Obituary: Raymond E. Shorey
FARMINGTON - Raymond E. Shorey, 90, of Oquossoc, passed away peacefully in the early hours of Jan. 24, 2021. Ray was .
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Raymond E. Shorey
FARMINGTON – Raymond E. Shorey, 90, of Oquossoc, passed away peacefully in the early hours of Jan. 24, 2021. Ray was born April 30, 1930 in Hollis Center, the son of Carleton and Ruby Shorey. He was a 1949 graduate of Thornton Academy, where he boarded with the headmaster’s family for two years. In 1951 he met and married Elizabeth “Betty” Baade. In 1957, Ray and Betty settled in Scarborough where they raised their six children.
A firm believer in the value of hard work, Ray never willingly passed up a chance to earn an honest dollar. A member of Teamster Local 340, he drove a tractor-trailer for St. Johnsbury Trucking until his first “retirement” in 1985. During the 1980s, Ray and Betty owned and operated Cupsuptic Lake Campground in Rangeley, which they greatly enjoyed and where they made