Ray Kenneth Rossenborg

Funeral Services were held July 30, 2024, in Lovell, Wyo., for Ray Kenneth Rossenborg, who passed away JUly 23, 2023, at his home in Byron, Wyo. Interment followed at the Lovell Cemetery.

Ray was born Dec. 22, 1930, in the township of Loam, N.D., to Michael Torger Rossenborg and Johanna Cora Jorgenson. Ray joined the army in 1951. After completing basic training, he was assigned to SAC (Strategic Air Command) in France and did a twoyear term. Before joining the Army, he worked for Boeing and worked on the first B-52 bomber. Ray married Patricia Agnes Beaudoin on Oct. 28, 1954, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Walhalla, N.D. They were married for 68 years. They started their life in Seattle where their three children were born. From there, they moved to the family farm in N.D. In 1970 Ray started working on power line construction, which took them all over the western United States. In 1979 they settled in Byron, Wyo.; it became their home base.

Ray loved camping, fishing, and hunting in the Wyoming outdoors with his wife, Pat. Ray especially enjoyed elk hunting. Some of his favorite memories were his fishing and moose hunting trips in Alaska with his son, Darcy. In his retirement, he enjoyed working in the garden and yard. Ray was preceded in death by his parents, Michael and Johanna; siblings: Marie, Ina, Florence, Stanley, Lenore, Helen, Ernest, Grant; his wife, Pat; and son Monty. Ray is survived by his children: Darcy of Langdon, N.D., and Vicki (David) Hammond of Cowley, Wyo.; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.