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In Memoriam
Melrose High School
Class of 1976

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Letterie Raymond A "Ray" Letterie
Age
Birth
Death
Interred
Cause
61
June 12, 1957
October 22, 2018


Parents: Louis Letterie & Ella Laurano
When Raymond Letterie was born on June 12, 1957, his father, Louis, was 30 and his mother, Ella, was 28. He had one brother and two sisters. He died in October 2018 at the age of 61.
Birth Place:
Lowell, MA
Death Place:
Danvers, MA




 
Spouse:  Laurie MacDonald
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58 Sears Avenue
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Obituary

Raymond A. "Ray" Letterie, of Melrose, died at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers after a lengthy illness on Oct. 22, 2018 at the age of 61.

Ray was born in Lowell, raised in Melrose and a graduate of Melrose High School, Class of 1976. He resided in Melrose for most of his life and worked as a Manager of Cushing Manor Nursing Home in Dorchester for many years. Ray loved to work as he called it "play in the yard", gardening and working on his 1969 Ford Mach1 that he had for over 30 years. He enjoyed spending time at the family home in Hull, MA and also walking his grandson Logan to school and socializing with the other parents.

Ray was the husband of Laurie (MacDonald) Letterie of Melrose for 30 years. Loving father of Ashley E. Bailey & her husband Shayne of Melrose & Matthew R. Letterie of Melrose. Cherished grandfather of Logan & Mackenna. Brother of Ernest Letterie of VA and Gloria Hernon of Methuen. Also survived by aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews & friends.

Visiting hours will be held at the Gately Funeral Home, 79 W. Foster St., Melrose on Friday, Oct. 26th from 8:30-10:30AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in Most Blessed Sacrament Church, 1155 Main St., Wakefield at 11AM. Relatives & friends respectfully invited to attend. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Kaplan Family Hospice House, 78 Liberty St., Danvers, MA 01923.

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