Sophie R. Reed's Obituary
Sophie Raczkowska Reed of Mandeville, LA passed away on Friday, May 18, 2018 at the age of 95. She was born on August 30, 1922 in Warsaw, Poland to the late Joseph Raczkowski and the late Bernice Majewska.
Sophie is survived by her children Harold Joseph Reed, Jr. (Venita Whitt) and Paul Allen Reed (Reiko); her grandchildren David H. Reed, Melissa Bellmyer, and Leiko Reed Lamb; and her great- grandchildren Christian Bellmeyer, Jacob Bellmeyer, Mayuko Lamb, and Benjiro Lamb.
Sophie is preceded in death by her beloved husband Harold Joseph Reed, Sr., and her brothers Walter Raczkowski and Henry Raczkowski.
Sophie was born in Poland and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She married Harold Joseph Reed, Sr. in 1943. Sophie was a charter member of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
All services will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in memory of Sophie to be made to American Heart Association, http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ or the National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 https://www.nationalww2museum.org/give .
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