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Bill Strom uploaded photo(s)
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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God I miss you Ray, you were a great guy and a great friend. RIP Captain Cavemen you will never be forgotten !!
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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Anne Lubner uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, December 16, 2023
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Some of my favorite photos of my "little" brother Ray
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Eric G Walter posted a condolence
Friday, December 15, 2023
We got to know Ray through our friend Bill. Cheryl and I would go to Pat's for their wings and beers. Ray would always join us for a cocktail after he was done work and was a great guy to hang with. I then got the honor to be in a band with Ray again with Bill. I was amazed at how great a guitar player he was, just listen to a song he never heard before and could play the music to it! Rest in peace, my friend.
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Anne Lubner lit a candle
Friday, December 15, 2023
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Today (Dec. 15, 2023) would have been Ray's 69th birthday. Ray was my "little" brother but we were only 18 months apart so we were close growing up. Most of the kids in our neighborhood were all boys so I'd play with Ray and his friends a lot -- cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, (though sometimes they said I had "cooties" lol), building snowmen and snow forts, going trick or treating together, popping caps on the curb and running around with sparklers on the 4th of July, swimming on hot summer days, catching lightning bugs, playing dodge ball in the street, etc. As we became teens, we both loved listening to music but there was only one radio in the house and we had to learn to share it, which we did after a couple momentous struggles that we laughed about later. I was amazed how quickly he learned the accordion and proud of him when he picked up the guitar and was accepted by a prestigious guitar instructor, and played in his bands. I thought he was very cool and handsome and told him so, and was surprised that he was surprised. Ray was always humble. I was so happy he found music because he loved it so much, it was his life. Ray was always strong-minded, independent, and determined. He marched to the beat of his own drummer. He'd stick to his guns and go after what he wanted. After I'd moved to Florida, we only got to see each other on our visits to NJ and now I wish we'd kept in better touch. But I never stopped loving my little brother. I love you, Ray and miss you so much. Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" comes to mind. I hope you are playing piano and guitar and flute (now that you can breathe better) and enjoying jamming with fellow musicians up in heaven! Give Mom a hug for me! Love you little brother! These are some of my favorite photos of Ray because he was smiling and that's how I remember him.
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Ro Mansfield lit a candle
Saturday, December 9, 2023
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Ray was a great big brother to me. 10 years older than me, the last thing most boys would want to do is hang out with their little sister. But some of my fondest childhood memories were with Ray. We would build race cars out of tinker toys together, watch TV together and swim during the summer. Ray was passionate about music and is directly responsible for my love of acoustic guitar since I listened to him practice it every night. He was so good by the time he was an adult, that I often wondered why he didn't choose to play music as a career. But Ray lived his life, unapologetically, on his own terms. When he liked something, he dove headfirst into it. He didn't have time for drama and enjoyed his solitude. He taught me how to do Crytogram puzzels, helped broaden my appreciation of music, and offered to beat up any boy who didn't treat me right! I will cherish my memories of my time with him on this planet and look forward to making new memories when I see him again. I love you Ray, I miss you. Until we meet again. Say Hi to mom for me. ❤️
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Linda lit a candle
Saturday, December 9, 2023
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Cousin Ray, you were dearly loved. I'm glad our families were so close, we had so much fun growing up together, and appreciated the times we had together as adults. I miss you :-(
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William Strom uploaded photo(s)
Thursday, December 7, 2023
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Ray was a great friend and a great guy. I had the pleasure of playing with him in our Band The Petty Thieves and later with Silverback. Truly the best lead guitar player I ever saw heard or played with. I think it will be the times we spent together not playing music I will miss the most. He was living with us for a while after his building burnt down. My boys Dalton and Dylan would always refer to him as their big brother. I will cherish the memories of our times together. Thankfully I have our recordings we did together as well as your instrumental CD's to listen to until we can play together again. Thank you for your love and friendship Captain Caveman. I will love and miss you forever Ray. Rest easy my old friend!!
