Jane Martin Reeves

Jane “Sister” Martin Reeves died peacefully Friday morning, May 23rd at Life Care Center of Raynham at the age of 92. She was born in Stoughton on April 26, 1916, the daughter of the late Branch Woodruff Martin and Lydia Atherton (Hodges) Martin. Mrs. Reeves graduated from Stoughton High School and attended Simmons College in Boston to study Journalism. Jane married the late Charles Humphries Reeves and lived in New Orleans and Memphis. After his death she and her two children returned to Massachusetts and lived in Weymouth. Mrs. Reeves wrote and published company newsletters of two Zenith wholesale distributors, Shobe and Northeastern, and became the Sales Promotion Manager at Northeastern Distributors. She was a member of the Old South Union Church for 60 years. Jane is survived by her daughter, Lynn Reeves Thayer and her husband, Richard Thayer of Middleboro and her son, Robert D. Reeves, II and his wife, Lee Ann S. Reeves of Gainesville, Florida, six grandchildren, six great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. A Funeral Service will be held at 1 P.M. on Tuesday, May 27 at the Old South Union Chapel, 25 Columbian St. S. Weymouth. Arrangements are made by the C. C. Shepherd Funeral Home 134 Pleasant St. (Columbian Sq.) S. Weymouth. In lieu of flowers donations to the Old South Union Church 25 Columbian St. S. Weymouth, MA 02190-2414 for the “Spire” or Beacon Hospice, 45 North Main St., Fall River, MA 02720 are requested.