Catherine M. Reid

Catherine M. Reid, who for many years did the bookkeeping for Reid Brothers auto repair in Sag Harbor, her sons’ business, died at home in Amagansett on Oct. 8. She was 88 and had been under hospice care, her family said.

She was born in Liverpool, England, on Dec. 27, 1925, to Charles J. Reynolds and the former Mary Margaret McNeish, and immigrated as a child to Australia, where her maternal uncles worked aboard ships.

In 1957, she came to the United States with her three sons, Robert, Donald, and Norman, aboard the P&O line’s S.S. Orcades and settled in Hicksville, where she raised her sons and volunteered with the American Red Cross. She later worked as an executive secretary.

Mrs. Reid followed her sons Robert and Donald Reid to the South Fork about 30 years ago. They had a Mobile station in Amagansett and later opened Reid Brothers.

She loved to travel and had been all over the world, Donald Reid said. “She was a voracious reader,” as well, he said, and enjoyed history, especially the historical fiction of James A. Michener. She also enjoyed cooking and walking.

In addition to Donald Reid, who lives in Amagansett, Mrs. Reid is survived by her two other sons, Robert Reid of Sag Harbor and Norman Reid of Levittown. She also leaves two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

A private family gathering is planned. Mrs. Reid’s ashes will be scattered on her favorite beach in Australia.

Her family has suggested memorial donations to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978.