Thread: Ray

If you guys don't mind I will call Laurie or Danielle or Will in the morning and find out where the funeral home is and call them and get the name of a florist. Or maybe Laurie can give me the name of a florist and I will have them delivered to the funeral home. I will charge it to my credit card then you guys can donate whatever you wish to my paypal account. When the amount gets larger than what was spent on the flowers I will donate the excess to the memorial that Ray set up with Hospice. I also will deduct from the cost of the flowers my donation for the cause. I will keep all informed of the monies involved. I will also donate directly to Hospice and not use the ticket thing that Ray set up.
I know that Ray wanted the money to go to Hospice as my Mother did when she passed away but a small token of appreciation as in flowers is always welcome. I will sign the card "from the guys at StraightRazorPlace.Com Thanks Ray We Will Miss You" if that is OK.
If anyone has any other ideas please let me know.

Even though we all knew this was coming, it has truly saddened me.

And Bill Watkins... you are a bonified class act...

Sounds great Bill. Post your PayPal or PM me (and others I guess) with it.

Thanks Bill. Sounds like a plan. PM me your Paypal info.

Originally Posted by str8razor

If you guys don't mind I will call Laurie or Danielle or Will in the morning and find out where the funeral home is and call them and get the name of a florist. Or maybe Laurie can give me the name of a florist and I will have them delivered to the funeral home. I will charge it to my credit card then you guys can donate whatever you wish to my paypal account. When the amount gets larger than what was spent on the flowers I will donate the excess to the memorial that Ray set up with Hospice. I also will deduct from the cost of the flowers my donation for the cause. I will keep all informed of the monies involved. I will also donate directly to Hospice and not use the ticket thing that Ray set up.

Thanks for taking the lead Bill. Not sure if you're going to post your paypal addi or send PMs to everyone who responds. Which ever works best for you is okay with me.

I just talked to Danielle. They are not going to have a funeral as such. In a couple of weeks whenever Laurie feels like it they are going to have a celebration in memory of their Father Ray. It is supposed to be a happy event, you know as happy as this can get, and not a sad one. This is one of Rays wishes. Danielle is going to email me her Mothers address and an address of a local florist and then I will order the flowers and have them sent to her Mothers address. I will also talk to Laurie, if she feels like it, and express our sympathies and tell her how much we will miss Ray. Danielle said that Laurie has only talked to family because she is really upset about the death of Ray. I was thinking about doing a flower arrangement that may run around $100 is that OK with everyone. Any thoughts would be apprecitated. I think that I will just post my PayPal ID and let you guys donate and when I get enough money to cover the flowers I will post again stating that I have enough. Any excess will be donated directly to Hospice and not thru the ticket thing that Ray set up. This ticket thing will have to be a personal thing because there will be a drawing for a very nice gift pack which you can see on ClassicShaving.com web site.

OK here we go........I just received the email from Danielle Dupont, Rays daughter, with her Mothers address and the name and address of the local florist. I called the florist and told them the ten word version about Ray and us, the StraightRazorPlace guys. I then asked them to fix up something real nice in the $100 range and the lady that I was talking to said that they would make me proud. The flowers will be delivered to Rays wife Laurie tomorrow. I put on the card "From the Guys at StriaghtRazorPLace.com, Thanks Ray we will miss you".
I then called Danielle and told her about the flowers. We talked for a bit and she wanted to thank all of you for doing this and that it really means a lot to them. They are also so impressed that most of the dealers they did business with are making one of a kind memorium items in memory of Ray. Especially Thiers-Issard, they are making a special razor in his memory which will be with the gift package that will be picked in six months with the tickets that are sold for Hospice donations. When I called this morning and just a little while ago I could tell that she was getting a little choked up about what we are doing for her Dad. She also said that sometime maybe in two weeks or more that they are going to have a "Celebration of Life" party for Ray in a restaurant which was one of Rays wishes. Danielle has printed all of the things that you guys have said in memory of Ray and is putting them on a parchment paper and is going to read them at the party. She is going to publish this date on SRP.com so that if anyone wants to come they can.

OK here are the numbers. The flowers are costing $117.75. I put this on my credit card. I am going to donate $10.00 for the flowers and then will donate some more money to Hospice thru the Hospice tickets on ClassicShaving.com.
You guys can donate whatever you want for the flowers either thru PayPal or if you don't do PayPal you can mail me a check. I will keep track of the money and send everything over $107.75 to Hospice. when I have received enough money to cover for the flowers I will post this fact. I will mail Hospice a check with an explanation that it is from a group and don't want a receipt because if I do it online they will send me a tax deductible receipt of which I am not entitled to because it is not my money. I guess that each one of you can deduct the money however you see fit.

My PayPal email address is: bill.watkins@sbcglobal.net
My address is: Bill Watkins; 1429 S. Johnstone; Bartlesville, OK 74003
Make the checks payable to me.

If anyone is mailing me a check please email me and let me know that it is coming and also with the amount so that I can wait on it before sending out any money.

Thanks,

Thanks Bill.
PayPal on the way..... every bit helps and it is for a great guy.
Thanks for making it possible for us to contribute, through you.
Larry

Bill, thanks for handling this. You have my respect for what you are doing here. I am sure Ray's family will appreciate your effort as well.