Ray Earl Prentice
Ray Earl Prentice
Ray Earl Prentice, 78, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008 at the Grape Drive Chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Bishop Rod Redford conducting. Interment with military honors will follow at Pioneer Memorial Gardens. Family will greet friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. and at the church on Thursday from noon until 12:45 p.m. Arrangements are in care of Kayser's Chapel and Crematory, Moses Lake. You may sign the guest book or leave a note for the family at www.kayserschapel.com
Ray was born Aug. 15, 1930 in Jerome, Idaho, son of the late George Albert and Lila (Ostler) Prentice. He was raised in the Jerome area and attended a one room schoolhouse there prior to graduating from Jerome High School in 1950. He was married to Elsie R. Johnstun on Nov. 16, 1951 in Ogden, Utah. They lived in the Moses Lake area for a short time and then moved to Seattle where Ray attended the Marcus Mayer School of Watchmaking. After completing his college they returned to Moses Lake to live and farm for several years. They then moved to Ogden where Ray worked as a watch repairman until 1971 when they returned to Moses Lake. He continued to work as a watch repairman for a couple of years until retiring due to poor eyesight. He then began working as a ditchrider for the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District until retiring in 1996.
Ray loved scuba diving in earlier years, fishing and boating. He dearly loved his family and especially enjoyed time spent with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Elsie, at the family home; five children and spouses, Cheryl and Gerald Price, Kennewick, Carol and John Surratt, Moses Lake, Marvin and Karen Prentice, LaConner, Wash., Ginger Brumet, Moses Lake, Madeline Prentice, Lake Stevens, Wash.; three sisters and spouses, Alice and Tom Adams, Phoenix, Ariz., Elva Park, Twin Falls, Idaho, Freda and Roy Ursenbach, Twin Falls, Idaho; one brother and spouse, Don and LuDean Prentice, Ruff, Wash.; 12 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Ray was preceded in death by his parents and one son, Russell Prentice, in 1986.Ray Earl Prentice
Ray Earl Prentice, 78, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008 at the Grape Drive Chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Bishop Rod Redford conducting. Interment with military honors will follow at Pioneer Memorial Gardens. Family will greet friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. and at the church on Thursday from noon until 12:45 p.m. Arrangements are in care of Kayser's Chapel and Crematory, Moses Lake. You may sign the guest book or leave a note for the family at www.kayserschapel.com
Ray was born Aug. 15, 1930 in Jerome, Idaho, son of the late George Albert and Lila (Ostler) Prentice. He was raised in the Jerome area and attended a one room schoolhouse there prior to graduating from Jerome High School in 1950. He was married to Elsie R. Johnstun on Nov. 16, 1951 in Ogden, Utah. They lived in the Moses Lake area for a short time and then moved to Seattle where Ray attended the Marcus Mayer School of Watchmaking. After completing his college they returned to Moses Lake to live and farm for several years. They then moved to Ogden where Ray worked as a watch repairman until 1971 when they returned to Moses Lake. He continued to work as a watch repairman for a couple of years until retiring due to poor eyesight. He then began working as a ditchrider for the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District until retiring in 1996.
Ray loved scuba diving in earlier years, fishing and boating. He dearly loved his family and especially enjoyed time spent with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Elsie, at the family home; five children and spouses, Cheryl and Gerald Price, Kennewick, Carol and John Surratt, Moses Lake, Marvin and Karen Prentice, LaConner, Wash., Ginger Brumet, Moses Lake, Madeline Prentice, Lake Stevens, Wash.; three sisters and spouses, Alice and Tom Adams, Phoenix, Ariz., Elva Park, Twin Falls, Idaho, Freda and Roy Ursenbach, Twin Falls, Idaho; one brother and spouse, Don and LuDean Prentice, Ruff, Wash.; 12 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Ray was preceded in death by his parents and one son, Russell Prentice, in 1986.