Raymond Henry (Ray) Weisgerber was born in Queens, New York on October 14, 1931. He spent most of his life in the New York area before retiring to Sun City Center twenty years ago with the love of his life, Joy Dunne.

Ray was a proud 1953 graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, where he first developed his life-long love of the sea. After his service in the Navy, Ray earned a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University while working full-time. He remained in the Naval Reserve and retired as a Lieutenant Commander. He joined Honeywell, Inc. in 1960 and remained with that company until he retired, moving up the ranks from salesman to regional manager and finally to general manager and vice president of three divisions. He took pride in his ability to take on a new division and, in short order, turn it from a loss leader to a profit center. Ray was a man of few words, but he did love to tell jokes and often had a twinkle in his eye.

During their early years in Sun City, Ray and Joy enjoyed both golf and bridge. While he took great satisfaction in both, he was perhaps never happier than when he and Joy were cruising around the world. The port no longer mattered; they'd seen them all. He was happy simply sitting on the deck and gazing out to sea with Joy by his side. Their thirty-four years together were the happiest of his life.

Ray was preceded in death by his parents, Mary ("Mae") Agnes Hess and Henry Charles Weisgerber, and his wife, Maxine Yvonne (Davison) Weisgerber. He is survived by Joy Dunne; by his daughter Mary Weisgerber and her husband Milard Roper; by his daughter Karen Weisgerber and her husband, Alex Brown; by his granddaughters, Emma and Cate Brown; and by his cousins Edward and Robert Hess.

A luncheon to follow at
The Sandpiper Restaurant in Sun City Center.