In Memory

Larry Reedy - Class Of 1971

Larry Reedy passed away sometime between 1971 and 1975.



 
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04/06/21 12:11 PM #1    

Patrice Eicher (Taylor) (1971)

The 1971 Classmates page on Facebook indicates that Larry Reedy died in June, 1971, reportedly from a motorcycle accident in California.

Rest In Peace, Larry. - so young!

 

 

 

 


04/08/21 01:11 AM #2    

Kathy (Kareemah) Mullen (1971)

Patrice, thank you for verifying this information on Larry’s death.  I only knew that he passed some time after high school and in some kind of vehicle accident.

I went to elementary school with Larry at St. Elizabeth’s.  I remember him fondly.  In sixth grade he sat behind me. When he wasn’t cutting-up out loud in class, he was constantly whispering to me and making me laugh.  One of his antics backfired when he put an ink cartridge in his mouth and bit too hard, and the whole thing went into his mouth.  We had to really stifle our laughing, and I don’t think the teacher caught on, but he had to swallow that ink, and had blue lips for a while.  I think it must have been that same year, after midnight Christmas Eve Mass, that he met me on the steps at the church front doors and asked if I would go steady with him, and had a small present for me.  We didn’t even date, and I didn't know of anyone in our class that dated. I wasn’t sure how we would go steady under these circumstances, so I gently declined.  He took it in stride and wanted me to have the present anyway.  It was a pretty rhinestone necklace.  I kept it and wore it for many years.  Later, in our senior year, he sat behind me again in English class.  He was still the cut-up in class, and was a challenge to teachers, but sitting next to him in class, I realized he had endeared himself to me, way back in 6th grade with his sweet gesture on Christmas Eve, and I enjoyed that class and his company. 

Perhaps, in that English class he told me, or perhaps someone else related it to me, that he had been struck by lightening; struck in such a way that the only thing that happened was that it blew out through the tips of his toes, leaving burn marks.  

Apparently, not even a month after graduating, he had his accident.  I didn’t learn about it until a few years later when I was in college.  I was surprised and sorrowed, but he is remembered with love.  And he remains included in my prayers.


04/08/21 07:09 AM #3    

Patrice Eicher (Taylor) (1971)

Oh, Kathy - what wonderful memories!  I'm happy to hear the details of friends that I've known for years, but didn't really know deeply.  I knew Larry as a cut-up, but not the sweet, sensitive side, so thank you for the insight, nor did I know you were wise beyond your years (how could we "go steady" when we didn't "go" anywhere?) Oh, and Sr Elwyn would not have thought the 6th grade ink cartridge funny, but the rest of the class would!  Thanks so much.


04/08/21 11:29 PM #4    

Kathy (Kareemah) Mullen (1971)

Yes, that is a sweet memory.  Sr. Elwyn, she was great…”Freeze!”  She was a sweetheart.  Such a good nature. God bless them both.


04/19/21 12:03 PM #5    

Steven Reedy (1970)

Hi all. After graduation, my brother received an academic scholorship to U T Austin. He stayed there for one year before deciding to join the Navy. He was stationed in Hawaii where he was struck by a drunk driver whlie on his motorcycle on July 22,1975 just after his 22nd birthday. I'm sure Clancy and Tom were at the funeral. Everything was such a blur then. God how we miss him. Kathy, I remember the ink cartridge incident. Too funy. During my freshman year at CCMS, Lary mistakenly used a cotton coated copper wire to fly his kite on the fairway behind our house. The kite fell over a power line and the electricity went through his left arm and out his right big toe. Miraculously, he surveved. The power company wrote articles on this event. I think that his intelligence sometimes was his worst enemy as he was always striving to explore new ways to improve things. And yes Kathy, he did have a crush on you.


04/20/21 11:56 AM #6    

Patrice Eicher (Taylor) (1971)

Steven - thanks for setting the record straight on Larry, and giving us a little more information than we previously had.  Was his funeral in Texas (perhaps Alice), then? Is he buried in Alice? I'll update the AHS '71 Classmates page to reflect the corrected info.  I really appreciate it!

 

 

 


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