Robert Reed Private services will be...
Robert Reed
Private services will be held Feb. 15 for former 23-year Newport
Beach resident and former Newport Beach lifeguard chief Robert Reed.
Mr. Reed died Sunday. He was 86.
Born June 26, 1916, Mr. Reed was “a dynamic person who lived many
lives,” said son Robert Reed Jr. He worked for the Office of
Strategic Services during World War II, then owned a cattle ranch,
spent time in the oil business and led the marine safety squad in
Newport Beach.
In 1958, he began working in Newport Beach as the captain of the
Sea Watch, the city’s lifeguard boat that mostly searched for surfers
in need of rescue, Reed Jr. said. Mr. Reed then became the lifeguard
chief, a position later renamed marine safety director.
He is survived by wife of 33 years Roberta Reed; son Robert Reed
Jr.; daughters Gail Susan Ellis and Linda Reed; and 11 grandchildren.
Jack Richard Curley
A celebration of life will be held for former Daily Pilot general
manager Jack Richard Curley at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Marin Art and
Garden Center in Ross, Calif. Mr. Curley died Tuesday from
complications related to esophageal cancer. He was 74.
Born May 12, 1928, Mr. Curley graduated from UC Berkeley and the
UCLA Graduate School of Business Executive Program. He served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict as a private and second
lieutenant. Among his duties was training paratroopers from the 82nd
and 101st Airborne Divisions.
Mr. Curley served as general manager of the Daily Pilot between
1964 and 1980 under then-Publisher Bob Weed. He also founded the
Citizens’ Bank of Costa Mesa. Mr. Curley served as a business
executive of two other newspapers, the Minneapolis Star & Tribune and
the San Fernando Valley Times.
After working at the Pilot, Mr. Curley served for 14 years as the
chief financial officer of the Koret Foundation, a $300-million
grant-making private foundation in San Francisco.
Mr. Curley is survived by wife of 23 years Elva Bennetts Curley
and seven children.
Howard R. Shook
Services for 15-year Corona del Mar resident Howard R. Shook will
be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Pacific View Chapel. Mr. Shook died
Monday of natural causes. He was 89. He is survived by sons Howard A.
and John P. Shook; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
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