Margaret Frances Buckler Reeder, 78 of Hollywood, MD died December 21, 2009 at Washington Hospital Center after fighting a brave battle with cancer. Born January 27, 1931, in MD she was the daughter of the late Horace and Agnes Adell Bassford Buckler and her step father, the late George Fassel.

She was the loving wife of George Johnson Reeder whom she married on July 8, 1950 at St. Mary's Church in Bryantown, Maryland. Married for 59 years,

Margaret was a devoted wife, homemaker and mother of eleven children.

Margaret is also survived by her nine children; Margaret Catherine Healy, Debra Jean Forrest, George Wayne Reeder, Loretta Suzanne Adams, Cynthia Diane Mathews, Kirk Douglas Reeder, Rosetta Marie Miller, Judith Elaine James and Tina Louise Stone; twenty five grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren as well as her two brothers George Fassel and John Fassel and one sister, Teresa Soares.

She was preceded in death by her two sons; Joseph Richard Reeder and Rodney Allen Reeder, her three brothers; Albert Buckler, Henry Buckler, Lee Buckler and three sisters; Helen Linger, Betty McCourey and Rose Fowler.

In 1950 Margaret graduated from Notre Dame High School in Bryantown, Maryland, where she excelled in the Glee Club, basketball, volleyball, softball, badminton and archery. She had a lifelong love of cooking, entertaining, fashion, houseplants and gardening. Margaret also loved traveling with her husband George in their motor home visiting family. She was an avid reader, rarely seen without her latest book. She dearly loved spending time with her husband George, children and grandchildren. She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Hollywood, Maryland.

The family will receive friends on Monday, December 28th, 2009 from 5:00-8:00 PM in the Mattingely-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD, where prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 at 10:00 AM in St. John's Catholic Church, Hollywood, MD with Fr. Raymond Schmidt officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Pallbearers will be Bruce Adams, Brandon Adams, Christopher Forrest, Tyler Reeder, Jerry Stone and Dale Wood.

Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.