[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 129 (Friday, October 4, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1752-E1753]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           DR. BENJAMIN REED

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 3, 2002

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I rise to 
recognize the passing from this life of Dr. Benjamin Reed, Physician 
Emeritus of Fulton County, Ohio. Dr. Reed joined our Creator on August 
13, 2002 at the age of 80 years.
  Born in West Virginia, Dr. Reed's grandfather was a country doctor, 
visiting his patients by horse and buggy. After receiving a teaching 
degree from Concord College in his hometown of Athens, Dr. Reed entered 
the United States Army. He served in the Pacific Theatre for three 
years, receiving both the Purple Heart Award and a bronze star. After 
his discharge he went to medical school, completing, his medical degree 
in 1950. He then decided to open his practice in Fulton County, serving 
as Delta's doctor for 46 years! He even managed a two year stint as the 
village's mayor. Moving to Wauseon in 1974, Dr. Reed served as the 
medical director of three Fulton County nursing homes while continuing 
his Delta family practice.
  In addition to his medical service to the people of Fulton County, 
Dr. Reed was a community leader. He was past president of the Fulton 
County Health Center's medical staff, where he served on the Board of 
Directors for eighteen years. He was a past president of both the 
Fulton County and Northwest Ohio Heart Associations; a member of both 
the Delta and Wauseon Chambers of Commerce; president of the Fulton 
County Medical Society and member of the Toledo Lucas County Academy of 
Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Association, the American Medical 
Association, and the Peer Review Organization in addition to 
volunteering in several other health related programs. All the while, 
he served Fulton County as coroner for 38 years.
  If the measure of a man is the goodwill of his community, then Dr. 
Reed was peerless. A physician in the purest sense of the word, he was 
also a humanitarian, civic-minded, and a man of faith. He was well 
known and beloved by everyone, and his life touched countless people 
through the years. Those whom he met were made better for having known 
him.
  Our condolences turn now to his wife Penny and their children David, 
Tom, and Nancy, and grandchildren Peter and Molly. May their love for 
this truly great yet humble man sustain them in their loss while 
memories offer some small comfort. May it hearten those grieving Dr. 
Reed's passing to know that the legacy he carefully built over nearly 
half a century will go on.

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