Aimee Marie Reed

March 1923-June 20, 2010 Aimee Reed, 87, died Sunday, June 20, 2010, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. She was born in Emmet, N.D., to John and Estelle Arvidson, the fourth of nine children. She attended Jamestown College in North Dakota before she moved to Washington DC, where she met and married Malcolm E. Reed. They both worked for American Airlines. Later they moved to San Luis Obispo and bought a chicken ranch with her parents and sold eggs to local restaurants and bakeries. The personal service of Arvidson and Reed eggs home delivery routes was popular with local residents and still remembered fondly. The ranch was sold 15 years later to a friend of John Wayne, and Aimee began a third career as an accounts clerk with the County Probation Office, where she worked until she retired. Aimee enjoyed traveling and loved the big rocks at Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks, and Yosemite, but her favorite was Chiricahua National Park in Arizona. Her love of laughter and her smile will be missed. Aimee is survived by her daughter, Virginia "Ginny" Cudlip of Sierra Vista; and many nieces and nephews, sisters-in-law, cousins, friends and neighbors. A remembrance will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 17, 2010, at her home in California. Call (805) 783-2306 for details.