Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....PRAGER, RAY E. June 13, 2010
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News Star World - June 20, 2010
REVEREND RAY E. PRAGER

Callahan-Edfast Mortuary

Grand Junction, CO

Ray Prager died Sunday at the age of 85. He lived his life as an example of 
service to others, and touched countless people with kindness, understanding, 
and non-judgmental Christian faith. He was born in Pittsburgh. In 1943 he 
joined the Army Air Corps which moved him to the Southern U.S. He married 
Audrey Bertile Irby and they had a daughter, Donna. His life changed when 
death took his young bride and he changed his focus to the ministry, nurturing 
others as they struggled with the difficulties that life can present. He 
earned a B.A. and Bachelor of Divinity, and became interested in helping 
people in their time of greatest need, when they were ill or in crisis in the 
hospital. He worked as hospital chaplain in Baton Rouge, LA, Montgomery, AL, 
and Alexandria, LA. He was well respected in his profession, offering 
counseling to fellow ministers and chaplains and developing life-long 
friendships in the process. He was pastor at several churches in Louisiana, 
including Faith Baptist Church in Monroe. He was not the stereotype of the 
judgmental Southern Baptist preacher, instead accepting all beliefs as valid 
in the sight of God, and seeing good in every person. He renewed his own 
spirit in the outdoors: hunting, fishing, hiking, backpacking, and seeing 
beauty in a raindrop. He retired to Colorado to follow his family to the 
mountains he loved. He raised a loving family who has continued the tradition 
of service to others through 3 generations. He leaves a legacy of love and 
caring to his wife, Mary, his daughter Donna Wilson and Elizabeth (Libby) 
McNeill and son Karl and their families, counting 6 grandchildren and 12 great-
grandchildren. A memorial service to honor his life was held Friday, June 18 
at 11:00 in Colorado. 

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