Florence M. Reed, 86, of Concordia Lutheran Ministries, formerly of Center Township, died at 1:20 a.m. Friday in Concordia Lutheran Ministries.

Born Jan. 4, 1924, on the former Held Farm in Mars, she was the daughter of the late Arthur H. Held Sr. and Mary O. Blakeley Held.

Mrs. Reed was honorably discharged in March 1946 from the U.S. Navy, where she served in the WAVES during World War II and in Washington, D.C.

She graduated from Grace Martin's Secretarial School in Pittsburgh with a 1-year diploma and was a secretary-stenographer for the American Bridge Co.

She was a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. She belonged to AARP in Mars and enjoyed working and being around horses and the great folks involved with them. She loved bird watching and nature walks in the woods.

Mrs. Reed is survived by one son, Gregory Reed and his wife, Paula Reed, of Saxonburg; one daughter, Nancy Jean and her husband, Edward Heintz, of Vandergrift; one brother, August E. Held of Mountain Home, Ark.; two sisters, Jean Ella Rapp of Ohio and Nancy L. McCafferty of Ohio; seven nieces; nine nephews; and 21 great-nieces and great-nephews.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Reed was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Reed, who she married Dec. 6, 1946, and who passed away Nov. 23, 1982; and two brothers, her twin, Edwin L. Held, and Arthur H. Held, Jr.

<B>REED</B> — There will be no public visitation for Florence M. Reed, who died Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. Private funeral services were held, and interment took place in Greenlawn Burial Estates.In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, Greater Pittsburgh, 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205; the American Heart Association of Western Pennsylvania, 777 Penn Center Blvd., Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15235; or the Butler County Humane Society, 1027 Evans City Road, Renfrew, PA 16053.Arrangements were under the direction of the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, and information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.