Ida Mae Reeves

August 30, 1949 - January 18, 2018

Ida Mae Reeves, 68 of Mt. Vernon, passed away at 7:45 am on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, at White Oak Rehabilitation and Health Care center in Mt. Vernon. She was born on Aug 30, 1949, in Mt. Vernon, the daughter of John William and Ethel Maude Carpenter Meadows. Ida was a Surgical Technician, working at Good Samaritan Hospital, and also for Dr. Alan Froehling. She is survived by two sisters, Sharion Johnson and husband Jerry of Woodlawn and Vera Hayes of Mt. Vernon; and numerous nieces and nephews. Ida was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, John Henry Meadows and Ed Tate; sisters, Nancy (infant) , Elizabeth Ann Meadows, Shirley Anderson, Betty Southerd and Rita Meadows; and by a brother-in-law Rick Hayes. Funeral Service for Ms. Reeves will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 21, 2018, at Osborn Funeral Home in Dix. Visitation will be held Sunday, from noon until the hour of service, at the funeral home. Following the visitation, cremation rites will be accorded, and burial of her cremains will take place at a later date, at Boyd Cemetery. Memorials may be made to SSM Hospice or the Alzheimer's Association, and will be received at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www.osbornfuneral.com or on the funeral home's Facebook page.