister: Carol (Wood) McCreight. She was preceded in death by her parents; son Joseph Austin Reid (2011); her husband Ed (2015); sister Darlene (Wood) Stuart (2022); and grandson Austin Thomas Reid (2023).