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Virgil Reid
VIRGIL R. REID
Cedar Rapids
Virgil R. Reid, 80, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, in Meth-Wick Woodlands. Private inurnment will be in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Survivors include his daughters, Luanne Reid of St. Paul, Minn., and Vicki Seaboalt and husband Blaine of Nashville, Tenn.; his sister, Luella Langhurst of Marion; brother, Verle "Dee" and wife Sheryl of Cedar
Rapids; his brother-in-law, Hilmi Ulker of Izmit, Turkey; sister-in-law, Sonia Belent of Istanbul, Turkey; and his significant other, Nancy Meyn. Also surviving are many nieces, nephews and close friends in the United States and Europe.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Jeannie; and his parents.
Virgil Roy Reid was born May 9, 1936, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Roy and Bertha Reid. On Dec. 9, 1956, in Istanbul, Turkey, he married Fatma Ulker, who later became a United States citizen and changed her name to Jeannie. Virgil began working for Collins Radio Co. in January 1954. In January 1955, he took a leave of absence and joined the U.S. Air Force, where he was assigned to a small detachment operating along the Black Sea. After four years in the Air Force, he returned to work. In 1972, while still working he earned a degree in business administration from Coe College by attending evening classes. He and his family lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Copenhagen, Denmark, for about three years on an assignment for work. He retired from Rockwell Collins as a program manager after 38 years on Jan. 28, 1992.
Virgil celebrated his life with his wife and children at work and at play. He participated in golf, softball, basketball and bowling. He traveled extensively in the United States and Europe and also trips to Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and Asia. He felt very fulfilled with his life and treasured memories of growing up in the "Fabulous Fifties."
Memorial donations may be made to the American Parkinson's Disease Association: Iowa Chapter; www.apdaiowa.org.
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