Boundary County ID Archives Obituaries.....Camp, Raymond C. May 2007
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Bonners Ferry Idaho, Thursday, May 17, 2007
Raymond C. Camp, 87
   Memorial services were held for Raymond C. Camp, 87, on May 12 at the English
Funeral Chapel in Coeur d’Alene.
   Ray was born Feb. 22, 1920 in Greenfield, Iowa, the second of seven children
born ot Lester W. and Mary E. Camp.  He was raised and educated in this rural
community and gained valuable work experience in various types of employment.
   Following his second year at Simpson College in Iowa, Ray went to San Diego,
Calif., where he worked at Consolidated Aircraft and the San Diego Fire
Department.  He served with the U.S. Army 261st Field Artillery Battalion during
WWII.
   After discharge, he returned to Iowa to farm.  In 1953 he returned to San
Diego and worked for the Department of Defense at the Miramar Naval Air Station
Fire Department, retiring as Assistant Fire Chief in 1976.  Living in Lakeside,
Calif. For many years, he and his wife then moved to Naples in 1977 and to Coeur
d’Alene in 1988.
   Ray was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a member of the Masonic Lodge,
the International Association of Firefighters and the National Association of
Retired Federal Employees.
   He received an A.S. Degree in Fire Science from San Diego City College in
1968.  He held a Life Teaching Credential in California in Fire Science subjects.
   Ray was united in marriage with Ellen G. Childs in La Jolla, Calif., on April
12, 1942.
   They became parents of two children, Lawrence D. and Linda R.  Ray is
survived by his wife, Ellen; his son Lawrence (Connie), and their children Sarah
and Lucas; one great grandchild Dean; his daughter Linda Birdsong; three
sisters, Margaret Elson and Phillis Lochspeich of San Diego, Calif., and Reva
Wood of Hayden, Idaho; and numerous nieces and nephews.  Ray was preceded in
death by his parents, brothers Dean and Max, and sisters Elizabeth and Betty.
   Internment will be in Greenfield, Iowa.  View Ray’s online memorial at
www.englishfuneralchapel.com 

   


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