Obit: Pashalian, Raymond C. Jr. (1947 - 2008)

Poster: Robert Lipprandt

Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Blasel, Drager, Hackbarth, Kestler, Liddle, Pashalian, Salzgeber, Schafer

----Source: The Star News (Medford, Taylor Co., WI) Thursday, September 25, 2008, Online Edition

Pashalian, Raymond C. Jr. (July 6, 1947 - September 15, 2008)

Raymond C. Pashalian Jr. of Brookfield, Wis., passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Sept. 15, 2008 at age 61.

Visitation was held Friday, Sept. 19 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Church and Chapel Funeral Home of New Berlin, Wis. Service was at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20. He was laid to rest at Wisconsin Memorial Cemetery.

Ray is survived by his wife and best friend of 25+ years, Clarice (Drager). Also his best friends, Smokey and Monty. Other survivors in this area are, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Larry Drager of Medford, Allen Drager of Duluth, Susan (Tom) Blasel, Loretta (Wayne) Salzgeber, Sandy Drager, all of Medford, Naomi (David) Kestler of Westboro, Barbara Schafer of Eau Claire and Debra (Bill) Liddle of Green Bay. Also, many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, many friends and customers.

Ray was owner of Tobacco World Ltd. in Greenfield for 25 years. He was a member of Tobacconist's Association of America, Retail Tobacco Dealers of America and Cigar Store Alliance of Wisconsin. He was also known for his great love of reading and movies. Ray always wanted to parachute jump, which he did at the age of 58.

Ray was preceded in death by his parents, both sets of grandparents, Uncle Stan, stepson Kevin Hackbarth, his wife's parents, and brother-in-law, Jacob Drager.

*** Note: Birth day and month were extracted from the social security death index.