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Services scheduled for Albuquerque journalist Ollie Reed Jr
Ollie Reed Jr., is shown covering the two-year anniversary of the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire on May 1. Reed, a longtime journalist with the Journal and prior to that The Albuquerque Tribune, was found dead Nov. 19 in his Corrales home at age 76.
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A public Catholic memorial service for Albuquerque Journal reporter and columnist Ollie Reed Jr. will be held at the San Ysidro Catholic Church on Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. A rosary will start at 9:30 a.m., and lunch will be served following the mass.
A beloved friend, renowned writer and "Cowboy Poet," Reed died in his home in Corrales Nov. 19 at the age of 76.
On Friday, former and current colleagues, primarily from the Journal and the Albuquerque Tribune, gathered at the Albuquerque Press Club for a celebration of life event for Reed. Reporters, editors and photographers were just a few of roughly 100 people who came to share stories of the successful life Reed led.
