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Longtime Plainfield Democratic player Bill Reid passes. |
One
of Plainfield's most astute and long serving political players, former
First Ward Councilor Bill Reid, passed away Easter Sunday.
Reid was one of Assemblyman Jerry Green's most dependable assets, serving as the longtime treasurer of the Plainfield Democratic City Committee and as treaasurer for Green's personal political campaigns.
He was also a founding Commissioner of the Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority and served most recently as the First Ward City Council member.
Bill and I always had a cordial personal relationship and he held my partner Nat, who served with him on the PMUA, in high esteem. This in spite of our often sharp differences in Plainfield politics.
Bill was a devoted family man and kept a sharp eye on his little neighborhood as well as the interests of the First Ward in the overal scheme of Plainfield progress.
I was quite surprised when I was at Aristacare last fall to find him also a rehab patient in the facility. At the time he was having trouble walking.
We are witnessing the passing of a political generation in Plainield and Bill was an important part of it.
The full obituary is here. Services are Saturday morning, April 7, 10 am at Covenant United Methodist Church on East Front Street.
Reid was one of Assemblyman Jerry Green's most dependable assets, serving as the longtime treasurer of the Plainfield Democratic City Committee and as treaasurer for Green's personal political campaigns.
He was also a founding Commissioner of the Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority and served most recently as the First Ward City Council member.
Bill and I always had a cordial personal relationship and he held my partner Nat, who served with him on the PMUA, in high esteem. This in spite of our often sharp differences in Plainfield politics.
Bill was a devoted family man and kept a sharp eye on his little neighborhood as well as the interests of the First Ward in the overal scheme of Plainfield progress.
I was quite surprised when I was at Aristacare last fall to find him also a rehab patient in the facility. At the time he was having trouble walking.
We are witnessing the passing of a political generation in Plainield and Bill was an important part of it.
The full obituary is here. Services are Saturday morning, April 7, 10 am at Covenant United Methodist Church on East Front Street.
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