Funeral service for Blanche V. Reed will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, September 7, 2017 in the Elgin United Methodist Church, Elgin, Oklahoma with Rev. Nathan Mills, senior pastor officiating.

Private family burial will be under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Blanche V. Reed, age 85, of Lawton, died Sunday, September 3, 2017 in Lawton after a lengthy illness.

She was born April 17, 1932 in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma to Lloyd and Minnie Tate.  She graduated high school in Elgin, Oklahoma in 1950.  In 1951 she enrolled in the University of Oklahoma Nursing Program, graduating in 1954 as a registered nurse.

Mrs. Reed worked at Comanche County Memorial Hospital and Comanche County Health Department before retiring from the Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center in Lawton, a job she loved.  She was also a proud member of the Elgin United Methodist Church.

She married Walter "Ike" Reed on April 19, 1957 at the Holy City Chapel in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.

She is survived by her husband, of the home, son, Rick Reed, Meers, Oklahoma, daughter, Kim Reed Turman and her husband Mike and beloved granddaughter, Haley Turman, all of Oklahoma City.  She is also survived by sisters and their spouses, Vivian and George Davis and Lou and Joe Bressman, all of Lawton, brother, Perry Tate and his wife Pat, Elgin and numerous special nieces and nephews, plus a very special friend and sister-in-law, Sarah McCracken, Lawton.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Luther Tate.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Oklahoma Alzheimer's Association, 6425 N.W. Cache Road, Suite 102, Lawton, OK  73505.

Special thanks to the staff of Brentwood Senior Living Center, Lawton, and Aspire Hospice.