October 28, 1933 - June 1, 2016
With his wife by his side, Reed Wamsley, 82, left his mortal struggles behind and returned to his Father in Heaven on June 1, 2016, at Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility in Montpelier, ID.
Reed was born on October 28, 1933, in Logan, Utah, the eldest of four children born to Milford and Edna Allen Wamsley.
He was raised in Garden City, UT and graduated from Fielding High School in Paris, ID, in 1951.
Reed and two of his friends joined the United States Marine Corps in 1954, and he was honorably discharged in 1956 but remained in the reserves until 1962.
Reed married Renee Dimick in 1957 in Paris, ID, and three children, Shane, Paul and Nicole were born to their union. They later divorced.
He went to school in Salt Lake City to become a barber and worked at that profession in Ogden for many years. When Reed returned to Garden City, he farmed and raised some cattle along with working at P & M Mining in Kemmerer, WY and continued to work as a barber as well.
He met the love of his life, Josephine "Jo" Gilson Bentsen, and they were married on July 11, 1981, in Montpelier. They became eternal companions on December 27, 1990, when their marriage was solemnized in the Logan Utah LDS Temple.
Reed retired from P & M Mining in 1997. He and Jo became snowbirds and spent their winters in Saint George and their summers back home in the beautiful Bear Lake valley in Garden City, which would always be home to him. Reed loved people, loved to work and definitely loved to dance. Even after suffering a stroke in 2001 which left him unable to speak and weakened on his right side, he found ways to work and help others. After relocating to Montpelier, Reed was a familiar sight around town on his golf cart digging weeds anywhere he found them, moving water at the cemetery and picking up golf balls around the driving range at the golf course.
Reed was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings.
Reed is survived by his wife, Jo; two sons, Shane (Julie) Wamsley and Paul Wamsley; a daughter, Nichole Crosthwait; two step-daughters, Connie (Larry) Hymas and Velvet Rattelade; a brother, Alan (Gaylene) Wamsley; a sister, Karen (Ross) Taylor; 8 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant sister, Patricia; and two step-sons, Douglas Taylor and Jerry Bentsen.
Reed's family received visitors on Sunday, June 5, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Schwab-Matthews Mortuary in Montpelier and again on Monday, June 6, in the Garden City LDS Chapel in Garden City, Utah, prior to the memorial services at 11:00 a.m.
Published in Idaho State Journal on June 4, 2016.
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