Ione Reid

November 4, 2009

Ione Reid, 96, formerly of 724 7th Street in Boone passed away at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone on Wednesday morning, November 4, 2009 where she had been a resident since September of 2004. She was born on a farm, the eighth of nine children of J.J. and Lydia Ann (Rinehart) Zunkel, at the unincorporated settlement of Wolf, Iowa (south of Pilot Mound, Iowa) on October 26, 1913. Ione attended grade school at Pilot Mound. In 1927, the family moved to Boone where she attended Boone Jr.-Sr. High School. She graduated in 1932 and continued her education at Boone Jr. College graduating in a class of 13 students. While attending school, Ione enjoyed the drama and swimming clubs. Following Junior College, she was a nanny for two families. She later went to work as a clerk at the Silver Bow and in 1935 worked for the Leader Grocery Store as a clerk and bookkeeper. Ione was a cashier at the old Boone Theatre. Beginning in 1942, she served as an office assistant for the C.L. Updegraff doctors for 20 years. On October 12, 1942, she married her high school sweetheart, Drew W. Reid at the Presbyterian Manse in Boone. In 1954, Ione was elected to the Board of Directors of the Iowa Women’s Golf Association where she continued to serve for 36 years, retiring in 1993. While on the Board, she helped three Boone girls receive scholarships to an Iowa college, wrote the History of Iowa Women’s Golf Association, and later the History of Iowa Girls Golf Association. In 1963, with the help of Don Riemenschneider, Superintendent of Boone Schools, Ione helped establish Girls Golf at the Boone High School. Ione had a passion for bridge. She taught certified contract bridge lessons and played duplicate bridge for 20 years, driving to Ames and Des Moines. Throughout the years, Ione taught bridge at the Boone County Y, Boone Golf and Country Club and Adult Education Classes at the Boone and Ogden High schoosl. In 1981, she started playing competitive duplicate bridge at the YMCA and Boone Golf and Country Club. Besides her interest in golf and bridge, Ione enjoyed traveling to many Hawkeye bowl games, reading, writing letters to friends and family, entertaining and flower gardening. She received many honors in her lifetime, including Layman of the Year for the Boone County YW-YMCA in 1971; “A Friend of Education” from the Boone Teacher’s Association in 1991; and was a lifetime member of the Boone Golf and Country Club and its’ oldest member. Her parents and 7 brothers and sisters preceded her in death. She is survived by a sister, Arlene Jones of Boone, and many nieces and nephews. In accordance to her wishes, her body is being donated to the University of Iowa Medical School. A memorial with interment will be at a later date. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to the First Presbyterian Church, 703 Greene Street, Boone, Iowa 50036.