Raymond L. Lafferty, 1921 - 2009

SMITH, LAFFERTY, GUNSOLLEY

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 8/28/2020 at 20:07:48

Sioux City Journal
17 April, 2009

SOUTH SIOUX CITY ( Died Sioux City)-- Raymond L. Lafferty, 87, of South Sioux City passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul United Methodist Church in South Sioux City, with the Rev. Nancy Leonard officiating. Burial will be in Omaha Valley Cemetery, Homer, Neb. Visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. today at Becker-Hunt Funeral Home.

Ray was born Dec. 27, 1921, in Stevens, S.D., the son of William and Alice (Smith) Lafferty. He graduated from Jefferson (S.D.) High School in 1939. He served in the U.S. Navy from Oct. 12, 1942 until his discharge on Nov. 13, 1945.

He married Wanda E. Gunsolley on Nov. 5, 1946, in Sioux City. He was employed as a parts manager for Midwest Parts Supply in Sioux City until retiring in 1987. He served for 35 years on the South Sioux City Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue.

He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and enjoyed playing golf.

Survivors include his wife, Wanda; two sons and their wives, Craig and Marti of Sioux City and Mark and Judy of Lincoln, Neb.; a brother and his wife, Melvin and Hugetti Lafferty of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; two special cousins, Sister Nancy Lafferty of La Crosse, Wis., and Sister Andrea Lafferty of Hong Kong; a special nephew and his wife, Jerry and Colleen Lafferty of Vero Beach, Fla.; five grandchildren, Chris (Mary) Lafferty, Zach (Kara) Lafferty, Amy (Bryan) Stump, Adam (Holly) Lafferty and Ashley Lafferty; and five great-grandchildren, Kaylee, Ellie, Evan Ray, Colin and Lexie.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Vern, Larry and Frank; and an infant sister, Francis.

Pallbearers will be Craig, Mark, Chris, Zach and Adam Lafferty and Bryan Stump. Honorary pallbearers will be his granddaughters, Amy Stump, Ashley, Holly, Mary and Kara Lafferty.