Raymond Bingham 1913 ~ 2011
Raymond Bingham died early March 6, 2011 at the Legacy Village in Taylorsville, Utah. Ray was born on Indian Bench to Acel Calvin Bingham & Grace Eudora Casper on August 16, 1913. He married Alice Runsted and they had five children, Lorna Rae (Rolf Petersen), Alice Ielene (Clyde Rydalch), Jack Raymond (Helen Fitz) and Robert (Suzie Green). Ray was a veteran of World War II and served most of the war in the South Pacific. His wife, Alice died in 1965 and he later married Dorothy Fern Jones (formally Warden) on July 16, 1970. Dorothy brought with her seven children, Sherry Ambrose (Rick), Krista Kanenwisher (Ken), Winston Jones (Leora Tingey), Jennell Colvalt (Norm), Jenniffer Walton (Don), Peter M. Jones (Suzanne Nicholes) and William Raymond Jones (Barbara Boyack). Ray and Fern have 44 grandchildren, 64 great-grand-children and seven great-great-grandchildren. Ray's surviving siblings are Loke, Dick and Acel Bingham. Ray's Alzheimer's decline took him back to Indian Bench. His last thoughts were of his boyhood years spent on Indian Bench with his brothers and sisters (8 boys & 3 girls) and the parents he adored. Ray taught us how to bear our burdens lightly. A family viewing will be held on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 12 noon at Goff Mortuary, 8090 S. State St., Midvale, Utah. Graveside services will follow at the Bluffdale City Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. www.goffmortuary.com