FLOYD MONROE REAVES – Class of 1942

 

Go to Findgrave for both a young and older picture of Floyd and obit:

 

(there is also a picture of his wife, Mary Jane (Hefner) Reaves attached to the grave memorial)

 

OBIT - 

 

Floyd, 87, Lima, OH, died at 1:30 p.m., at medical center

He was the son of Henry and Ola (Ellis) Reaves. On Nov 17, 1950, he married Mary Jane Hefner, who preceded him in death.

Surviving are a son, David F. (Theresa), Lima; a daughter, Susan Fox, Lima; four grandchildren, Ryan C. (Jacalyn) Holman, Amanda J. (David) Crowell, Michael S. Reaves and Jessica L. Reaves and two great-granddaughters, Abigail J. Crowell and Ella M. Holman.

Deceased are seven brothers, Curry, Melvin, Walter, Wallace, Jim, Gene and Donald Reaves; and a sister, Lydia Jan Rigdon.

He had been a control systems specialist and retired from SOHIO/BP, having worked there from 1950 to 1981. He had a bachelor's degree in engineering from Miami University.

Funeral services are at Bayliff & Son Funeral Home, Cridersville, with the Rev. David Ross, officiating.

 

US WW II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 – Floyd Monroe Reaves, age 19, b. in Ohio, residing in Boulder City, NV, working for US Park Service.  Next of kin – Mrs. Henry A. Reaves, Ohio

Floyd M. Reaves, residing in Clark County, NV enlisted 27 Feb 1943 in SLC, Utah.

There is an Ancestry tree with some info