Uncle Ray, I will miss you lots. Thank you for all the unselfish love and support you gave me as a little girl and grown adult. I hope to be able to share the same to my nieces and nephews. Thank you for all the giggles, laughter and love :-)
Love always,
Allison

Ray- the very best Fantasy Football partner anyone could hope for.
Man we had some good times togther - you will be dearly missed yet remember as the great friend you were to so so many.
Thanks for the fond memories - Cheers to you Ray!

Ray, both Cathy and I have only known you for a few years but because of the special person you are you made us feel like we have known you for all of our lives. We will miss your visits to Vegas and our annual trip to Del Mar it won't be the same. Thanks for the great times and memories. Love, Scot McMartin and Cathy Vozzola.

Lots of great memories. The last time I hung out with Ray was an all nighter at a Pai Gow table at Hooters in Las Vegas. He keep sweet talking the Pai Gow dealer and had her blushing and smiling all night.

Ray, I will miss you and your wonderful sharing smile. You will be in my heart and my thoughts. When I look up to the Heavens, I will look for you. I will see you out of pain and playing golf. Oh how you loved that stupid game.

I love you for sharing your life with me.

As an old friend of Ray's from Houston, I'd like to offer my sincere condolences to Ray's family and friends. My memories of Ray are sports, competition and more sports. He was always fun to be around. May God comfort everyone.

To the best brother-in-law. We will miss you. There will be a hole in our hearts especially when we visit Vail in the summer. I remember coming back from Vail with Mike and finding that Jennifer knew how to count because you taught her black jack and poker. She still loves to gamble. We miss you already.

Some of my memories of Ray (Part 1):

• Frisbie golf in Greeley between softball games
• Purging fountain in Vail
• 360 on the way to Telluride to ski
• Late night political discussions (or was that arguments?)
• Ray hanging up all the pictures on Jackson Street. Pictures are supposed to be hung at eye level so I gave Ray an endless hard time as to why all the pictures were hung soooo low

Memories of Ray (Part 2):
• Watching 3 picture tube TVs at one time in our living room in order to see all the games.
• Running up and down the stairwell of the United Bank Building (Wells Fargo now).
• Back breaking fall during 38” ski trip to Telluride.
• Wednesday night bowling and hangovers the next day at work.

Memories of Ray (Part 3):
• Golfing every weekend at either Kennedy, Wellshire, Lowry, or Willis Case.
• Skiing every weekend at Mary Jane.
• How Ray could so easily take a ribbing (and we ribbed him a lot)!
• Lunch at the Yankee Doodle.
• Our trip to El Paso and eating at Chico’s Tacos.

Memories of Ray (Part 4):
• Our trip to Taos when we wrecked a snow mobile (Ray was driving but he said I was leaning the wrong way).
• Attending every single home Rockies game for the first 2 years of their existence. (We came to the conclusion that we must not have had a life) .
• Playing mini basketball in the living room.
• Charmin (Ray always had to have Charmin).

Memories of Ray (Part 5):
• Being tapped on the shoulder during our talks.
• Being able to talk about anything.
• Always being at ease around Ray.
• The Colonel
• Ray’s mom used to always say “You come back and leave Ray behind next time”. Her way of letting someone know that they were always welcome in their house.

Memories of Ray (Part 6):
• Ray’s wonderful friends in El Paso (Johnny, Mike, Phil, and Tim).
• Our baseball field trip to Kansas City and Dallas to watch the Royals and Rangers (We saw Nolan pitch). Onward to Mikies house on Lake Travis in Austin where we watched the 4th of July fireworks show on the lake.
• Concerts (especially Dan Fogelburg)

Memories of Ray (Part 7):
• Watching Ray and Michelle watch Seinfeld and bust a gut laughing.
• Ray helping out a homeless man he met at J Beatty’s. Ray paid for much of his medical bills.
• Dancing with friends in our living room late at night.
• Double dating with Ray and Lisa.

Memories of Ray (Part 8):
• All Steamboat skiing trips ( we got so drunk after one night that we slept in the cafeteria at noon the next day until the day ended).
• Huge Cashews
• Rafting down the numbers on the Arkansas river and Ray saving our friend Jim (well, he pulled him back into the boat).

Memories of Ray (Part 9):
• Ray’s burnt popcorn Friday night dates with Rose.
• Our burnt orange plaid living room furniture (we thought is looked great).
• Ray toasting at my wedding.
• A couple of camping trips during the summer (Ray wasn’t much of a camper but he was game).
• Softball with Eddie, Jim, and the gang.

'Ray, Ray', you and the Angels in heaven are 'Same, Same' Love to a great man who led a beautiful, generous and joyful life.

Kanpai!

Uncle Ray, thank you for all the kindness and love you shared with me and your entire family. My memories with you range from hide and seek as a little girl at grandma's house to drinking adult beverages at the local beach bar in North Carolina. Ski trips to Denver will never be the same...I'll miss you, my favorite uncle, Ray. Love, Stephanie

Ray helped me get a job in the energy industry (Getty) here in Houston years ago. I'm still in the industry at Shell and have made it my career. i sure needed the Getty job as I had one year old twins, no job and had used my last allocation of food stamps.  Ray was at Getty at the time, pulled a few strings and I was in the door. Thank you Ray forever. :)

Best moments with Ray ( where do I start) How about watching Nolan Ryan pitch a shutout in our 3 dollar front row seats in upper deck center field at the Dome drinking a PBR popcorn size beer!

Best moments with Ray Going to Happy Hour with the old Getty Oil Gang at the Texas Steak Ranch on Fridays ...free margaritas , free nachos and many games of PAC Man.

Best moments with Ray ....sharing an apartment with Ray was never a dull moment. On several occasions ChefboyaRay would whip up his special guacomole dip ( perfect mix of garlic salt, picante sauce, and lemon juice ) with just the right kind of avacado!!! Awesome

Ray Thanks for always looking out for me and being the eternal optimist. You have left your friends with many great lasting memories. I know you have gone to a better place. Take care my friend.