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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Ray J. Goldammer
Age: 91
City: Marengo
Funeral Home
Kloster Funeral Home
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Ray J. Goldammer
Ray J. Goldammer
Marengo
Ray J. Goldammer, 91, of Marengo, passed away Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, at Rose Haven Nursing Home, Marengo, where he had been a resident for three years. Funeral service: 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, with the Rev. Diane Vorhies officiating. Visitation: 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m., at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. Interment will be in the Marengo Cemetery, Marengo. Memorials may be contributed to Essence of Life Hospice or the Dementia Research Foundation. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Ray is survived by his daughters, Jeanette (Roger) Meek, of Beloit, Kan., and Donna Hawkins, of Holts Summit, Mo.; grandchildren, Tonya (Joseph) Stone, of Jamestown, Mo., Robert (Amanda) Hawkins, of Holts Summit, Mo., Nick (Veronica) Meek, of Omaha, Neb., Chad (Tonya) Meek, of Leraysville, Pa., Bret Meek, of Gatesville, Texas, Cory (Becky) Meek, of Winfield, Kan., and Kayla Meek, of Concordia, Kan.; 14 great-grandchildren, Shelby (Blake) Daro, Brooke Stone, Audrey Hawkins, Bryan Hawkins, Lucas Dunafon, Andrew Meek, Miranda (Josh) McMicken, Jesse Meek, Bryanna (Tevin) Kohler, Shyanne (Dalton) Kastrup, Maria Davis, Sapphire Davis, Sebastian Rortina and Lily Meek; five great-great-grandchildren, Annabelle, Noah and Paityn McMicken, and Sutton and Easton Kastrup; a sister, Della Ott, of Russellville, Mo.; and several nieces and nephews. Ray had special visitors while he was a resident of Rose Haven, his niece Mary Ann Goldammer and Joe Loftus. He was preceded in death by his wife of 71 years, Mary; his parents, Otto and Josephine Goldammer; and his siblings, Herbert, David, Roy, Alfred, Hugo, Otto, Irvin, Viola, Regina and Martha.
Online condolences may be left at www.klosterfuneralhome.com.

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