Obituary: In remembrance of Kathryn Reeves

Prepared by the Reeves Family

Kathryn T. Reeves, a lifelong resident of Port Jefferson until recently, died Sunday, Sept. 8 while visiting family in Pennsylvania. She was 79.

Kathy graduated from Earl L. Vandermeulen High School and earned a degree in accounting from Dowling College. She spent most of her career as an accountant with the CPA firm Michael J. Berger & Co. in Ronkonkoma.

Her father, the late Honorable Charles R. Thom, was Suffolk County’s first police commissioner. Her mother, the late Dorothy Thom (née Lee), was a homemaker and a descendant of Thomas Lee, one of Connecticut’s earliest settlers.

Kathy was a talented pianist, artist, singer and seamstress. She was a member of Bay Area Friends of the Arts and performed annually with the Choral Society of Moriches in their holiday presentation of Handel’s Messiah.

She loved gardening and dancing. Kathy was also a golfer and a longtime member of the Heatherwood Women’s Golf Club.

A single mother who balanced raising two children, working full time and attending night school, she married the love of her life, Michael Reeves, on June 29, 1985. Together, they built a lasting union founded on respect, friendship and love.

A memorial service will be held at Bryant Funeral Home in Setauket on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 4 to 7 p.m. Family and friends are invited to celebrate her life and share cherished memories.

Arrangements were entrusted to Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket. Visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guestbook.