Edward (Ned) Rutherford Reynolds, age 73, passed away on May 18, 2018 at Carolyn’s House Hospice of Central Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, Pa after a short but fervent battle with brain cancer.  He was surrounded by loving family members and friends as he passed peacefully.

Born in Trenton, New Jersey and formerly of Yardley, Pa.  Ned was a 1962 graduate of Pennsbury High School. After high school, Ned joined the United State Air Force and was stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey and then Fuchu Air Base in Tokyo, Japan.  While stationed in Japan, Ned flew back on leave and married his high school sweetheart, Ellen J. Lyssand, on April 22, 1967.  After his service in the Air Force, Ned was accepted to The Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Landscape Architecture in 1972.

After graduation he and Ellen moved to Norway, where he worked with an architecture firm in Bergen.  In 1973, he and Ellen moved back to Yardley, Pa as their first child was on the way.  Ned then worked for various architecture firms in the area, planning many of the shopping centers and neighborhood roads, sidewalks and green areas we enjoy in Bucks County and beyond today.  After the birth of their second child, Ned began work at Fort Dix, NJ again, this time with the Army Corps of Engineers.  In 1983, he and his family moved to Frankfurt, Germany, where he began work with the United States Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers European Division.  There he became a project manager overseeing the development of many additions and construction of buildings and departments of military bases in Europe and The Middle East.  After 17 years abroad, he and his wife moved back to the United States and to back Bucks County.  Ned continued work as a project manager for the Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.  He managed projects at Arlington National Cemetery and at many Army posts on the East Coast.

After 32 years with the Army Corps of Engineers, Ned retired to focus his time on family and his one other true love, fly fishing.  Ned was an accomplished fly fisherman, photographer and artist.  He was innovative and inventive, creating new ways to use everyday things.  He loved tinkering with his classic car and bicycles.  He could fix anything, given the time.  Family and friends were most important to him.  He loved, supported and encouraged all who had the pleasure and honor of having him in their lives.  There was never too far a distance he would travel to be with the ones he loved.

Son of the late John and Evelyn Reynolds and husband of the late, Ellen L. Reynolds, he is survived by his daughter, Sonja Kline and her husband, Cory, of Woodbridge, VA; his son, Edward Reynolds Jr, and his wife, Angela, of Hershey, PA; his sister, Ellen Allen and her husband, David, of Wilmington, NC and five loving grandchildren, Brittany, Rhett, Bradley and Ellen-Sophia Kline and Elliana Reynolds; and many, many more loving family and friends.

Ned’s memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 11:30 am with a time for gathering and sharing following at 12:30 at Woodside Presbyterian Church, 1667 Edgewood Rd, Yardley, PA 19067.  His internment is being held privately b the family.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory are asked to be made to the Resica Falls Boy Scout Reservation in East Stroudsburg, PA.  Resica Falls was Ned’s favorite fly fishing spot.  He cast his line all over the world, but the one place he spoke of and went back to again and again was Resica Falls.  A donation to Resica Falls Boy Scout Reservation would help to cover the operating costs of the six mile stretch of Bushkill Creek inside the reservation and would also go towards the stocking of the river each spring by the PA Fish and Boat Commission.  Checks can be made out to Cradle of Liberty Counsel with Edward Reynolds Memorial written the note section and can be sent to Cradle of Liberty Counsel, 1485 Valley Forge Rd. Wayne, PA 19087.