Ray married Ruth Genevieve Kennedy on 1 Sep 1928.
The couple had three children,
1. RoseMarie (Tancredi), 2 children
2. Ruthie, died young, buried in this cemetery
3. Roger, 4 children
Ray grew up on the East side of Detroit. When Ray married, the couple lived on the East side as well. In early 1931 after RoseMarie was born they moved to a two story on Hoffmeyer in Roseville. Ray lived there for the rest of his life.
Ray loved gardening and had a show place front & back yard on Hoffmeyer. He loved to show it off and hear the complements when neighbors would bring vistors over to see the yard.
After he married the depression hit. Work was not easy to find. Ray worked as a painter as his father had.
Then with World War II and the end of the depression he worked as a tool & die worker in many of Detroit's auto factories and small job shops. Things in the factories had there ups and downs and when factory work was not available Ray went back to painting and then back to the factories and job shops.
Ray married Ruth Genevieve Kennedy on 1 Sep 1928.
The couple had three children,
1. RoseMarie (Tancredi), 2 children
2. Ruthie, died young, buried in this cemetery
3. Roger, 4 children
Ray grew up on the East side of Detroit. When Ray married, the couple lived on the East side as well. In early 1931 after RoseMarie was born they moved to a two story on Hoffmeyer in Roseville. Ray lived there for the rest of his life.
Ray loved gardening and had a show place front & back yard on Hoffmeyer. He loved to show it off and hear the complements when neighbors would bring vistors over to see the yard.
After he married the depression hit. Work was not easy to find. Ray worked as a painter as his father had.
Then with World War II and the end of the depression he worked as a tool & die worker in many of Detroit's auto factories and small job shops. Things in the factories had there ups and downs and when factory work was not available Ray went back to painting and then back to the factories and job shops.
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