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Madeleine Reed

REED, Madeleine Joy, 88, left Martinsburg, WV, to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at the Berkeley Medical Center.

Born March 12, 1929, in Steubenville, OH, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Clayton and Belva Mae Dalrymple Miskimins.

She lived in Richmond until graduating from Jefferson Union High School, Class of ’47.

She left Richmond and worked in Washington, D.C. for a number of years before returning to work at Denmark’s in Steubenville.

In February of 1951 she married Jim Reed, a long-time resident of Richmond, and they moved to the Washington, D.C. area where they lived until moving to Martinsburg in 1994.

She was a supporter of Meals on Wheels of Berkeley County.

She is survived by her husband of 66 years, James O. Reed; one son, Michael J. Reed and wife, Laurie; one daughter, Karen Regalbuto and husband, John; three grandchildren, Brian Earp and fiancee Tara Howard, Sarah Reed Grasso and husband, David, and Brandon Earp and wife, Sharonaka; and two great- grandchildren, Leighton and Scarlett Earp.

She was the last of her immediate family and was preceded in death by eight siblings.

Celebration of life will be held on Sunday, June 25, 2017, at 3 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home with Matt Lohr officiating. Family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m. prior to service. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Berkeley County Meals on Wheels, 116 E. King St., Martinsburg, WV, 25401.

Condolences may be offered at brownfuneral homeswv.com.