Warren L. Reed, 88, of Convoy, passed away at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, at 3:39 p.m., Sunday, December 10, 2017. Warren was born on May 31, 1929, in Wooster, Ohio to the late Lloyd and Anna (Fowler) Reed. On March 29, 1953, he married the former Marilyn Ryan in the Mentzer Methodist Church and she survives. He served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957, stationed at Fort Huachuca in Arizona. Other family members include daughter, Kathy (Rick) Geething of Orrville, Ohio; son, John Reed of Austin, Texas; son, Kent (Bernadette) Reed of Tallahassee, Florida; and daughter, Jill (Kevin) Pollock of Hilliard, Ohio. He has six grandchildren, Nathan (Beth) Geething, Aaron Geething, Amanda (Aaron) Doerfler, Aubrey Turner, Danielle (Zachary) Olson and Erik Reed; and four great grandchildren, McKayla Geething, Reed Geething, Noah Olson and Anthony Doerfler. Warren was a member of the Convoy United Methodist Church where he held various offices as Sunday school teacher, Sunday school superintendent, lay leader, delegate to the United Methodist annual conference, chairman of council of ministries, and chairman of the administrative board. He was a member of the Van Wert Camp of Gideons International. He served in various posts such as president, secretary, faith fund chairman and was a Gideon speaker at numerous area churches. He also served on the Salvation Army Board and was a member of the Crestview Bible Board. Warren retired in 2007, after being involved in Agriculture Education for 55 years. After graduation from the Ohio State University in 1951, he started his career in Vocational Agriculture at then Convoy High School (later named Convoy-Union, then Crestview High School). He retired in 1982, from Crestview High School after 32 years of service. At this time he started a new career as Farm Business Planning & Analysis consultant at Vantage Career Center where he worked with farm families throughout northwest Ohio and northeast Indiana. He owned and operated a small farm near Convoy where he raised corn, soybeans and wheat. Warren served as vice president, then president in 1971 of the Ohio Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association. He received the State Outstanding Agriculture Teacher Award in 1975 and the Ohio Vocational Association Outstanding Service Award in Agriculture in 1976. He received the Crestview Honorary Chapter Farmer degree, Vantage Honorary Chapter Farmer degree, Ohio Honorary State Farmer degree in 1971, and the Honorary American Farmer degree in 1980. In 2001, the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation awarded him the "Agriculture Educator Award" for his service to the agricultural industry. He was among the first class of inductees to the Crestview Educators Hall of Fame in 2013. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 16, 2017, at Convoy United Methodist Church with Pastor Bill Thomas officiating. Interment will follow at Convoy I. O. O. F. Cemetery where military rites will be provided by the combined honor guard of the American Legion and V.F.W. Posts of Van Wert. Calling hours will be Friday 1 - 8 p.m., at Cowan & Son Funeral Home and one hour prior to services Saturday at the Church. Preferred memorials are to Gideons International or the Convoy United Methodist Church. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded at cowanfuneralhome.com.