Raymond was the first of three children born to James Albert and Ida Isadore White Wright. On 2 November, 1919 he married Miss Sylvia Pearl McCue.The couple had one son, James.
Raymond worked with Bell Telephone Co. in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, and later returned to Ohio, purchasing a hardware store in Canton.
His WW I Draft Registration Card describes Ray as tall, slender, grey eyes, light hair.
Ray and Sylvia moved to Clearwater, Florida, and then to St. Petersburg, FL. Sylvia outlived him by 12 years, passing away in Clearwater, FL.
+++Many thanks to contributor macmadam #47847520 for the following+++
"His place of death was the Grand Canyon, AZ."
Source:
Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, Obit Book, pg 74 of 1968-1970. Originally published by the Times-Reporter newspaper:
"Uhrichsville, Ray S. Wright, 76, of St. Petersburg, Fla., a native of Uhrichsville and formerly associated with Twin City Hardware and Canton Hardware at Canton, died of a heart attack Thursday while touring Grand Canyon National Park. A Florida resident 10 years, he was a son of the late James and Ida White Wright. He was a member of United Methodist Church. Surviving are his widow, the former Sylvia McCue; a son James of Cherry Hill, N.J.; a brother, Jasper of Stillwater and a sister, Mrs. Ray (Edna) Engle of RD 1 here. Services will be Sunday at 1:30 in Lindsey Funeral Home at Dennison with Rev. Jack Grimes officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Burial Park at Dover. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday night from 7 to 9."
Raymond worked with Bell Telephone Co. in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, and later returned to Ohio, purchasing a hardware store in Canton.
His WW I Draft Registration Card describes Ray as tall, slender, grey eyes, light hair.
Ray and Sylvia moved to Clearwater, Florida, and then to St. Petersburg, FL. Sylvia outlived him by 12 years, passing away in Clearwater, FL.
+++Many thanks to contributor macmadam #47847520 for the following+++
"His place of death was the Grand Canyon, AZ."
Source:
Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, Obit Book, pg 74 of 1968-1970. Originally published by the Times-Reporter newspaper:
"Uhrichsville, Ray S. Wright, 76, of St. Petersburg, Fla., a native of Uhrichsville and formerly associated with Twin City Hardware and Canton Hardware at Canton, died of a heart attack Thursday while touring Grand Canyon National Park. A Florida resident 10 years, he was a son of the late James and Ida White Wright. He was a member of United Methodist Church. Surviving are his widow, the former Sylvia McCue; a son James of Cherry Hill, N.J.; a brother, Jasper of Stillwater and a sister, Mrs. Ray (Edna) Engle of RD 1 here. Services will be Sunday at 1:30 in Lindsey Funeral Home at Dennison with Rev. Jack Grimes officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Burial Park at Dover. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday night from 7 to 9."
Raymond was the first of three children born to James Albert and Ida Isadore White Wright. On 2 November, 1919 he married Miss Sylvia Pearl McCue.The couple had one son, James.
Raymond worked with Bell Telephone Co. in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, and later returned to Ohio, purchasing a hardware store in Canton.
His WW I Draft Registration Card describes Ray as tall, slender, grey eyes, light hair.
Ray and Sylvia moved to Clearwater, Florida, and then to St. Petersburg, FL. Sylvia outlived him by 12 years, passing away in Clearwater, FL.
+++Many thanks to contributor macmadam #47847520 for the following+++
"His place of death was the Grand Canyon, AZ."
Source:
Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, Obit Book, pg 74 of 1968-1970. Originally published by the Times-Reporter newspaper:
"Uhrichsville, Ray S. Wright, 76, of St. Petersburg, Fla., a native of Uhrichsville and formerly associated with Twin City Hardware and Canton Hardware at Canton, died of a heart attack Thursday while touring Grand Canyon National Park. A Florida resident 10 years, he was a son of the late James and Ida White Wright. He was a member of United Methodist Church. Surviving are his widow, the former Sylvia McCue; a son James of Cherry Hill, N.J.; a brother, Jasper of Stillwater and a sister, Mrs. Ray (Edna) Engle of RD 1 here. Services will be Sunday at 1:30 in Lindsey Funeral Home at Dennison with Rev. Jack Grimes officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Burial Park at Dover. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday night from 7 to 9."
Raymond worked with Bell Telephone Co. in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, and later returned to Ohio, purchasing a hardware store in Canton.
His WW I Draft Registration Card describes Ray as tall, slender, grey eyes, light hair.
Ray and Sylvia moved to Clearwater, Florida, and then to St. Petersburg, FL. Sylvia outlived him by 12 years, passing away in Clearwater, FL.
+++Many thanks to contributor macmadam #47847520 for the following+++
"His place of death was the Grand Canyon, AZ."
Source:
Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, Obit Book, pg 74 of 1968-1970. Originally published by the Times-Reporter newspaper:
"Uhrichsville, Ray S. Wright, 76, of St. Petersburg, Fla., a native of Uhrichsville and formerly associated with Twin City Hardware and Canton Hardware at Canton, died of a heart attack Thursday while touring Grand Canyon National Park. A Florida resident 10 years, he was a son of the late James and Ida White Wright. He was a member of United Methodist Church. Surviving are his widow, the former Sylvia McCue; a son James of Cherry Hill, N.J.; a brother, Jasper of Stillwater and a sister, Mrs. Ray (Edna) Engle of RD 1 here. Services will be Sunday at 1:30 in Lindsey Funeral Home at Dennison with Rev. Jack Grimes officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Burial Park at Dover. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday night from 7 to 9."
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