Tanner, Raymond Jr.

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Birth

was born in Rensselaerville on April 12, 1925, son of the late Raymond and Lena (Wood) Tanner Sr.[1]


Marriage and Children

Mr. Tanner married Marion Waldron and they had two daughters--Linda and Nancy Tanner.[1]


Occupation

He had retired from Clifford B. Hannay & Son, Inc. where he had been a welder.[1]


Military Service

Ray was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and served as a torpedo man in the Pacific Theatre.[1]


Death

Ray passed away at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany on June 11, 2001.[1]


Burial

Interment will be in Rensselaerville Cemetery on June 14, 2001.[1]


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Obituary

RENSSELAERVILLE -- Raymond Tanner Jr., 76 years, of Rensselaerville, passed away at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany on June 11, 2001. He was born in Rensselaerville on April 12, 1925, son of the late Raymond and Lena (Wood) Tanner Sr. Ray was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and served as a torpedo man in the Pacific Theatre. He had retired from Clifford B. Hannay & Son, Inc. where he had been a welder. Being very active in the Rensselaerville community, he was a past president and member of the Rensselaerville Vol. Fire Co., a past president of the Rensselaerville Cemetery Assn. and very active in the Trinity Episcopal Church. He was a former member of the Vestry, a member of the Rensselaerville Democratic Club and Rensselaerville Sr. Citizens. His wife, the former Marion Waldron predeceased him in 1984. Surviving are his daughters, Linda Tozer and Nancy Gallo and her husband, Robert; his grandchildren, Rebecca Tozer, Pamela and Christina Gallo; his brothers Douglas and Gardiner Tanner; his sisters, Eleanor Layman and Janet Furman and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by four brothers, Charles, Roland, Niles and Robert Tanner and a sister, Bernice Waldron. Funeral service will be Thursday 10 a.m. at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Rensselaerville. Friends may call at the Cunningham Funeral Home, 4898 SR81, Greenville on Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Interment will be in Rensselaerville Cemetery. Those who desire may contribute in his memory to the Crohns Foundation or to the Trinity Episcopal Church Memorial Fund.

Published in the Albany Times Union, Capital Region Section, Page B9, 12 Jun 2001 Issue.


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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Albany Times Union, Capital Region Section, Page B9, 12 Jun 2001 Issue.