Raymond Stough

Raymond Stough

March 13, 1918 - December 26, 2006

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Raymond W. Stough, 88, New York, NY, died December 26, 2006 at the Cabrini Medical Center in New York.

Ray Stough was born March 13, 1918, at Beach, ND, the son of Dr. Raymond W. Stough and Floy Louise (St. John) Stough. Dr. Stough died in 1920 leaving his widow and 3 children. In 1927, the family moved to Jamestown, ND where Raymond graduated from Jamestown, High School in 1936 and Jamestown College in 1940. In both schools, he was involved in football, music and drama. In college, he was an original member of the drama group, "The Prairie Players".

During WWII, he enlisted in the Merchant Marines and was primarily stationed in the Atlantic Ocean where he was a radio operator.

Raymond married Beatrice Williams in Chicago, IL and they later divorced. He then moved to New York City, NY. There Raymond was employed as a high school English teacher and was engaged in acting, appearing in off Broadway productions and television.

During several summers, he came to North Dakota and portrayed historical personalities at the Pembina Museum; Ft. Totten; Ft. Union; Anton Klaus of Jamestown and Teddy Roosevelt in the "Old Four Eyes" production at Medora, ND. He loved History, particularly that of North Dakota.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Frances Beier; brother-in-law, Arthur Beier; nephew, David Beier and niece, Patricia (Beier) Bibleheimer.

He is survived by his sister, Floy (William) McMillan of Jamestown, ND; nieces, Kathryn (Max) Dyba, Miles City, MT; Margery (James) Michael, Jamestown, ND and nephew, William K. (Theresa) McMillan of Jamestown, ND.

A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday January 13, 2007 in the Haut Funeral Chapel in Jamestown, ND with Rev. David Thompson, officiating.

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Phyllis Clemens
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My condolences to you and your family on the loss of your brother Raymond. My mother (Frances Cook) always spoke so fondly of you and all her Jamestown College acquaintances.
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Donald Lowe
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My condolences to Ray's family. I stumbled onto this quite by accident. I was his friend from 1983 until the very late 1990's when my family and I moved out of New York City to Connecticut. He was a terrific person with tremendous acting talent. Ray was very kind to me and he got me started in the city when I first came there in 1983. We took acting class together and put me up for a few months until I got my feet on the ground. I was raised in a small North Dakota town and I believe he always related to how difficult that adjustment was to make. We kept in touch for several years and I attended his performances and he attended mine. He was often a guest for Thanksgiving and other holidays at my apartment. I regret not keeping more closely in touch with him. I'm only scratching the surface of what a wonderful man Ray was. May he rest peacefully.

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