Chester Lowell Reed

Chester Lowell Reed obituary, Wichita, KS

Chester Lowell Reed

Chester Reed Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Beckwith Funeral Home - Jetmore on Mar. 7, 2026.
Wichita – Chester Lowell Reed, 96, passed away March 4, 2026 at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, Wichita.

He was born September 26, 1929 in Grand Island, Nebraska, the son of Earl and Laura Frazier Reed. A longtime Jetmore resident, later moving to Wichita, where he worked at Cranmer Grass Farming Inc.

On April 10, 1970, he married Verna Marie Eichman in Buffalo, OK. She passed away January 22, 1980. On April 26, 2005, he married Peninnah G. Muhora in Wichita. She survives.

Other survivors include: Son, Jason Reed, Overland Park, KS and two grandchildren, Sophie Reed and Jack Reed, of the home.

He was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Erin Reed.

Private interment was held at the Fairmount Cemetery, Jetmore.

Memorials may be given to the Jetmore Junior Golf in care of Beckwith Funeral Home, Box 663 Jetmore, KS 67854. Condolences may be left at www.beckwithfuneralhome.com.

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