J. Reed Howard, 86 of Cottonwood , passed away on April 14, 2013. He was born on June 25, 1926 in Corey , Idaho to John Hugh Tilbury Howard and Lucie Erna Peters. Mr. Howard attended school in Bend , Oregon and the State College of Washington. He served his country in the Navy during WWII. Mr. Howard worked for Motorola Aerospace. Mr. Howard is survived by his wife of 65 years, Patricia Howard; daughters Shannon Jordon (Hal) of Cottonwood, Lucinda Reynolds (C.Jay) of Scottsdale and Melinda Wood (Jim) of El Paso , TX ; 9 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Private family services will be held. An online guestbook is available to sign at www.westcottfuneralhome.com