James W. Reed died Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at his daughter's home in Byron, MN at the age of 75 due to pancreatic cancer.

Jim Reed was born October 2, 1940 in Minneapolis, MN to an unwed mother and was adopted by Clarence and Marian Reed of Glencoe, MN. Jim graduated from Glencoe High School, where he met and married his high school sweetheart Dana Schultz on April 29, 1961 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glencoe.

Jim and Dana lived in Glencoe until 1987, when they moved to a home on Lake Minnie Belle near Litchfield, MN. Jim worked as a mechanic at Harpel Brothers Chevrolet in Glencoe for 7 years and 3M in Hutchinson, MN for 30 years until taking early retirement in 1996. Jim and Dana then bought and managed the St. Cloud Campground & RV Park for 7 years. After selling the campground, they became 'full timers' living in their motor home traveling 43 states. Most years they wintered in Florida and summered in Minnesota near Lake Mille Lacs and the past two summers in Wabasha, MN.

Jim enjoyed being outdoors and fixing things. They owned a cabin in the Park Rapids, MN area for 17 years enjoying time with family and friends, fishing, water skiing and snowmobiling. Jim also enjoyed racing stock car in St. Peter, MN, watching NASCAR, riding motorcycle, boating on the Mississippi River and playing cards.

Jim is survived by his wife Dana of almost 55 years, his daughter Shelly (Dale) O'Groske of Byron, MN; grandchildren Reed and Ryan O'Groske of Byron, MN; half brother, Charles (Kathy) Gardner of Pinellas Park, FL; half sister, Carol (Steve) Geisler of Port Orchard, WA; and his AFS exchange student daughter, Astrid Amaya de Pineda of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, who visited in March 2016. Jim was proceded in death by his adopted parents Clarence and Marian Reed, birth parents Marion Lorenzen and Henry Gardner and half brother Albury Gardner.