Crawford B. Reeder

Crawford B. Reeder, age 92, passed away on Sunday, February 17, 2013 in San Antonio. Crawford was born in Amarillo, Texas on October 3, 1920. He enlisted in the USAAC after Pearl Harbor and served as a PFI fighter pilot in Europe during World War II. He was shot down in Italy in 1943 and spent the remainder of the war as a POW in Germany. After the war, he was stationed in Japan where he flew some of the first jet fighters in the USAF.

Upon returning to the U.S. he enrolled in Baylor University where he earned his law degree in 1952. After graduation, he worked as a law clerk for Federal District Judge Joseph Sheehy in Tyler, Texas. In 1953 he moved to Corpus Christi where he was in private practice until 1956 when he was hired as an assistant City Attorney in San Antonio. He then served as City Attorney in the 1960's and 1970's. During this time, he also served as a Professor of Law at St. Mary's University. He retired from the city in 1987.

He was preceded in death by his first wife of 41 years, Elizabeth Duncan Reeder. Crawford is survived by his wife, Glenda F. Reeder; children, Edie Daniel Payette, Joan Townsend and her husband Jerry Townsend, John Reeder, Jay Reeder and his wife Debbie; step-daughter Laura Hill and her husband L.G. Clark; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2013

2:00 P.M.

COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN

211 ROLETO DRIVE

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Covenant Presbyterian Church or the Animal Defense League of San Antonio.