Graveside service: 11 a.m. March 28 at West Finley Cemetery Fordland. Burial will be with full military honors.
Ray Buel Friend, 94, of Rogersville, died March 23, 2016, at Ozark Nursing and Care Center in Ozark. Ray was born Aug. 22, 1921, at Toledo to Ira and Edna “Stevenson” Friend. Ray served in the U.S. Army in WWII in the South Pacific. Ray was married to Mildred Gladys Cook on Dec. 29, 1945, and she preceded him in death on May 25, 1996. Ray retired from the State of California in building maintenance dept.
Surviving is his daughter, Christine Swinney and husband Sonny of Rogersville; two sisters, Euletta Miller of Nipomo, California, and Jeneva Childress of Merced, California; three grandchildren and spouses, Frank and Becky Swinney of Halfway, John and Carmen Swinney of Springfield and Wendy and Clint George of Rogersville; seven great-grandchildren Christopher and Kyle Swinney, Jefrey Swinney, Tyson Heffley and wife Gina, Keilah Johnson and husband Kyle, Taylor Hoffman and husband Kendall and Brittney Housley; three great-great-grandchildren Chloe and Blake Heffley and Eric Johnson; several nieces and nephews; and twin sister, Fay Dollarhid.
