Douglas “Doug” Pratt, a Perrysburg Township farmer who with his wife donated 160 acres of their land in order to preserve green space in Wood County, died Nov. 29. He was 92.

Mr. Pratt was an everyman in the Perrysburg area, said his longtime friend and estate executor Bruce Rutter.

“He was a good man who loved his community,” Mr. Rutter said.

In addition to farming soy, corn, and wheat, Mr. Pratt drove a bus for Perrysburg schools for 50 years, served as a volunteer firefighter for 32 years with the city’s fire department, and was an amateur pilot. He was also a special deputy for the Wood County Sheriff’s Office. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was active with the American Legion.

“His barn was the meeting place of Perrysburg,” Mr. Rutter said. “Anybody who was a

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