Robert Vernon Ray (1922-2010)

RAY, CUFF, MYERS, OPDAHL, CURLEY, MALSOM, METZGER, KOPRIVA, JOHNSON

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 2/22/2010 at 21:45:54

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, February 16, 2010.

Robert Vernon Ray, of Marshalltown and formerly of Fort Dodge, died Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. A memorial service and Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday Feb. 19, at the Embers Retirement Community Room in Marshalltown, with Father Jim Miller officiating.

Robert Vernon Ray was born April 24, 1922, at home in Fort Dodge, to Nellie (Cuff) and Matthew Ray, the youngest of seven children. He attended schools in Fort Dodge, quitting school in 10th grade to help his father in his mattress shop, Ray’s Mattress Shop, in the Flats of Fort Dodge. Other jobs he held included The Clean Towel Service, and he worked on military ships in Portland, Ore., for a year. He returned to Fort Dodge and resumed working in his father’s business which was now Ray’s Mattress and Upholstery Shop. He met Myris Joy Myers in 1943, and they were married June 29, 1944. To this union three daughters were born, Madonna Ellen, Mary Katherine and Deborah Anna.

He enjoyed bowling, fishing and hunting, and in later years took up golf. He and Myris moved from Fort Dodge to Marshalltown in 2003 and resided at Embers Retirement Community.

He is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Myris; three daughters, Madonna (Dale) Opdahl, of Redondo Beach, Calif., Mary (Tom) Curley, of Marshalltown, and Deborah (Paul) Malsom, of Nevada; four granddaughters, Vanette Metzger, Jennifer (Troy) Kopriva, Allison (Brock) Johnson and Heather Malsom; three great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Iowa River Hospice or Embers Retirement Community.

Bacon Funeral Home of Nevada is assisting with arrangements.

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