Celebration of Life

We will be honoring Ed at his Celebration of Life on Saturday August 16th, 12:00pm.

2255 Lindley Way

Reno , NV

Please email any questions to Ericareiher@cox.net

Food and drink will be served.

Great Times

                                                (Ed)                     (John, recreating Ed)

Blessing

  I am keeping all the Reiher family in my thoughts and prayers during this sad time. Ed will certainly continue to watch over them all especially his beloved grandchildren. May he rest in peace and rise in glory!  Amen.

 

Blessing from Father Cameron Ayers

 

From: http://www.sparkshighschoolclassof62.org/

 

 Ed Reiher

 "Mr. Frog"

 

 We will be sponsoring a permanent site at Legacy.com at the proper time.  That would be the place for more long term responses.
I'll be waiting for that site to comment.  This thread is simply great for all of the "real stories".  I love you all, you keep proving how truly great
our class was and still is...

Bob Van Noy
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 I first met Ed Reiher I n 1956 as a 7th grader at Sparks Jr. High. He roared into school on a motorcycle that was bright red. We all were around the bike thinking how cool this was! Ed, had charisma coming out of his ears. He attracted both guys and gals to his large circle of friends. He was our class president, all-state football player and was meaner than a junkyard dog on the field and a gentle giant off the field. He was President of Sundowners at the University of Nevada where he received a degree in mechanical engineering. Ed had figured it out if he studied hard Monday through  Thursday he could party on the weekends.              

         What made Ed special to me was his ability to blow into town and gather up as many classmates as he could and reconnect. We would tell the same stories over and over again but they never got old. I loved him dearly for that!  One of his "CLASSIC" gestures was to shake his index finger and pinky finger when telling a story and boy he could spin a tale of woe! An example of this was the Seabiscuit story. Ed came up with the idea to find James"Pinky" Johnson's Mother. He recruited Bob VanNoy and myself to find Betty. After several phone calls we found Betty and Ed with Bob and myself in tow tracked her down. Sure enough Pinky's step-grandfather was the trainer of Seabiscuit and it made for another Ed Reiher story!  Love You Eddie!

      I will miss you  and so will the Class of 62              

     Mr Cheese

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2 Corinthians 5:1 "For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens". Ed was my friend and I cannot count the number of times I laughed with him. He made my life better in many ways. I am sad at the loss of my friend. 

David Semenza

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I am sadden to hear of Ed's passing. I will miss him.

I remember  playing a little game of football with him and another classmate at Sparks Middle School.  He threw the ball, I caught it  and ran quite distance and was kind of proud until he told me I ran the wrong way.  We all laughed so hard then went into class!

I will miss you!

 Until we talk again, may your days be "pieceful"

Carolyn Hess

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Ed always treated me as a close friend & over the years shared some nice stories, especially around class reunions. He was a class act who would reach out to people, a caring & loving guy who will be missed.  I only spent two years (Junior & Senior) at Sparks High moving here from Ft. Lauderdale, FL., but Ed & many of you treated me like we all grew up together – Thank you. I wish I had said that more to Ed……This does hit hard to me, as we all are getting older, so I wish you all well & stay Happy with lots of LOVE!

Gus thank you for keeping me informed…..Ed is missed by many….My prayers go out to him & his family…..

God Bless Ed & you all…..

Gene Kordoban   

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Ed and I both graduated from Nevada with degrees in Mechanical Engineering and we both spent our careers working as civil service employees for the Navy, We both worked at bases in California, he on the coast and myself in the desert. Over the years, we shared emails and a we got  together for lunch whenever I visited his base.  In May, I became concerned that I had not received any emails from Ed in a while and sent him one that opened  “Have not heard from you in a while.  Hope everything is going well for you.” I was hoping to hear back from Ed, not to hear about him.  He will be missed.

Paul Escallier

Edward Walter Reiher

Obituary "You will be missed Dad. You were a great man and even better father." - John Reiher                                               Edward "Ed" Walter Reiher June 1, 1944 - July 6, 2014 Ed was born to Funny and Edra Reiher on June 1, 1944 in Hawthorne, NV. He was raised in Sparks, on Stanford Way, where he attended Mary Lee Nichols Elementary and Sparks High School. Ed was an outstanding football player at Sparks High and was Team Captain and All-State Center in his senior year. He was also very active in school functions and class President in1962. He attended the University of Nevada, Reno, where he was a member of ATO and the President of the Sun Downers. After graduation he went to work for the US Navy as a Mechanical Engineer which enabled him to travel the world. He spent the last year of his career in Hawaii as liaison between Port Hueneme and the Commander in Chief - Pacific Fleet. Ed, always gregarious and outgoing, was forever tied to Sparks/Reno through his many friends from childhood, high school and college years. These friends were a major part of his life and he loved every one of them. Ed is survived by his sons, Jason Reiher (Jennifer), granddaughter Annabel and soon to be grandson; John Reiher (Erica), grandsons Colton and Ethan; his step daughters Karen Johnson, grandchildren Tim, Kyli and MacKay; Kelli Montoya (Drake), grandsons Nick and Nathan, sister Carolyn (Ralph), 2 nieces, 6 nephews, and had been married to Jill Remington and Virginia Reiher. A celebration of life will be held August 16, 2014. 2255 Lindley Way,Reno, NV at 12:00pm. A blog has been set up to leave memories of Ed at EdReiher.blogspot.com. Published in Reno Gazette-Journal on July 13, 2014

The Early Years

   

 

Celebration of Life

We are planning on holding the Celebration of Ed's Life on Saturday, August 16th at 12:00pm.  His sister Carolyn will be holding it at her house.  More information to follow as final details are made.

Eddie "Mr. Frog" Reiher

By: Charles Siddall

     I first met Ed Reiher in 1956 as a 7th grader at Sparks Jr. High. He roared into school on a  motorcycle that was bright red. We all were around the bike thinking how cool this was! Ed, had charisma coming out of his ears. He attracted both guys and gals to his large circle of friends. He was our class president, all-state football player and was meaner than a junkyard dog on the field and a gentle giant off the field. He was President of Sundowners at the University of Nevada where he received a degree in mechanical engineering. Ed had figured it out if he studied hard Monday through  Thursday he could party on the weekends.              

         What made Ed special to me was his ability to blow into town and gather up as many classmates as he could and reconnect. We would tell the same stories over and over again but they never got old. I loved him dearly for that!  One of his "CLASSIC" gestures was to shake his index finger and pinky finger when telling a story and boy he could spin a tale of woe! An example of this was the Seabiscuit story. Ed came up with the idea to find James"Pinky" Johnson's Mother. He recruited Bob VanNoy and myself to find Betty. After several phone calls we found Betty and Ed with Bob and myself in tow tracked her down. Sure enough Pinky's step-grandfather was the trainer of Seabiscuit and it made for another Ed Reiher story!  Love You Eddie!

   I will miss you and so will the Class of 62              
                 mr cheese

 

 

Edward Walter Reiher (June 1, 1944 - July 6, 2014)

Ed's Celebration of Life

We are currently planning a celebration of Ed's life in mid-August in his hometown of Reno, Nevada.  Please feel free to post any memories you would like to share with friends and family.  We will update this site with more details once a time and place have been set.  If you have any photos you'd like to share or any questions, please email EricaReiher@cox.net.  We hope you will be able to join us.
Love, John and Jason Reiher