Wasco-Washington-Yamhill County OR Archives Obituaries.....Pridie, John Raymond "Ray" November 5, 2003
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The Dalles Chronicle, November 7, 2003
    John Raymond “Ray” Pridie, 71, a resident of The Dalles, died Wednesday, 
Nov. 5, 2003 at a Hillsboro hospital following a three-year battle with 
pancreatic cancer.
     He was born Feb. 16, 1932 in Quesnel, B. C. to John and Mildred (Moore) 
Pridie. 
     He came to Oregon as a young man, and married Shirley May Wood in 
Newberg, in July, 1950. They made their home in The Dalles from the early 
1960s until her death last December. 
     He was a professional musician, and had backed such country music 
luminaries as Ray Price, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson and others on guitar. He 
later played most of the venues in the mid-Columbia area as a part-time job 
while working for several auto dealerships as a vehicle transporter. He had 
owned and operated several used merchandise outlets, the last being “Trader 
Slim’s” in the Westgate Shopping Center. 
     Survivors include his mother, Mildred Roper of Blaine, Wash.; daughters 
Karon Sprouse of The Dalles, Kathy and her husband Billy Schafer of Cornelius, 
and Kitty Pridie of Wittman, Ariz.; son and daughter-in-law Keith and Cathy 
Pridie of Queens Creek, Ariz. Also surviving are half-brothers Dennis and 
Joel, half-sisters Peggy and Jeannie and a sister Phyllis, and his 
grandchildren James Sprouse of Guam, Jonathan and his wife Jennifer Pridie, 
and Jason Pridie of Fort Myers, Fla.
     Celebration of life services will be held on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003 at 1:30 
p.m. at The Dalles Christian Center, 3219 West 10th St., with Pastor John 
Rickards presiding. Arrangements are by Columbia Cremation & Burial.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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