Ray Wright

Ray passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on December 21, 2024.

Ray was born to Nancy (Callegari) and Raymond Wright in 1960. He was born and raised in Woodland Park. He graduated from Passaic Valley High School in Little Falls in 1978 where he was a member of the baseball team and lettered all 4 years as a pitcher. He then went on and graduated with a BA in Business and Economics from William Paterson University, that lead him into his career for over 41 years in beverage distribution.

While in college, Ray worked for Pepsi-Cola and after graduating started his long career with Coca-Cola as a route supervisor. It didn't take long for Ray to figure out that he was not an office guy, and he made the decision to become an owner-operator for over 35 years with Coca-Cola, Canada Dry, Snapple, and most recently Arizona under the name JJC distributors after his 3 daughters, his greatest pride and joy.

Ray married Cindy (Zuaro) in 1987. Together they raised 3 beautiful daughters Jaimie, Jenna, and Casey. Ray had many accomplishments over the years but always referred to the girls as his best accomplishment in life. After his divorce from Cindy, they remained good friends and continued to support and love the girls in every part of their lives. On top of being an amazing father, he was a fantastic uncle to his nieces Chloe and Samantha, nephew and godson Alex, and nephews Michael, and Nicholas.

Ray spent the last 17 years with his partner Jennifer and their cats (Sam, Callen, Maddie, Spook, and Nando). Whether down in Long Beach Island, the Florida Keys, or Aruba, the water was Ray's happy place where him and Jenn made friends and countless memories along the way.  

There was no one Ray was closer to than his brother Bill. They would share stories of all their adventures together from childhood to the present. Whether stopping to have a beer with Mom and Dad, out on the water or a round of golf, they would be in the woods of NY State where Ray said time didn't matter.

Ray is survived by his parents, Nancy (Callegari) and Raymond Wright, his daughters, Jaimie, Jenna, and Casey, their mother, Cindy (Zuaro) Wright, his brother Bill and sister-in-law Kristi (Latrecchia) Wright, nephew, and niece Alex and Chloe Wright, his partner Jennifer Baird, and many loving cousins and close friends who Ray would refer to as family.

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In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to American Cancer Society Skin Cancer Research https://donate.cancer.org