Melanie Reed

Melanie L. (George) Reed, age 69, of Spartansburg, PA  went home to be with her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on Sunday, December 29, 2024 following a brief illness. She was born on June 30, 1955 in Canonsburg, PA to the late Thelma B. (Johnston) Mendak. She married Steven L. Reed on February 23, 1974. He preceded her in death on February 25, 2022.

Melanie graduated from Maplewood High School in Cortland, Ohio in 1973. She was a member of Fellowship Bible Baptist Church, Wattsburg, PA.

Melanie was committed to her role as homemaker and saw that as God's calling for her life. She greatly missed her husband, Steve, of 48 years, but found great comfort knowing that she would someday be reunited with him in Heaven.

She also devoted many years to homeschooling her four children. She had a heart for teaching children about the Lord serving as a Children's Sunday School teacher and was involved in church music ministries over the years.

Melanie enjoyed cooking and using that act of service as a way of showing her love for others. She also enjoyed watercolor painting, singing to the Lord in church, and loved spending time with family. Her grandchildren were a true joy in her life. She always did her best in making birthdays and holidays a special time for those she loved. Animals were always a part of her life which she had many that she cared for and was always willing to take in a stray.

Surviving are four children, April (Randy) Zimmerman of Corry, PA, Jason (Erin) Reed of Centerville, PA. Harmony (Tyler) Chundrlek of Spring Creek, PA and Ethan (Amanda) Reed of Spartansburg, PA; Also surviving are 12 grandchildren, Bethany (Derrick) Becker and Shiloh Zimmerman, Gwendalyn (fiance Brandon Mitchell), Steven and Parker Reed, Frank, Grace, Gideon and Jael Chundrlek and Eli, Stanley and Bishop Reed and two sisters, Mable “Tiny” (Armando) Dalessandri of Cortland, OH and Margaret “Toots” (Edward) Snider of Kinsman, OH and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and her beloved husband, she was preceded in death by an infant brother William, brother William “Tommy” George and sister, Mamie Baker and brother-in-law, Harry Baker.

Family and friends are invited to call on Saturday January 4, 2025 from 10 am until the time of the service at 1pm at Valley View Mennonite Church, 24313 PA 89 and PA 77, Spartansburg, PA 16434.  Pastor Tony Hess of Fellowship Bible Baptist Church will officiate the funeral.

Please sign Melanie’s online guestbook at www.hatheway-tedesco.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Hatheway-Tedesco Funeral Home and Crematory, 614 Baldwin St., Meadville, PA 16335.