Lowell "Lou" Reid

Lowell “Lou” Reid, age 86, formerly of Flint and Grand Blanc, died Thursday, February 3, 2011 in Columbus, Ohio. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00am. SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2011 at First Presbyterian Church, 746 S. Saginaw St., Flint, MI, with The Reverend John Musgrave, officiating. Family will receive friends one hour prior to the service beginning at 10:00am. Cremation has already taken place. Lou was born in 1925 in Napoleon, Ohio the son of the late John and Linda Reid. He was a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he played on the varsity golf team and was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. His college education was interrupted by his military service in WWII with the Army Corps of Engineers in Europe on D-Day +30. He married Margaret “Peg” Pugh, the love of his life on August 28, 1949. Lou worked for Allstate Insurance in Flint as a District Sales Manager and retired after 35 years of service. His free time was spent as an active member of First Presbyterian Church in Flint, playing paddle ball at the YMCA, following Tiger baseball and Michigan football. Lou was an avid golfer and a member of Davison Country Club. In retirement, he and Peg moved to Elk Rapids, Michigan and later to Dublin, Ohio. Lou is survived by his wife of 61 years, Peg; sons: Gary (Marty) Reid, of Dublin, Ohio and John (Mary Liz) Reid, of New York, New York; and daughter Marty(Glenn) Fronheiser, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; five grandchildren: Matthew (Lindsey) Reid, Scott Reid, Evan (Amberlyn) Fronheiser, Janet Fronheiser and Reid Fronheiser; and three great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that friends consider memorial contributions in Lou’s memory to: the Alzheimer’s Association, (attn.:Research), PO Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011; First Presbyterian Church, 746 S. Saginaw St., Flint, MI 48502; or Flint YMCA, 411 East 3rd Street, Flint, MI 48503. Arrangements by the Rutherford Funeral Home at Powell, 450 West Olentangy St., Powell, OH 43065 (614)-792-1471. Send condolences for the family to: www.rutherfordfuneralhomes.com.