Frances Jo Reed

Frances Jo (Jody) Reed, 94, of Anchorage, Alaska, died on August 29, 2023, at ProvidenceAlaska Medical Center in Anchorage. Jody was born the youngest of three sisters—MaryVirginia Rushton and Florence Ruth Price, both deceased--on August 9, 1929, in SanAntonio, Texas, to Friend Joseph and Mary Willie McMahon.Jody came from a musical family. Her mother was a school teacher who taught piano, andher father, who had a deep bass voice, was a member of the McMahon Brothers Quartet whowere well known in the area. As a child, Jody played piano and violin, and she majored inmusic at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Her love of music led to over 20years in the Anchorage Community Chorus (now Anchorage Concert Chorus), through whichshe was able to travel to many countries, including others later with her husband Marvin.Jody married Marvin Earl Reed who had just graduated from basic training in the U.S. AirForce on August 28, 1948. Over the next 30 years they and their expanding family traveled tonumerous other bases before Marvin went on remote tours in Greenland, Morocco, andThailand, during which Jody stayed state-side and continued raising their four children.Jody was a dedicated mother and homemaker, an officer in the PTA, and assisted with GirlScout and Cub Scout activities. In 1975 she started work in the Real Estate section of the 21 stCivil Engineering Squadron on Elmendorf, followed by the Bureau of Land Managementworking with Alaska Native Corporations, and in 1994 retired from the BLM with 20 years’Civil Service. After Marvin died in 2017, Jody enjoyed her last years in Chester ParkCooperative.Jody is survived by daughters Sandra Mattingly and Virginia Timperley and son David Reed,all of Anchorage, 7 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren (athird due to be born September 9), and numerous nieces and nephews. Jody’s son DouglasReed preceded her in death this past December 1.A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Anchor ParkUnited Methodist Church, 2300 Oak Drive in Anchorage. In lieu of flowers, the familyrequests that you consider a donation to the Anchorage Concert Chorus, P.O. Box 241447,Anchorage, AK 99524-1447 (or go to anchorageconcertchorus.org for other ways to donate tothe Chorus in someone’s name); or any charitable organization of your choice.