Peter Reynolds

June 3, 1933 - August 21, 2022

After several years of gradually declining health, Peter passed away at age 89 at the Oakview Assisted Living Center in Thousand Oaks. Peter was born in Pasadena to Basil and Lavera Reynolds. He played quarterback in football, and first base and outfield in baseball at SPHS. After graduation he went on to attend Stanford University, where he played one season of football and four seasons of baseball. He was also a member of the SAE fraternity. He met his future wife, Kathryn Snyder when the offending upper-classmen fraternity culprits tasked him to apologize for water bombing of the sorority next door. Peter graduated with a degree in economics in 1955 and in September of that year, married Kathryn. Peter continued his studies at Stanford and received his MBA in 1957.

Upon graduation from business school, Peter served his country as an officer in the US Army. He was a payroll officer stationed In Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. On payday he often paid himself last, which meant paying himself in small, never circulated, sequentially numbered bills about which Kathryn once came under suspicion of bank robbery when she went to deposit his pay in the bank. In early 1960 Peter moved his family to Sunnyvale to start his long career with Lockheed. He got his start by helping to manage financial operations for the missile and space division. In 1972 he was promoted to the treasury department which required moving the family to southern California, where he reorganized and managed Lockheed's diverse banking, credit, and treasury operations. In the mid-90s, after Lockheed's merger with Martin Marieta, he moved with Kathryn to serve at Lockheed Martins' new Bethesda, Maryland headquarters. He retired in 1999 with 40 years of service to Lockheed.

In retirement, Peter became an accomplished film developer and photographer specializing in black and white photography and took courses at the Smithsonian. Over time, it became important to Peter and Kathryn to be closer to their grandchildren, and in late 2015 they moved to Thousand Oaks.

Peter was nurturing, patient, kind, humble, generous, thoughtful, optimistic, and always maintained a sense of humor. He encouraged and gently led those around them to be their best. Peter loved spending time with his family and coaching his kids in sports. He was an exemplary family man who loved - and was very much loved by - his family and friends. He is missed.

Peter is survived by his wife, Kathryn; his three sons, Eric, David, and Paul; his daughter, Carol Edwards; and eight grandchildren.

Valley of Peace, August 2022