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This page was created for Ragene Farris in honor of his 80th birthday by his son Frank Farris. Although the rest of this page is written in the first person, as if by the honoree himself, we are sad to report that Ray Farris died on July 14, 2002. A brief obituary is posted in PDF format. |
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| All of our grandchildren, in 1990. |
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"Circling the wagons" in the desert with brother Lee Farris and family. |
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My father on a boat tour of San Diego Harbor, with my sister Betty Lou and her husband Robert. |
| The four kids in Sunday best. |
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| A holiday dinner, with my mother and Uncle George. |
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My mother, my daughter Patty, and first grandchild, Kristin. |
For more family pictures, especially of Marjorie's side of the family, see Frank's site of Ancestors and family.
When we moved from our ranchero, near my mother's home in Escondido, to a smaller place, I came upon some boxes of photos and letters from World War II. A book based on my war experiences, emphasizing the role of music in redeeming and transforming a horrific time, is nearing completion. Some of the photos can be seen at my web site, Rally The Pack . Below is one of the few pictures where I was in front of the camera. That's me on the right, with my pal Monte Beeson.
There's a complete web site maintained by Pete Branton for my Army Division, The Timberwolves.
In October, 1998 I was invited to appear on a panel of survivors and witnesses at a conference held at Mittelbau-Dora, a concentration camp liberated by our division. My account of this trip may appear soon in the Timberwolf Howl.
After the war, I returned to graduate school at UCLA, where I completed an Ed.D. in music education. For most of my career I worked with the Covina-Valley Unified School District in curriculum development.
In 1947, I began to build a cabin at Huntington Lake. This has become the center of our family activity; there have been family members there every summer since that first one. Here's a picture of one traditional family activity -- music.
