Stuart Reed

Stuart Reed, longtime resident of Frederick, MD, died at UPMC Family Hospice in Pittsburgh, PA, on November 7, 2023, at age 99. Stuart was born on February 4, 1924, in Roebling, NJ. After graduating as high school salutatorian, Stuart enlisted in the U.S. Army in World War II and studied metallurgy at what is now North Carolina State University. In 1943, he volunteered for medic training, serving overseas as a combat medic from 1943 to 1945 with the 312th Medical Battalion, 87th Infantry Division. He and his fellow medics were part of the forces under the command of General George S. Patton, known as Patton's Third Army. Stuart's division marched from the Saar Valley to the relief of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944–45. They were also among the American GIs and other Allied soldiers who helped liberate Nazi concentration camps in Germany and its occupied territories at the end of the war in Europe. After being discharged from active military service in January 1946, Stuart returned to Roebling and resumed working for John A. Roebling & Sons. For almost 20 years in Roebling, Stuart was active in the local Boy Scout troop and for a number of years served as Scoutmaster. He married his former high school classmate, Anne Rusnak, on May 19, 1949. They had three children: Barbara Reed Korytowski (Don Korytowski) of Morrisville, PA; Paul Stuart Reed (Suzanne Reed) of Marshfield, MO; and Jeff Reed (Steph Selice) of Pittsburgh. In 1964, Stuart accepted a chemical engineering job with Amchem Chemicals and relocated to Warminster, PA, a Philadelphia suburb. In 1972 and 1976, he won two U.S. patents in metallurgical processes used for coating steel and copper with paint that resisted rust, which helped cars and trucks last longer. In 1978, Stuart moved to East Liverpool, OH, to work for Air Chemicals in West Virginia, across the Ohio River. In 1983, his career took him to Frederick, where he retired in 1989. He took on a number of projects for friends and acquaintances, helped out at the local post office at Christmastime, and volunteered at a residential hospice. He lived in Frederick for 40 years, moving to Pittsburgh to live with his son Jeff and daughter-in-law Steph shortly before his passing. Stuart's wife Anne died in 2002. In addition to his children and their spouses, Stuart is survived by his grandsons Eric and Christopher Rawlins and Jonathan and Philip Reed; and by two great grandchildren, Lily Mae and Wyatt Jay Reed. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Frederick, MD, at a later date, with interment of ashes to follow at St. John's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Stuart's family requests that memorial gifts in his name be made to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America or to another not-for-profit organization supporting young people.

Stuart Reed

February 4, 1924 - November 7, 2023