Kenneth Joseph Reckford Obituary

Name: Memorial service
Start: 2021-11-13T15:00:00
End: 2021-11-13T15:00:00
Location: St. John's Episcopal Church

We are sad to announce that on October 31, 2021, at the age of 88, Kenneth Joseph Reckford of Tallahassee, Florida passed away. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Kenneth Joseph Reckford to pay them a last tribute.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Joseph Samuel Reckford and Janet Sidenburg Reckford; and his former wife Mary Fenwick Reckford. He is survived by: his wife Charlotte Orth Reckford; his adoptive son David Orth Reckford (April); his stepson Charles Carbonell; his children, Rachel Reckford, Joseph Reckford (Xiaomei), Samuel Reckford (Sue), Jonathan Reckford (Ashley) and Sarah Gray (Bill); his grandchildren, Spencer, Samantha, Molly, Alexander, Grace, Mary Stuart, Jocelyn, Julia, Lily, Jackson, Millie, Kenneth Everett and Ada Louise; and his brothers, Philip Reckford (Maxene) and Thomas Reckford (Jane).

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Team Member Scholarship Fund at Westminster Oaks in Tallahassee, Florida (contact: Gail Alexander, (850) 878-9993), or the Kenneth J. Reckford Graduate Student Fellowship Fund in Classics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Abbey Funeral Home

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November 11, 2021

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“My condolences to the Reckford family. I'm grateful to have gotten to know Mr. Reckford while working at Tallahassee Center. May God's peace comfort his family. ~Leona Watts-Barrow, Columbus, GA”

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St. John's Episcopal Church
211 N Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL 32301

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