Donald Dean Ray
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 5B - November 21, 2021
Donald Dean Ray, age
94, died October 25, 2021,
following a long illness.
He was born on June 3,
1927, in Canadian, Texas,
to George Wesley Ray
and Ona Idell Ray. He
graduated from Delta High School in Delta, Colorado.
He was a veteran in the U.S. Navy having served in
WWII. He also served in the Colorado National Guard,
Montrose Unit, for 25 years. Donald had worked for
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company several years
before working for the U.S. Postal Service for 26 years.
Donald was a member of the Elks Lodge in Montrose,
Colorado. He loved fixing things and wood working. He
was friendly and quite a jokester. He was a dedicated
family man and always helping others.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George
W. Ray and Ona Idell Ray; brothers, George W. Ray
II, and Clyde Ray, and sisters, Dorothy Ritthaler and
Wanda Pollock. He is survived by his wife, Ruth
LaVerene Ray; daughters, Kathy Dechant, Eleanor
Dechant (Dennis), Karen L’Argent (Neil), and Pamela
Waibel (Keith); grandchildren, Jesse Dechant, Sandra
Dechant, Luke Dechant, Andrew Dechant, Matthew
Dechant, and Yance Waibel; four great-grandchildren;
step-daughters, Angela Wetzbarger (Ray), and Tonya
Pauls (Todd); six step-grandchildren, and eight stepgreat-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at a later time.
Memorial contributions may be made to HopeWest.
