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He was in the school band and later in life made extra money giving violin and trumpet lessons I think. He would also paint portraits to make extra money. The pic of him below doing the paper mache sculptures is from when he was an art teacher at Junction City High School, Oregon. He also taught at a school here in the San Diego area for a while. He was born about 5 minutes from my house in what is now Santee Ca. on Magnolia Avenue, and then later moved to the Indio Ca. area where his mother (Louella Osborne) I think had a photography studio. His older brother Donald Peat was a Nuclear engineer and was in the Navy in the1950's and was famous for the design of the post accident monitoring system after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in 1979. and I believe Donald and his wife Marlene had an engineering business locally here in Poway for years. Donald died at age 81 and is buried here in a military cemetery in San Diego as a Korean War USN vet. His gravestone reads "I tried to do my best"
With all the unselfish help Ray always readily provided to the multitude of others suffering from health conditions, desperately seeking advice, it is obvious that Ray also "Tried to do his best" and God bless him for that. A life well lived. In his wake, he leaves the legacy of the many grateful people he inspired to seek scientific truth, who will always remember him fondly.
His teachings laid a foundation for each of you. Helping others never goes out of fashion. That torch has now, sadly been passed on, what each of you build on that foundation which Ray laid down, will hopefully be astounding in it's depth of knowledge and serve to exponentially help many others whose lives you have yet to touch. Just as Ray touched yours..............................
Try to do your best
