Ray G. Harper 1932-2010

[Miss Marty]

Ride with Ray

http://www.timeshare-users-group.com/tugdb/fl/ray/NEWRIDING.html

Obituary
The Register (Yarmouthport, MA)
Date: June 10, 2010

BARNSTABLE

Ray Grant Harper, most recently of Centerville, passed away June 3, 2010, at the age of 77.

Ray devoted his life to the field of education. He retired from Bridgewater State College in 1996.

His favorite pastimes were traveling with his wife Darlene, spending time with his children and grandchildren and researching the timeshare industry.

Besides his loving wife Darlene, Ray is survived by
two brothers, Roy Harper and Joey Harper, both of Iowa; two daughters, Robin Pilla and her husband Mike of Middleborough, Dawn Murphy and her husband Joe of St. Cloud, Fla.; two sons, Steve Harper and his wife Jane of Urbandale, Iowa, Troy Harper and his wife Jeanne of Blaine, Minn. Ray was also blessed with 14 grandchildren, Alex, Jason and Courtney Burkett, Shelley Eldredge, Mary and Joey Murphy, Nick, Chris and Matt Pilla, Lauren and Jack Harper, Brendan, Daniel and Erin Harper; and one great-grandson, Ronin Burkett.

There was a private ceremony June 4 in Hyannis.

Online condolences would be welcomed,
please visit doanebealameshyannis.com.
Memorial donations can be made in Ray's memory to the Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington DC 20090-6011, or www. alz.org.

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[Jaybee]

I didn't know that Ray had passed away. I was wondering recently why I hadn't seen anything from him for so long. I guess this answers my question.
I am so sorry. He was sort of a hero, along with Darlene, traveling all over the country and making the best use of their timeshares.
Rest in peace, Ray, and thanks for all the good help and advice.

 

[Pat H]

Thanks, Marti, for taking the time to research Ray. He was such a nice gentleman. I don't think I ever saw him post a harsh word or be unkind to anyone. He hadn't posted in a long time and he was missed.

 

[ricoba]

My condolences to his family.

I have not been around long enough to remember much of his posting, but I do remember reading about his almost full time life living in timeshares.

Thank you for sharing this info.

 

[3kids4me]

RIP Ray. You will be missed.

http://www.timeshare-users-group.com/tugdb/fl/ray/NEWRIDING.html

 

[#1 Cowboys Fan]

Ray was my TUG HERO

Pat

 

[DebBrown]

Thanks for sharing this with us. Ray will be missed by all of us who enjoyed reading about his and Darlene's exploits and living a vicarious timeshare life through them.

Deb

 

[bigrick]

Thanks for the news about Ray. I too was wondering why he hadn't posted in a long while.

I was thinking a while back that I should contact him to get a fresh update on that full time timeshare living. Now I have to scour TUG.

 

[TUGBrian]

Very sad to hear

 

[Janette]

Ray really knew how to get the most out of timesharing. RIP, Ray.

 

[Dori]

We had the pleasure of meeting with Ray and Darlene every year when we travelled to Florida. What a lovely couple! They would entertain us with stories of their worldwide travels, and offer us valuable tips on timesharing. Ray, RIP. My condolences go out to Darlene and family.

Dori

 

[bigrick]

I was going to ask Brian to put together Ray's tips but then I rescanned the posts here and found this already done.

Right there in the OP! Click the TUG link under the bolded Ride with Ray.

I like having an idea and then finding out the work's already done. All I have to do is take advantage of Steve's fine work.

 

[ronandjoan]

We got the idea from him

So sorry to hear about Ray's passing. We are full time timesharing because of reading about his experiences and being inspired. I didn;t know he was a teacher too.

Thanks for sharing this for all of us.

 

[pwrshift]

I read of his TS trips years ago and was amazed for hours reading his summaries on exchanging for extended holidays. Will miss Ray.

Brian