I had the pleasure of meeting Ray back in the late 70's when I purchased his Std Cirrus. He always wanted to keep tabs on the young guy who bought his Cirrus. For years we communicated at events and over the phone, he was always interested in how the soaring was in my part of the country. I ended up buying a ASW24 that he once owned and over the last two years we had renewed our frequent conversations and he would always ask how my wife was doing in that 24.
Ray was a true gentleman and loved soaring, he will be sorely missed, RIP my friend.