Raymond Harold Gauthier

1920 - 2009  (89 years)

• Name	Raymond Harold Gauthier
  Born	15 Jun 1920	Montreal, Iron, Wisconsin, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	Ferndale, Oakland, Michigan, United States   [1]
  	Gauthier, Napoleon, age 39, born Michigan, parents born Canada French, asst. supt., wheel factory Gauthier, Olive, age 35, born Ohio Gauthier, Kenneth, age 12, born Wisconsin Gauthier, Raymond, age 9, born Wisconsin Gauthier, Elizabeth, age 4 years 1 month, born Michigan
  Census	1940	Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States   [3]
  	Gauthier, Napoleon, 49, born Michigan, treasurer, automotive parts mfg Gauthier, Olive, 45, born Ohio Gauthier, Kenneth, 22, born Wisc, salesman, business machine mfg Gauthier, Raymond, 19, born Wisc Gauthier, Betty, 14, born Mich
  Occupation	1947
  	Branch manager of life insurance company
  Died	4 Dec 2009	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States   [2]
  Obituary	7 Dec 2009	Irving, Dallas, Texas, United States   [4]
  	Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home
  	Raymond H. Gauthier Obituary 89, of Ocklawaha, Florida, retired director of distribution at the Union Carbide plant in South Charleston, West Virginia, died December 4, 2009 in Dallas, Texas while visiting family. A native of Gates Milles, Ohio, Ray was born June 15,1920 in Montreal, Wisconsin, graduated from Shaker Heights (Ohio) High School in 1938 and from the University of Michigan in 1942. He received his bachelor degree in chemical engineering and was a hurdler on the track team. Immediately upon graduation from college he joined the U.S. Army as a 2nd Lt. and was assigned to Patton's Vanguard, the 4th Armored Division of General Patton's Third Army. Mr. Gauthier landed at Omaha Beach in June, 1944 with the second wave of infantry and was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. Following the war, he joined Union Carbide and participated in the development and marketing of the insecticide 6-12, polyurethane and other products. He was assigned to the Sea Drift, Texas plant for several years before returning to South Charleston as director of distribution. He was a former resident of Victoria, Texas. After retiring from Union Carbide in 1978, he served one year as County Administrator of Kanawha County, West Virginia. He and his wife, Frances, retired to Lake Weir in Ocklawaha, Florida in 1979, where he was active in the Chamber of Commerce and the Ocklawaha Volunteer Fire Department. He was a director of Goodwill Industries, a member of the Kanawha County Subcommittee on Transportation and was active in Kiwanis Club. He was predeceased by his parents Napoleon and Olive (Reeves) Gauthier, brother Kenneth, whose plane was lost over France during WWII, a sister Elizabeth Vanek, and an infant daughter, Diane Rae. Ray is survived by his wife, the former Frances Myers, three daughters, Barbara Darden and her husband, Kenneth, of Dallas, Texas, Connie Chabot and her husband, Leo, of North Andover, Massachusetts, Jane Fyffe and her husband, Jack, of Colleyville, Texas, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Burial will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 11, 2009 in the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery with a memorial service to follow in Belleview, Florida.
  Name	Raymond Gauthier  [1]
  Name	Raymond J. Gauthier
  _UID	49C913324A6640AC8D373AB5A7361A922F23
  Buried	11 Dec 2009	Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
  	Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery
  Person ID	I4874	Gauthier Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Napoleon Ebel Gauthier,   b. 4 Aug 1890, Nadeau, Menominee, Michigan, United States ,   d. 3 May 1952, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Olive Marie Reeves,   b. 30 Dec 1894, Shade, Athens, Ohio, United States ,   d. 22 Feb 1985, Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States  (Age 90 years)
  Married	8 Jun 1916	Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States   [5]
  Marriage Ceremony	8 Jun 1916	Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States   [6]
  	Ceremony took place at St. Rose's Church.
  Family ID	F2027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S110] 1930 - US Census - Michigan - Ancestry, Michigan, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T626, roll 1016, Ferndale, Oakland County, enumeration district (ED) 21, p. 12A, dwelling 232, family 327, Napoleon Gauthier, accessed 7 Jan 2012 (Reliability: 4), 7 Jan 2012. [S124] Social Security Death Index, Social Security Administration, (\i Ancestry.com\i0 ), entry for Raymond Harold Gauthier, 4 Dec 2009, SS no. 277-16-7679, accessed 12 Jul 2020 (Reliability: 3). [S309] 1940 - US Census - Ohio - Ancestry, Ohio, (ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), T627, roll T627_3058, Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, enumeration district (ED) 18-289, sheet 61B, household 256, Napoleon Gauthier, accessed 27 Jul 2012 (Reliability: 3), 27 Jul 2012. [S581] Legacy.com - Obituaries, (\i Legacy.com\i0 . www.legacy.com : 2020.), (www.legacy.com : accessed 1 Aug 2020); 7 Dec 2009 - Obituary for Raymond H. Gauthier; Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home, Irving, Texas. (Reliability: 3). [S243] Ohio, County Marriages, 1790-1950, Ohio Vital Records, ((familysearch.org)), accessed 7 Jan 2012), 1916 - Marriage - Napoleon E. Gauthier & Olive Marie Reeves; FamilySearch - FHL #901422; ref nbr 9385; page 348. (Reliability: 4), 7 Jan 2012. [S561] Seymour, Carmen Laurer, Carmen Laurer Seymour, p. Napoleon Gauthier and Olive (Reliability: 3).