John Patrick Reeder

John Patrick Reeder, 87, of Westminster, Colorado, passed away on February 28, 2026.

Pat was born on August 19, 1938, to William Alexander and Ethel Reeder in Washington, D.C.

After graduating from McDonogh in 1957, he went on to earn a bachelor's degree in history from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He also completed a master's degree at the Naval War College in 1982 in Newport, Rhode Island.

During college summers Pat would travel from North Carolina to Colorado to work as a park ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park. It was there that he met his wife, Jan, who had come with her sorority sisters to work at RMNP in the gift shop. After college, Pat served in the United States Army for three years working in the Army Security Agency.

Pat spent 32 years working for the National Security Agency, receiving numerous letters of commendation for exceptional work on various classified operations. He retired from the NSA in 1997 and consulted for Lockheed Martin for 5 years.

In 1960, he met Jan in Estes Park, Colorado, and they wed in 1961, going on to have three children, Bill, David and Karen. Jan and Pat lived in Fitchburg, MA; Okinawa; Bethesda, MD; Kailua, Hawaii; Anchorage, Alaska; Rockville, MD; Newport, RI; Aurora, CO; Ellicott City, MD; and finally settling in Westminster, CO in 1997.

Pat was incredibly passionate for serving others. He volunteered and served in numerous leadership positions with Rotary, Boy Scouts, Bethesda Presbyterian, and

was an Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Boulder, as well as served on the Resident Council at Covenant Living.

He loved traveling the world, spending time at the ocean in Hawaii and the Eastern shore of Maryland and camping all over the US with Jan and his kids.

Pat constantly demonstrated unwavering faith in Jesus Christ and spent much of his retirement years studying the Bible and participating in a Men's group that he cherished dearly.

Pat was predeceased by his parents and wife Jan. He is survived by his sons William and David, his daughter Karen, his daughter-in-law Gail, and his four grandchildren

Joia, Leah, John and Jacob.

There will be a memorial service on March 14, 2026, at 2:00 PM at Smith Fellowship Hall, Covenant Living of Colorado, 9153 Yarrow Street, Westminster, CO 80021.