CLAY, Raymond E. (Ray)

Vistoso Funeral Home, Oro Valley, Arizona Raymond E Clay December 28, 1930 - May 9, 2013 Raymond E. Clay, of SaddleBrooke, Arizona, passed quietly in his sleep on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at the age of 82. Ray is survived by his loving wife, Beatrice (Winnie) Clay, of SaddleBrooke; his daughters, Sheryl Clay of Meriden, CT, and Lori Blakley of Greenacres, FL; three grandsons: Matthew Yellen and his wife, Alexandra Stillman, of Boston Massachusetts; Jared Yellen and his wife, Laura, of Bristol, CT; and Marvin Blakley of W. Springfield, MA; a granddaughter, Kathleen Blakley of W.Springfield, MA; three great-grandsons: Gavin and Logan Yellen of Bristol, CT and Caeden Blakley of W. Springfield, MA and one great-granddaughter: Kaylen Yellen, of Bristol, CT. He is pre-deceased by his son, William Clay of Stamford, CT. Ray was born in Providence, Rhode Island on December, 28, 1930, and moved to Connecticut with his family when he was a child. Following military service in Germany with the 169th Regiment 43 Division Tank Company during the Korean Conflict, Ray made his home in Connecticut, where he worked as a manager for the Southern New England Telephone Company for 33 years. He retired to Arizona in 1995. Ray was a passionate golfer, enjoyed hand-tooling leather, for which he received many awards, travel and entertaining with family and friends. He was a loving and devoted husband and father, grandfather, and doting great-grandfather. A gentle man and a gentleman, he will be deeply missed by his loved ones, friends and all who knew him. Ray is interred at the Sonoma Arizona Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Donations may be made in Ray’s memory to the National Parkinson’s Disease Foundation: www.parkinson.org