WALTERS, E. Raymond - (1927-2020) - E. Raymond Walters died peacefully at his home in Port Perry on June 23, 2020, in his 94th year.
He was born in his grandfather’s house on Main Street South in Uxbridge on February 26, 1927.
Between these two bookend events 16 km apart, spanned a remarkable life as full and rich as they come.
Ray was a talented artist and businessman who was happiest outdoors — camping, painting, downhill skiing, flying, fishing and playing golf. He belonged to a cohort of commercial artists, lithographers and printers in Toronto who, inspired by the Group of Seven a generation earlier, escaped the city every year to sketch and paint rural Ontario.
Ray was the son of Lloyd Walters and Mary Stephen, both of Uxbridge.
During the Second World War, Ray had wanted to join the air force but was too young. So he took a pilot training program offered by the government instead and learned how to fly.
If reincarnation existed, he once mused he would like to come back as a loon so that he could fly and fish all day long.
Ray was predeceased in 2018 by Lois, his beloved wife of nearly 66 years, and his brother Jim in 2012. He leaves behind sons Kevin, Cameron (Janice) and Christopher (Randy), and his grandson Peter (Jessica), as well a garage full of things he never threw away. Ray will also be missed by nieces and nephews and a wide circle of friends, neighbours and fellow artists.
Thanks to the compassionate care providers who helped make Ray’s last days at home as comfortable as possible. Interment to take place at Ingoldsby Pioneer Cemetery at a later date.
Charitable donations are welcome in Ray’s memory to the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto Foundation to assist youth in the arts.
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