Obit of Witten, Ray Everett - Cimarron County, Oklahoma

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::Boise City Cemetery--Boise City OK

Ray Everett Witten

BOISE CITY, Okla. - Ray Everett Witten, 63, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 
1998.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Boise City School 
Auditorium with John Henley and Glen Walton officiating. Burial will 
be in Boise City Cemetery by Cimarron Mortuary.

Mr. Witten was born and raised in Boise City. He attended two years 
of high school in New Mexico then his family returned to Boise City 
after his graduation in 1953. He was an Army veteran and worked in 
the oil fields for four years. 

In 1958, Mr. Witten returned to Boise City where he farmed and taught 
himself to weld and to be a machinist, mechanic, engineer and 
technician. He founded Witten Welding, which moved to its present 
location in 1978.

Mr. Witten was a lifelong resident of the Boise City Church of Christ 
where he served as deacon, Sunday school teacher, and church 
treasurer. He was instrumental in organizing and managing the Black 
Mesa Bible Camp for children in 1966. He served as board member and 
treasurer.

In 1977, Mr. Witten earned his private pilot's license. He also was a 
self-taught musician.

He married Sandra Pruitt in 1956 at Farmington, N.M.

Survivors include his wife; four children, Michael Ray Witten of 
Boise City, David Kent Witten and Julie Ann Witten Truitt, both of 
Detroit, and Laura Sue Witten Griffith of Oklahoma City; two 
brothers, Bill Witten of Boise City and Dewayne Witten of Houston; a 
sister, Delaine Witten Meier of Okeene; and seven grandchildren.

The family suggests in lieu of flowers, memorials be to Black Mesa 
Bible Camp or funds established at Keyes and Boise City banks to help 
family with expenses. The memorials may be left in care of the 
Cimarron Mortuary, Box 277, Boise City, OK 73933.

Amarillo Globe  News 20 Nov 1998
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