Orville Simeon REECE

7 MAR 1919 - 11 APR 1971

• BIRTH: 7 MAR 1919, Greene County, Indiana
• DEATH: 11 APR 1971, Mishawaka, St Joseph, IN

• MARRIAGE: 20 SEP 1946, Linton, Greene, Indiana

1.  Raymond E. REECE

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[N34296] Social Security Death Index

Name Orville Reece
Given Orville
Surname Reece
State Indiana
Age 52
Birth Date 07 Mar 1919
Death Date Apr 1971

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Orville Simeon “Bill” Reece

Birth 7 Mar 1919
Greene County, Indiana

Death 11 Apr 1971 (aged 52)
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Burial
Fairview Cemetery
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN
Memorial ID 70397129 ·

This is my great-uncle, brother to my grandmother. He was the husband of Celina (Bouteleux) Reece and the father of 3 children. He enlisted in the Army April 4, 1941 and served in World War II.

Taken from the Arpil 12, 1971 issue of The South Bend Tribune:

Orville S. Reece, 52, of 12839 Esther St., died at 2 a.m. Sunday shortly after he arrived at St. Joseph's Hospital where he had been taken by private ambulance. Mr. Reece was born March 7, 1919, in Greene County, Indiana and had lived in Mishawaka for the past 24 years, moving here from Worthington, Ind. He was employed by the Bendix Corp., Aerospace Systems Division, Mishawaka.
On Sept. 20, 1946, in Linton, Ind., he married the former Celina Boulteleux, who survives. Also surviving are a son, Raymond, at home; two daughters, Lea L., a student at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, and Diana J., at home; three brothers, George and William Reece of Worthington and Harry reece of South Bend, and three sisters, Mrs. Thomas Biggs of South Bend and Mrs. Guy Hrdesty and Mrs. Elbert Payne, both of Worthington. Friends may call after noon today in the Warner Funeral Home, Osceola, where arrangements are being completed.

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Taken from the April 14, 1971 issue of The South Bend Tribune:

Funeral services for Orville S. Reece, 52, of 12839 Esther St., who died unexpectedly Sunday, were to be held at 1 p.m. today in the Warner Funeral Home, Osceola, with Rev. Gary Stees, pastor of the Willow Creek United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Reece was a veteran of World War II.

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Simeon Reece
1863-1925

Mary Jane Doorne Reece
1886-1962