GLENN LEROY until recently a resident of Rinconada, New Mexico, passed away peacefully at the age of 83 surrounded by family and friends at Lovelace Westside Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Thursday, May 26, 2012. LeRoy was born to Reverend Glenn A. and Velma Leonard Reece December 13, 1928 in Wichita, Kansas. He attended elementary schools in Kansas and Nebraska and high school in Plainfield, Indiana. He married Majel Hall December 18, 1949. LeRoy Reece worked for International Harvester in Denver, Colorado as Lead Mechanic in the Trucking Division for many years, owned and operated a horse ranch in Evergreen, Colorado, and until recently owned and operated Reece's Rinconada Trading Company, Rinconada, New Mexico. He was a frequent visitor to and buyer from the artists in the Indian Pueblos and his store featured Native American jewelry, paintings and handicraft as well as his own wooden carvings of western figures. He was also an enthusiastic and committed member for many years of the Dixon Community Volunteer Fire Department in New Mexico. LeRoy was preceded in death by his wife Majel Hall Reece and his parents Reverend Glenn A. and Velma Leonard Reece. LeRoy is survived by his daughter Neva Arlene Reece, a librarian and educator, and son Charles Matthew Reece, a Native American painter and craftsman. He is also survived by brother Jerald L. Reece (wife Olwen Davies Reece); sister Lavona Reece Godsey Bane (husband Duane Bane) of Richmond, IN; brother Norval D. Reece (wife Ann Benson Reece) of Yardley, PA; sister Esther Reece Painter of Woodstock, CT; eighteen nieces and nephews; twenty four great-nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. A private memorial service was held May 29 at the home of LeRoy's good friends, Aquilina and Fred Tiberi, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Cremation has taken place. The remains will be placed beside those of his wife in Paoli, Indiana. The family suggests gifts in the memory of Glenn LeRoy Reece be made to the Dixon Community Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 247, Dixon, NM 87527.
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