Alva Review-Courier -

Graveside services will be held on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at 11 a.m. at Avard Cemetery with Reverend Andrew Dossal officiating. Wharton Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.

Ellis Ray, of Woodward, Oklahoma, went home to his Savior on November 6, 2023, at the age of 82 years and 18 days. He was born, October 19, 1942, in Alva, Oklahoma, to parents John A. Raymer and Edna E. (Nordyke) Raymer.

His childhood years were spent on the Avard homestead and Burlington, Kansas, family farms, He attended Alva Schools and wor...