OBITUARY of Reed Warren

In a manner of how he lived his life, loyalty, dedicated and loving, strong, detailed, held on to his values and relationships, finally passing in early January, surprising our expectations, due to his strong will to live

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Raised in Torrence, CA, Reed was the younger brother of 2 (Sylvia/Reed) and strived to be the best at whatever he was doing (home projects, educational goas, career).  He met his life partner Dave, in 1995, marrying in 2021, on a Hornblower yacht in San Diego harbor

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A hard worker, and intense achiever, Reed earned his MBA at Harvard, working to earn his keep (NOT during school-- he'd of gone nuts!), supporting himself throughout to get through that difficult patch to his goals.  His undergraduate work was at UC Berkeley.
This entrepreneurial spirit and drive, landed him at Earnst & Young, worked his way up, then left to start his own consulting firm, Warren Consulting, back in the late 1980s. 
Reeds interests were the piano, where he would play his 8 or 10 favorites by memory, as he used that as therapy, traveling to many national parks, like Kings Canyon, and Yosemite, traveling to Europe twice, last going in 2019, detailed recordkeeping on spreadsheets, many home projects (you'll see a lot of them if you come to the Celebration of Life on January 28th (see https://stravinskyuno.wixsite.com/my-site-1), because he was a DIY'er to the nth degree. He enjoyed his SF Chronicle, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, usually tossing aside the "living & sports section" (Dave had first and only dibs on those sections)

Reed is survived by his husband of 2 years (soulmates for nearly 30), sister Sylvia, and many who loved and adopted him.

 

Reed lost his battle with glioblastoma (a terminal brain tumor earlier in January.  He fought it tooth and nail for 18 months, while managing a poor quality of life, after the cranitomy in August 2022.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Reed's favorite charities:  WILDWOOD FOUNDATION (http://www.wildwoodretreat.org)  Reed spent many days and events there through Body Electric (Sacred Intimates) and the HRC (Human Rights Campaign) [www.hrc.org] both organizations that he was generous with.

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