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Velma E. Reger

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LEWISVILLE - Velma E. Reger, 90, died Aug. 29, 2007, at Miller's Merry Manor, Syracuse.

She was born Dec. 21, 1916, in Rush County to Herbert and Effie Bridgeman Hendricks. On Feb. 25, 1940, she married Marshall W. Reger, who died Sept. 13, 1992.

She was a 1935 graduate of Raleigh High School. She worked as a garment cutter at Indiana Knitwcar in Greenfield for 28 years, retiring in 1979. She was a member of Ebenezer Presbyterian Church and attended Ogden United Methodist Church, where she played piano.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Max (Ruth Elaine) Buell, North Webster; two grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one step-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a brother.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Marshall and Erlewein Funeral Home, Lewisville, with the Rev. Melvin Mazingo officiating. Burial will be at Lewisville Cemetery.

Calling is from 1 p.m. until the service Saturday at the funeral home.

Memorials to Ebenezer Presbyterian Church or the Ogden United Methodist Church through the funeral home.