Ray was raised in the Chicago area. At age 17 during the height of the Vietnam War, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was assigned to a riffle battalion and was stationed in Vietnam. He earned the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and a Purple Heart Medal for being Combat Wounded. He was honorably discharged on March 22-1970.
Ray became a heavy equipment operator and also enjoyed carpentry.
On November 23-1982 he married Charlene Marks in Casa Grande, Arizona
Preceded by:
Parents: Richard and Anna Stark
Survived by:
Wife: Christine
Children: Richard (Tina) Mailhot, Michele Montiel, Rusty Spark, Anna Stark, Michael Chrissa) Stark, Amanda (Michael) White, Lisa Woodruff and Victoria Stark
25 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren
8 siblings
Brian P. Harvey Funeral Home
Sep 2017
Ray was raised in the Chicago area. At age 17 during the height of the Vietnam War, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was assigned to a riffle battalion and was stationed in Vietnam. He earned the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and a Purple Heart Medal for being Combat Wounded. He was honorably discharged on March 22-1970.
Ray became a heavy equipment operator and also enjoyed carpentry.
On November 23-1982 he married Charlene Marks in Casa Grande, Arizona
Preceded by:
Parents: Richard and Anna Stark
Survived by:
Wife: Christine
Children: Richard (Tina) Mailhot, Michele Montiel, Rusty Spark, Anna Stark, Michael Chrissa) Stark, Amanda (Michael) White, Lisa Woodruff and Victoria Stark
25 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren
8 siblings
Brian P. Harvey Funeral Home
Sep 2017
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