Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Ryder C. Ray
Ryder C. Ray, 85, a retired Maryland state employee, died of congestive heart disease Dec. 17 at his
home in Severna Park.
He was housing rehabilitation field coordinator with the Maryland   Department of Housing and
Community Development at the time of his retirement  in 1985. Previously, he worked for the
department as a project coordinator.
Robert Pearce Myers
(Family Photo - Family  
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Mr. Ray was born in Washington and attended Capitol Page High School as a   youth. He graduated
from  St. John's College High School in the District, then attended the University of Texas. He entered
the Army Air Corps at the start of World War II and flew bombers in the China-Burma-India theater of
operations.
After the war, he operated a family business, F.I. Ray Excavating Co. in   Bethesda, until 1968, when
he went to work for the state.
He volunteered with the Anne Arundel Medical Center auxiliary and was past president of the
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotary Club and the Community Service Council of Bethesda-Chevy Chase.
He was a board member of Suburban Hospital and a member of the Civil Defense Advisory
Committee to the Montgomery County Council.
He was awarded the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Civitan Club's annual citizenship award in 1955 and helped establish youth clubs
through the Rotary Club.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara G. Ray of Severna Park; three children, Marguerite A. Bream of Dana Point, Calif., Roland C.
Ray of Germantown and Ryder C. Ray of Berlin, Md.; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.