{"id":459,"date":"2013-10-28T14:45:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T19:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/?p=459"},"modified":"2013-10-28T14:45:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T19:45:37","slug":"raymond-davis-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/2013\/10\/28\/raymond-davis-60\/","title":{"rendered":"Raymond Davis ’60"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ray<\/a>Raymond E. Davis passed away suddenly at his home in East Falmouth on June 13, 2013.\u00a0 Ray was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 11, 1941, but spent most of his formative years growing up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.\u00a0 He graduated from Hastings High School, The Williston School, The LaGuardia Academy of Aeronautics, and received his degree in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.<\/p>\n

Ray soon became a project engineer at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, CT, a time highlighted by meeting the love of his life, Linda, whom he married in 1968.\u00a0 Ray was transferred to Santa Ana, CA, where he was one of the first to work on terrain-following helicopter radar guidance used during the Vietnam war.\u00a0 He was also deeply involved in the design and testing of helicopter sea rescue technology.<\/p>\n

After returning to New England, he and Linda moved to Falmouth where for a few years he worked in the home construction business and built his own home on Green Harbor Road.\u00a0 He returned to engineering at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute where he worked on the French American Midocean Undersea (FAMOUS) Project.<\/p>\n

Ray later moved to the United States Geological Survey where he worked until his retirement in 2010.\u00a0 Among many other accomplishments, Ray designed and built seafloor seismic detection systems, hydrophones, and a specialized undersea rock drill.<\/p>\n

From very early on Ray was fascinated with aircraft.\u00a0 He was a model builder extraordinaire and became nationally known for his radio controlled jets in competitions and shows all over New England.\u00a0 His best known model of a Grumman F6F Hellcat will be on permanent display in the USS Intrepid museum in New York City.\u00a0 Ray was past president of the Otis Model Aero Club where he not only involved himself with all the club\u2019s activities but also found a second calling in mentoring young people interested in radio controlled aircraft.<\/p>\n

Ray was unusually skilled and talented with his hands and also had an active and engaging mind.\u00a0 He loved talking politics, sports, especially the Bruins, and everything concerning his wonderful family.\u00a0 He was an Eagle scout, enjoyed boating, he loved fixing just about anything, and was an accomplished golfer.<\/p>\n

Ray is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Linda, his son, Gregory and wife Zondra, his daughter Lisa and fianc\u00e9 Simon, his mother, Arliss, his brothers Franklin and Brian, nieces, and countless friends.<\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Falmouth Service Center or the Falmouth Military Support Group would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Raymond E. Davis passed away suddenly at his home in East Falmouth on June 13, 2013.\u00a0 Ray was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 11, 1941, but spent most of his formative years growing up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.\u00a0 He graduated from Hastings High School, The Williston School, The LaGuardia Academy of Aeronautics, and received … Continue reading Raymond Davis ’60<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[360,143,63],"class_list":["post-459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1960s","tag-class-of-1960","tag-raymond-davis","tag-williston-academy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/obituaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}