Obit of Raymond, Elam Jewett - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri     21 Aug 2005
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Surnames: RAYMOND, BARNES, EVANS, REICH,MCWILLIAMS

Elam Jewett Raymond


from 2-2-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Elam Jewett Raymond, 84, former Mayor of Dewey and retired owner/operator 
of Dewey Dime and Dollar Store, died on Friday morning at his family residence in Dewey.

Funeral services for Mr. Raymond will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday in 
the Arnold Moore-Dewey Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Eddie J. Barnes will 
be the officiant. Private family final rites will be directed by The 
Arnold Moore-Dewey Funeral Home.

A memorial in remembrance of Mr. Raymond has been established with the 
Washington Co. SPCA. Friends who care to remember him in this way, may 
forward their gifts to Washington Co. SPCA, PO Box 522, Bartlesville, OK 
74005.

A native of Nowata, Okla., Elam Jewett Raymond was born on September 15, 
1918. He was the son of the late Elam Jewett Raymond, Jr. and Lillian 
(Evans) Raymond. He was reared and received his education in the Nowata 
community and was graduated with the Senior Class of 1935 from the Nowata 
High School. He continued his education and was a student at the 
University of Tulsa prior to attending the Oklahoma A. & M. College at 
Stillwater and earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business 
Administration in 1940 from Oklahoma A. & M. He was a member of the Sigma 
Chi Fraternity. He and the former Miss Imogene Reich were married in 
Miami, Okla. on June 15, 1941 and they made their first home in San 
Francisco, Calif. He was employed for Butler Brothers Wholesale prior to 
Bruce Griffin Corp. in Management. In 1953, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond moved to 
Dewey, Okla. and owned and operated the Dewey Dime and Dollar Store from 
1954-1972 during which time, Mr. Raymond served on the Dewey City Council 
and was elected as Mayor of the City of Dewey. He worked for Community 
Action as Director and he also worked in Nowata for Bill Brown in 
apartment management. Mr. Raymond was retired in 1982 and since that time 
has continued living in Dewey in retirement. Mr. Raymond attended the 
Dewey, United Methodist Church.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Imogene (Reich) Raymond, of the home in 
Dewey; one son, Elam Jewett Raymond, Beggs, Okla. and one daughter, Mrs. 
Wade (Joel Ruth) (Raymond) McWilliams, Tulsa, Okla.; five grandchildren, 
Carrie Catherine Raymond, Joan Denise Raymond, Elam Jewett (Jack) Raymond, 
Ashleigh Joel McWilliams and Wade J. McWilliams and two great-
grandchildren as well as one brother, Donald E. Raymond and his wife 
Mildred, Kansas City, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his father and 
mother.
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