Castle Rock, Wash.-Former
Malta and
Glasgow
resident Raymond Lewis Wetzel, 80, an Army Veteran and retired Master
Electrician died peacefully at his home on March 13, 2009 of natural
causes.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, March 20, at Adams
Kirkwood Funeral Home, 202 S. 2nd in
Malta
,
Montana
. Interment will be in the
Malta
Cemetery
with Military Honors. A reception will be held at the VFW club on
1st Street West
following the service. Adams Kirkwood Funeral Home of Malta is in
charge of arrangements.
Ray is survived by his wife Annette Wetzel of Castle Rock, Wash., his
first wife Marilyn Wetzel of Billings, four children, two sons Greg
Wetzel, of Park City, MT, Raymond Siemers of Spokane, WA, two
daughters, Dawn Sletton and Karen Richter both of Billings, MT;
a brother Roy Wetzel of Glasgow, MT a sister, Gayla
Barbier of Idaho, and a Grandmother, Leona Pecora Hueth of Glasgow,
eight grandchildren, Rachelle Clark of Longview, WA, James Wilber and
Lee Wilber both of Roseville, CA, Darcy Richter of Billings, MT Aaron
Simmons of Missoula, MT, Megan Simmons of Billings, MT, Brooke
Kittleson of Missoula, MT, Aura Wetzel of Park City, MT and three
great grandchildren, Jordan Clark, and sister Kyleigh Cutbirth,
Andre Alexander, and various nieces and nephews.
Ray was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest & Theresa.
Ray was born on September 7, 1928, to Ernest Lynville Wetzel and
Theresa Virginia Amelia Pecora, south of
Malta
,
Montana
, near Sun Prairie. Ray attended schools in
Wagner
,
Malta
, Wheeler,
Butte
, and
Glasgow
. Ray joined the U.S. Army in 1946 and served his duty in
Korea
. He married Marilyn Dawn Smith in 1951 in
Glasgow
. They had three children, Greg Allen, Dawn Rae, and Karen
Darcy.
Ray was a Master Electrician, which included work in Antarctica,
Iran
,
Alaska
and places all over the
United States
. Ray enjoyed arts, dancing, western music, rodeos, playing the
guitar, restoring older vehicles, visiting, and just doing anything
creative with his hands.
