Ray was a 1967 graduate of Chicopee Comprehensive High School in Chicopee, Mass. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1968-1972 and retired in 2014 from Nova Tech in Owings Mills after 32 years of service. He enjoyed gardening, traveling, and fixing things---Ray was quite a handyman. He also enjoyed spending time with his family.
Surviving in addition to his wife are daughters, Lee Delisle and fiancé, Josh Seifert of Eldersburg and Lynn Delisle of Aberdeen; step-daughter, Michelle Johnson and husband, David of Riverview, FL; step-sons, Shawn Boros and wife, Jennifer and Joseph Boros and wife, Nichole; grandchildren, Ian, Nick, Brenden, Christian, Ty and Avery; and great-granddaughter, Abriella; brother, Robert “Bob” Delisle and wife Beth Willard of Northampton, MA; sisters, Donna Bernard and husband, David of Chicopee, MA and Ruth Delisle and husband, Stephen Houlihan of Willington, CT; niece, Amy Bernard, her husband, Ed Lee and their daughter, Sadie and nephew, Mike Bernard, his wife, Jess and their daughter, Jane.
The family will receive friends on Monday, December 22nd from 5:00 until the time of a Funeral Service at 7:00 PM at the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, 91 Willis St, Westminster, MD. Burial will be in the Massachusetts State Veterans' Cemetery in Agawam, Massachusetts at a later date.