Marjorie Reday

Marjorie Reday

Marjorie(Peg) Reday, supporter of the arts in

Orange County, writer, poet, and world traveler,

died July 9 at her home in Newport Beach,

following a long battle with cancer. She was 88.

Born Marjorie Gladys Sullivan on October 14,

1920 in Carrum, Victoria, Australia, she was

the daughter of Gerald Joseph Sullivan and

Gladys Wray Sullivan. As a young woman during

World War II she worked for General Douglas

MacArthur at the Allied Forces command

center in Australia, where she met her husband,

American Lt. Ladislaw Reday. After their

marriage immediately following the war, the

Redays lived in the Philippines and in Japan

before relocating to California, eventually settling

in Newport Beach.

Mrs Reday was a co-founder of Childrens’

Theater Guild, an early supporter of South Coast

Repertory Theater, and also served on the Board

of the Orange County Philharmonic. Mrs. Reday

received her BA from UCI.

Mrs. Reday is survived by her three daughters,

Michele Reday Cook of Alexandria, Virginia;

Elizabeth Wray Reday of South Pasadena,

California; and Lenore Reday of San Pedro,

California; as well as three grandchildren, Noah

Reday Cook of Alexandria VA; Megan Rose

Cook of Washington, DC.; and Alexander

Ladislaw O’Donnell of South Pasadena,

California.

A memorial will be held the end of August. In

lieu of flowers contributions to Hoag Memorial

Hospital or American Cancer Society.