- Date Of Birth: April 8, 1935
- Date Of Death: July 3, 2015
- State: Arizona
Edward Franklin Reese, Jr., beloved husband, father, grandfather, colleague and friend, passed away on July 3, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz., after 80 years of a richly lived life with those he loved. Born on April 8, 1935, in Chester, Penn., to Edward Franklin Reese and Sarah Janet Clendenning, “Eddy” went to Chester public schools and graduated from Nutley High School in Nutley, N.J. in 1953. He graduated in 1957 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University (New Brunswick, N.J.), where he was a dedicated member of Theta Chi fraternity and a proud member of the Scarlet Knights rowing crew. Ed served proudly in the U.S. Army Reserves at Fort Dix, N.J., 1958-59, and he subsequently earned an M.B.A. from Wharton School of Finance and Industry at the University of Pennsylvania in 1961. He became a practicing civil engineer for more than 50 years, and he was an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers since 1957. Edward worked on numerous construction projects across the country for McKee-Berger-Mansueto, JD Diffenbaugh Construction Co., Ramada Inns, Williams Realty Co., Aztar Corp., Isle of Capri Casinos, and as a respected consultant and owners’ representative for many gaming companies and Native American casinos across the country. He loved traveling across the United States and internationally, and he especially loved traveling with family and sharing his lifelong love of trains and all things train-related. Ed will be dearly missed by his wife Kathleen Reese(McCausland); his children Karin L. Reese (Paul), Andrew K. Reese(Irina), and David E. Reese(Sharon), and their mother Sandra Ellzey Reese; stepson Joel F. Sparano Jr.; stepdaughter Heather A. Sparano, (Jimmy); grandchildren Joel F. Sparano III, Jordan Leigh Sparano, Michaela Mas, Rhiannon Reese, Miranda Reese, Sophia Jane Ecord, and Daniel Patrick Reese; sisters-in-law Jacqueline McCausland and Jane Burke(John), and all the many, family, friends, colleagues, fraternity brothers and crew mates that he considered himself fortunate to know over many years.