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Lauren Ziegler posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
My uncle was an amazing person as my parents and sister have mentioned. He was always present at our holiday dinners, various birthdays throughout the years, game nights.
He was always very humble about all of his knowledge that he had and it was always a treat to hear him play. I remember even when he lost a game he never got upset. He was always humble about his music too. He always made sure to ask me about my life even when he was very sick I will miss him dearly at all of our gatherings
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Eileen ziegler uploaded photo(s)
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
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The most striking thing I learned from my older brother Ray is that you should NEVER underestimate a quiet man, a humble man. He also taught me that love is in small acts of kindness, that a well-read man can be more intelligent and wise than a well-educated man.
I will miss sharing wordle/quordle/daily sequence scores with him every morning, with his witty comments in the subject line; his comically absurd praise when I beat him! I will miss our game nights, when he cracked up laughing and we sometimes couldn’t stop, and I will miss his presence at our dinner table on holidays, him falling asleep with his head nodding back on the sofa cushion after a meal. I will miss reminiscing with him about our childhood-we were two years apart in school and I would see him loping along with his long stride and his long hair swinging, as he gave me a discreet nod. Growing up with an insanely driven guitarist across the hall, the sounds of him learning songs was just incredibly inspiring to me. I know he can hear me and he gets me, and loves me despite how I sometimes nagged him. We used to play and fight as young children, and he became one of my closest friends.
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Sara Ziegler posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
My Uncle Ray was a great man. He’s been a close part of my immediate family for my whole life, an easy-going and unassuming but constant presence at every holiday and get together. He never talked too much about himself, or his past or his hardships and I think the majority of his life will always be somewhat of a mystery to me. He couldn’t be bothered with drama or gossip, cared more about important things like history and music. He liked what he liked and he wasn’t afraid to speak his mind. If my mom cooked some sort of health food with too many vegetables, he’d say things like “I’m not coming back here again if this is the crap you’re serving”….but he was always lighthearted with a great sense of humor, and he always came back. He was an insanely gifted musician and his technical skill on guitar is unmatched by anyone I know. Going through his apartment I was in awe of his collection of hundreds of books on music theory and handwritten sheet music…as a mediocre musician that learned mostly from YouTube videos, the depth of his music knowledge is beyond anything I can comprehend. He could have easily been a show off, he had more than earned the right to a big ego, but he was probably the most humble person I know. And he always was supportive of my music, from teaching me the right way to play a G chord as a teenager to being a big fan of my band’s music years later. He died like he lived - quietly, with humility and grace. He’s one of these people that you never realized how much you would miss until he was gone.
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Joe Ziegler posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
I knew Ray for over 30 years, from the time I met and married his younger sister Eileen. Ray was a wonderful person and a truly amazing musician ..... the best guitarist I ever personally knew. It was always such a great pleasure to hear him play, whether it was his acoustic guitar for family and friends, or his electric guitar when he used to play in a rock band! It was awe inspiring to watch his fingers work the guitar strings and listen to his music! He was also extremely well read and knowledgeable about so many different subjects. He loved to watch Jeopardy on TV - it was a daily ritual - and I often thought he could have been a winning contestant. I would definitely want him on my team whenever we played trivia or knowledge-based board games. He was also a crossword aficionado - he used to consistently complete the NY Times Sunday edition crossword puzzle in pen, and his apartment was always cluttered with many completed and half completed Penny Press puzzle books. For all his talents, though, Ray was an extremely humble and very likable man, with a witty sense of humor and pleasant personality. He was unconcerned with material things or outward appearances, a model for us all. He was just a great brother-in-law, and I will miss him dearly.
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Phil posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Joe and Eileen,
So sorry for your loss. I remember Ray well from the Outer Banks trip. He was a guy I immediately liked. He was also the best guitarist I ever personally got to know. It amazed me many of the things he could do on his guitar. Not too bad of a pool player either if I remember correctly.
My thoughts are with you.
Philip
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Monday, December 4, 2023
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