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February 3, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, February 7, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
A Funeral Service will take place on Saturday, February 8, 2014, 2:00 PM, at Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, and will conclude with the interment in the church’s cemetery.
Raymond L. Woodhouse, age 90, died peacefully on Monday, February 3, 2014.
Ray was a long-time resident of the Packanack Lake section of Wayne with his beloved late wife of 48 years, Margaret (Rutman) (1995).
Born in Passaic, NJ, to John and Ethel Woodhouse, he attended Paterson East Side High School and was a member of the graduating class of June, 1942.
A few months after graduation, he entered the U.S. Army and served with the Army Engineers in Canada, Europe, the Philippines and Japan. He received the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal and was authorized to wear the following ribbons: American Theater ribbon, Good Conduct ribbon, EAME ribbon with two Bronze Stars, Asiatic Pacific ribbon, the Philippines Liberation ribbon, and the WW II Victory ribbon.
After his honorable discharge from the Army in 1946, Ray entered the Brooklyn School of Optics. He went on to enjoy a long and fulfilling career as a self-employed dispensing optician, with offices in Paterson and Pompton Plains. Ray’s professional affiliations included membership in the New Jersey Society of Dispensing Opticians and the American Board of Opticianry.
Ray was also a Past President of the Paterson Y’s Men’s Club and past Master Counselor of the Fortitude Chapter, Order of DeMolay, Ramsey, N.J. He was a member of the Wayne Interfaith Network and the AIDS Interfaith Network of NJ and a member of the Packanack Lake Country Club.
Ray was a faithful member of Preakness Reformed Church where he served on the consistory as elder and also chairman of the Worship and Music Commission.
Ray and his wife Peggy enjoyed hiking and canoeing in the mountains and on the lakes in Vermont, the Adirondacks and Canada. Their travels took them to Israel, Switzerland, Holland, France, Bermuda and the Scandinavian Countries. One of their most beautiful and exciting trips was heli-hiking in the Canadian Rockies.
Raymond is survived by four sons and their lovely wives: Donald and his wife Diana of Antrim, New Hampshire, Jon and his wife Mary of Chester, New York, Robert and his wife Jeanne of Danbury, Connecticut, and James and his wife Jeanne of Glenwood, New Jersey; nine loving grandchildren: Abigail, Benjamin, Robert, James, Jared, Jeffrey, Douglas, Gregory and David; one adored great-grandson Reed Thomas Evans Woodhouse; three brothers: John Robert of West Virginia, William of Pennsylvania and Harold of Minnesota and Florida; and his loving companion Evona Decker.
He was predeceased by his sisters: Dorothy (1935) and Eleanor (Mrs. Peter Vellucci) in 2005.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Ray’s name are asked to consider the Preakness Reformed Church Memorial Fund, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, February 7, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
A Funeral Service will take place on Saturday, February 8, 2014, 2:00 PM, at Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, and will conclude with the interment in the church’s cemetery.
February 3, 2014
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Friday, February 7, 2014 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM.
A Funeral Service will take place on Saturday, February 8, 2014, 2:00 PM, at Preakness Reformed Church, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, and will conclude with the interment in the church’s cemetery.
Raymond L. Woodhouse, age 90, died peacefully on Monday, February 3, 2014.
Ray was a long-time resident of the Packanack Lake section of Wayne with his beloved late wife of 48 years, Margaret (Rutman) (1995).
Born in Passaic, NJ, to John and Ethel Woodhouse, he attended Paterson East Side High School and was a member of the graduating class of June, 1942.
A few months after graduation, he entered the U.S. Army and served with the Army Engineers in Canada, Europe, the Philippines and Japan. He received the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal and was authorized to wear the following ribbons: American Theater ribbon, Good Conduct ribbon, EAME ribbon with two Bronze Stars, Asiatic Pacific ribbon, the Philippines Liberation ribbon, and the WW II Victory ribbon.
After his honorable discharge from the Army in 1946, Ray entered the Brooklyn School of Optics. He went on to enjoy a long and fulfilling career as a self-employed dispensing optician, with offices in Paterson and Pompton Plains. Ray’s professional affiliations included membership in the New Jersey Society of Dispensing Opticians and the American Board of Opticianry.
Ray was also a Past President of the Paterson Y’s Men’s Club and past Master Counselor of the Fortitude Chapter, Order of DeMolay, Ramsey, N.J. He was a member of the Wayne Interfaith Network and the AIDS Interfaith Network of NJ and a member of the Packanack Lake Country Club.
Ray was a faithful member of Preakness Reformed Church where he served on the consistory as elder and also chairman of the Worship and Music Commission.
Ray and his wife Peggy enjoyed hiking and canoeing in the mountains and on the lakes in Vermont, the Adirondacks and Canada. Their travels took them to Israel, Switzerland, Holland, France, Bermuda and the Scandinavian Countries. One of their most beautiful and exciting trips was heli-hiking in the Canadian Rockies.
Raymond is survived by four sons and their lovely wives: Donald and his wife Diana of Antrim, New Hampshire, Jon and his wife Mary of Chester, New York, Robert and his wife Jeanne of Danbury, Connecticut, and James and his wife Jeanne of Glenwood, New Jersey; nine loving grandchildren: Abigail, Benjamin, Robert, James, Jared, Jeffrey, Douglas, Gregory and David; one adored great-grandson Reed Thomas Evans Woodhouse; three brothers: John Robert of West Virginia, William of Pennsylvania and Harold of Minnesota and Florida; and his loving companion Evona Decker.
He was predeceased by his sisters: Dorothy (1935) and Eleanor (Mrs. Peter Vellucci) in 2005.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Ray’s name are asked to consider the Preakness Reformed Church Memorial Fund, 131 Church Lane, Wayne, NJ 07470.
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