Raymond F. White

Queensbury – Raymond F. White, 77, of Queensbury passed away on February 10, 2016, after a long illness.

Born on December 23, 1938 in Hudson Falls, NY, he was the son of the late Floyd C. and Sada (Orton) White. In the 1950’s his family purchased a 28 acre farm on Dix Avenue. This is where he would raise several prize winning cattle for a 4-H project, one of which was a pure bred Holstein heifer calf that won first place, three years in a row, at the Washington County Fair.

Ray graduated from Hudson Falls High School in 1960, and would go on to spend his life working in the paper industry. He was employed by Hudson Pulp and Paper Company in Thomson from 1961 to 1979, and later at Victory Specialty Packaging in Victory Mills where he retired in 1992.

On October 2, 1965, he married Joan Wood in Gansevoort, and they enjoyed 40 years of marriage.

Ray enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren, camping, fishing, gardening, country music, western tv shows, superman and playing his accordion.

He was predeceased by his wife Joan, after 40 years of marriage, who died in 2006, a son, Gordon Clarence White, who died in 1966 several days after birth, a sister Helen Buckley Perry, who died in 1999, and a brother Charles White, who died in 2010.

Survivors include his four children, Tonia Ray and her husband, Bill of South Glens Falls; Vanessa Lemery and her husband, Dave of South Glens Falls; Albert Wallace Logan and his wife, Terri of Schuylerville, and Regina Shaw and her husband, William of Warrensburg; eleven grandchildren, Rosa Lee and Dylan Ray of South Glens Falls, Hailey and Emily Lemery of South Glens Falls, Katie Lemery Hicks of Queensbury, Christopher Lemery of Glens Falls, David Lemery II of Chicago, Katie Logan of New Jersey, Eugene “T.J.” Kelly, Permelia “Pam” Kelly Shaw, and Gordon McGowan, all of Warrensburg, five great grand-children, Jacob and Connor Hicks of Queensbury, and William, Patrick, and Carrie Jane Kelly of Warrensburg; one Brother Edward White and his wife Doris, of Florida; several nieces, nephews, cousins; his close childhood friend Chuck Willis; a close family friend Mary Altare, who always made him smile, and his close friend and neighbor Roger Corlew, who always stopped in to visit.

Ray’s family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of his care givers for the excellent care given to him during his last years of life, the EMT’s, at Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, and the wonderfully caring people at Glens Falls Hospital on 3 North, especially Belinda, who was more than just a nurse.

Friends may call from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, at the Carleton Funeral Home, Inc., 68 Main Street in Hudson Falls.

Funeral services will follow at 3 p.m. with the Reverend William Puckey, pastor of the South Glens Falls United Methodist Church, officiating.

Burial will be in the spring at Gansevoort Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, 1109 Ridge Rd, Queensbury, NY 12804 and the Warren County Meals on Wheels, C/O Warren County Treasurer, 1340 State Route 9, Lake George, New York 12845.