Beryl Howlett Reeves

BERYL HOWLETT REEVES
ITHACA - Beryl Howlett Reeves, of Ithaca, NY, passed away peacefully at home on December 7, 2007. Beryl was born in Woodford, England, on September 26, 1922 and lived there until 1946. She met late husband, Frank Reeves when he was stationed at the Grafton-Underwood US Air Force base and married him on April 22, 1944. During the war, Beryl served in the England Land Army and supported the war effort by working on a dairy farm. Beryl was employed at Ideal Clothing Factory in Woodford, England. In the states she worked at Cornell and Morse Borg Warner. She enjoyed sewing, knitting, traveling and spending time with her family. Her warm heart enabled her to make friends quickly and enjoy loving relationships with many people not only in Ithaca, but around the country and the world. She was predeceased by husband, Frank Reeves; father, Ernest Howlett; her mother, Ruth Howlett; brothers, Ray and Tony Howlett; and a daughter, Veronica Griffin.
She is survived by brother, Roger (Bonnie) Howlett of Brockport; sister, Mavis Buckby of Finedon, England; daughter, Rosemary Manley of Ithaca, who cared for her lovingly for the last 4 years; daughter, Susan Aeid (Pat Long) of Dansville; daughter, Ruth Reeves of Lansing; and son, Bruce Reeves of Baldwinsville. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and loving friends.
Services will be held at Perkins Funeral Home, 55 West Main Street, Dryden, New York, on Saturday, December 15, 2007, at 3 p.m. Rev. Bruce Scott will officiate. Contributions, in lieu of flowers, can be made to Hospicare, 172 E. King Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850, or The American Diabetes Association, 6390 Fly Road, 2nd Floor, East Syracuse, NY 13057.