On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, Margaret Jean Reece, 88, went to be with the Lord in Show Low. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 14, at the Valley View Baptist Church, located at 1212 S. Main St. in Snowflake, with a graveside service to follow at 1:30 p.m. in the Show Low Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest by her late husband Dwight. She was born on Jan. 1, 1927, in Junction City, Kan., to Rhoda M. Martins and Robert Herman Martins. Margaret was better known as “Jeannie” by family and her late husband, Dwight H. Reece. She married Dwight on March 21, 1944, in Salinas, Calif., leading them to 70 wonderful years of marriage. She was a devoted wife who loved God and her family. She had many friends at the Valley View Baptist Church in Snowflake, whom she loved dearly and will miss them very much. She spent a large portion of her life as a pianist at Mountain Park Baptist Church in Phoenix. Survivors include her four children, Robert Dwight Reece of Phoenix, and Linda Ann Fitzpatrick, Brian Wayne Reece and Duane Miles Reece, all of Show Low; seven grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Dwight, three sisters and one brother. She was loved beyond measure and will be greatly missed. Owens Livingston Mortuary of Show Low was in charge of the arrangements.
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