Ray Earl Prentice

Ray Earl Prentice, 78, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Saturday, November 15, 2008 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, November 20, 2008 at the Grape Drive Chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Bishop Rod Redford conducting. Interment with military honors will follow at Pioneer Memorial Gardens. Family will greet friends at the funeral home on Wednesday evening, November 19th from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and at the church on Thursday from noon until 12:45 p.m. Ray was born August 15, 1930 in Jerome, Idaho, son of the late George Albert and Lila (Ostler) Prentice. He was raised in the Jerome area and attended a one room schoolhouse there prior to graduating from Jerome High School in 1950. He was married to Elsie R. Johnstun on November 16, 1951 in Ogden, Utah. They lived in the Moses Lake area for a short time and then moved to Seattle where Ray attended the Marcus Mayer School of Watchmaking. After completing his college they returned to Moses Lake to live and farm for several years. They then moved to Ogden where Ray worked as a watch repairman until 1971 when they returned to Moses Lake. He continued to work as a watch repairman for a couple of years until retiring due to poor eyesight. He then began working as a ditchrider for the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District until retiring in 1996. Ray loved Scuba Diving in earlier years, fishing and boating. He dearly loved his family and especially enjoyed time spent with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Elsie at the family home; five children and spouses, Cheryl and Gerald Price, Kennewick, Carol and John Surratt, Moses Lake, Marvin and Karen Prentice, LaConner, WA, Ginger Brumet, Moses Lake, Madeline Prentice, Lake Stevens, WA; three sisters and spouses, Alice and Tom Adams, Phoenix, AZ, Elva Park, Twin Falls, ID, Freda and Roy Ursenbach, Twin Falls, ID; one brother and spouse, Don and LuDean Prentice, Ruff, WA; twelve grandchildren and twentysix great grandchildren. Ray was preceded in death by his parents and one son, Russell Prentice in 1986.

Ray Earl Prentice

August 15, 1930 - November 15, 2008