The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 18, 1993 - Page Bg

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Ray Taft (pictured July 26 19.2 og gh aig
here with his wife July 27 17.5 0136 0.6
Emma) was never July 28 18.5 O° a 33
_ dull. Ray died Aug. 9 July 29 13.1 Oo 562 SO
_ at the age of 68 and July 30 16.3: 9 38
the city lost another July 31 29.2 0.
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By Brenda Silsbe his wife Lorna, daughters Brenda He also enjoyed going quick at math. Ray would inter- July 29 244 145° °..0
AYMOND Taft died and Wanda and their hesbands downtown because he liked meet- uplt many a family dinner if there July 30 25.4 12.0 0
on August 9 at Mills John and Eric, and his nine jing people. Members of the golf was a goad sunset to see. July 31 29.2 11.6 mi
Memorial Hospital at grandchildren, Ewan and Fiona — course and workers at the Co-op Life was never dull with Ray Aug. 1 29,2 127-0
the age of 68, Ray Taft, Anne and Jesse Silsbe and will remember the animal noises Taft around. He was a bright, Aug. 2 . . 28.5 ABP
spent nearly his whole life in Ter- Matthew, Soren, Ben, Adam and that caused them to stop and turn energetic person with a .quick Aug. 3 ‘17.4 11.6 0
race, Alex Keiby. : around only to sce Ray’s impish ‘!emper, great loyalty and avid Aug. 4 28.9 14.1 0
His parents were Guy and-Mary Ray also loved nature. In his prin and twinkling eyes,.He was curiousity. Aug. 5 23.2 13.3 0
Taft, two Terrace pioneers who youth, he was an avid fisherman = anexcellent mimic. The family will miss his pro- Aug. 6 19.8 12. 5 0
_ arrived here in 1919 with their six ‘and hunter, In later years, he Ray loved jokes, playing bridge tective presence.
“children —

» became -

Lester, - Sylvia,

Esther, Emest (Bud), Rita and

Fileen. Ray was born on April 20,

1925 and grew up in Terrace, at-

tending the old Kalum school.
When he was.15, Ray went to

"Prince Rupert to work in the can-

reries. At 17, he left for Van-

‘couver, where he joined the army.

_ - Ray? did. his: basic training in
_Onlario and was'stationed in Al-

- Berta and the Northwest Terri-
fories before returning to Van-
:. “gouver and Vancouver Island. In

~-army. A son, David, was born to
‘Ray and Emma: on’ Sept.: 20,

1950,

~> From the fall of 1950 to May of

1951, Ray worked for a moving
and storage company and for the

‘Legion. In May, Ray decided.to

--teturn home -to Terrace where he.
“was joined by Emma and David
in July.

‘Ray went to work for Sande

“Lumber Mill where he was a
‘truck driver and a faller. He built

his own house on Scott Road and
the father of two
daughters, Brenda and Wanda.

- When Sande Lumber Mill
-plosed down, Ray worked for a
poe short time for Columbia Cellulose
before joining the pole company
-" oF MeGillis and Gibbs. In the ear-
“jy ’-?80s, the company went
“bankrupt and Ray went to work
. for the Thornhill golf course. He
~-continued to do volunteer work at
“the course even after he retired.

Ray Taft loved his family —

his wife Emma, son David and

preferred binoculars, camera and
nature shows fo rod and gun.

He was.a natural musician, and
taught himself to play guitar,
harmonica and piano and could
play a tune on-almost any instru-
ment. Ray had a beautiful singing
voice and delighted many an
audience, young and old, with his
yodelling. - ,

Ray was an -adept handyman.
He had. an innate ability to ix and
build and would spend hours in
his workshop working on projects

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He was interested in science and

The community has lost another
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