Lea Jane Reid

LEA JANE REID, daughter of ANN ELIZABETH GREGSON and ROBERT MORISSON REID, was born March 3, 1883 in Indian Valley, Monterey, California,^{250, 1211} and died October 20, 1973 in Redwood City, San Mateo, California.^{250, 1211} She is buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara, California.^{1212, 1220}

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Obituaries

San Jose Mercury, October 22, 1973¹²¹²

REID — In Redwood City, Calif, Oct. 20, 1973. Miss Lea Reid, beloved sister of Mrs. Bertha R. Seely of Los Gatos; dear aunt of Mrs. Thelma Donahue of Watsonville, and Mr. Cecil Reid, Mr. Robert Reid and Mrs. Bertha Reid, all of San Jose, and many other nieces and nephews; a native of Indian Valley, California; age 90 years.

Funeral services Wednesday, Oct. 24, 1973, at 1:30 p.m., from Oak Hill Mortuary's Chapel of Roses, 300 Curtner Ave. Interment in Oak Hill Memorial Park.

San Jose Mercury, October 23, 1973¹²¹¹

Retired Teacher

Funeral Wednesday For Miss Lea Reid, 90

Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Miss Lea Reid, 90, descendant of California pioneers and a long-time teacher.

Miss Reid, who died Saturday in a Redwood City Hospital after a long illness, was a professor of natural science at San Francisco State University for 30 years, prior to which she taught in Santa Clara County and in San Francisco.

Miss Reid got her teaching credentials from the old San Jose Normal and later obtained a master's degree while teaching in San Francisco. She taught nature study at SFS, and was given a professorship after she authored a number of state bulletins on natural science, including one on broad - leaf trees of California.

She was born in Indian Valley (Monterey County), one of 14 children of Robert and Annie (Gregson) Reid. Her father was a cattleman and died when the children were young after which Mrs. Reid moved to San Jose so the girls in the family could attend the Normal School.

Miss Reid leaves a sister, Mrs. Bertha R. Seely of Los Gatos; many nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Thelma Donahue of Watsonville, Mrs. Bertha Reid of San Jose, and Cecil and Robert Reed, also of San Jose who developed Reid - Hillview Airport sold to the county several years ago.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. in Oak Hill Mortuary's Chapel of Roses with interment in Oak Hill Memorial Park.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 4, 19001148	San Jose, Santa Clara, California	Ann Elizabeth Gregson Ida Eliza Reid Alice Curry Reid Letitia Scott Reid Bertha Patterson Reid Robert Morrison Reid Lea Jane Reid Olive Frances Reid Samuel Warren Richards Harmon Lester Richards
April 27, 19101133	San Jose, Santa Clara, California	Ann Elizabeth Gregson Francis Henry Kean Letitia Scott Reid Thelma Ann Reid Kean Lea Jane Reid Olive Frances Reid Bertha Patterson Reid Robert Morrison Reid
January 3, 1920758	San Francisco, San Francisco, California	Letitia Scott Reid Thelma Ann Reid Kean Ann Elizabeth Gregson Lea Jane Reid
April 22, 19301167	Township 3, San Mateo, California	Lea Jane Reid
April 30, 19402548	Township 3, San Mateo, California	Lea Jane Reid Letitia Scott Reid