Ray Wilmont Knudson was born May 11, 1903 near Wolverton, Minnesota at the home of his mother's parents. His early childhood was spent on a farm in northern Minnesota.
School was important for him so after rural schools, he attended Agriculture Schools in Crookston and Morris. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in Forestry in March 1928. He and Ruby often alternated working and helping the other in college. During summers, he worked helping harvest grain, or on any available jobs, and later as a forest service attendant on towers in the west.
After graduation, he worked as a forester in Canada and on various project in Oregon, Colorado and Michigan. In 1932, he started working for the Forest Service at a CC camp in Park Falls, Wisconsin. Then in 1933, he was appointed as one of the first forest rangers in Missouri and was stationed in Salem. His area covered Iron County, so he went there to meet the county officials and encourage interest and cooperation in his work.
The county superintendent of schools, Lillian Allers, was one whom he met that day. He often said that was the day he met his fate, for they were married September 15, 1934.
Ray was transferred to Rolla and then to the St. Louis office of the U.S. Forest Service to be in charge of land purchasing. Next he was sent to Park Falls, Wisconsin for five years, to Escanaba, Michigan for ten years, and then to Athens, Ohio as a ranger until he retired on December 31, 1965. There Ray and his son Glen built the house Ray and Lillian moved into on retirement.
Ray and Lillian drove to Alaska in the summer of 1966 and went to Florida in March 1967. Enroute home, they stopped in Berea, Kentucky to visit forester friends. Ray died there suddenly of a heart attack on Palm Sunday, March 19, 1967.
Ray was survived by his wife, daughter Donna (Richard) Carlson, son Glen (Carolyn) and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents.
School was important for him so after rural schools, he attended Agriculture Schools in Crookston and Morris. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in Forestry in March 1928. He and Ruby often alternated working and helping the other in college. During summers, he worked helping harvest grain, or on any available jobs, and later as a forest service attendant on towers in the west.
After graduation, he worked as a forester in Canada and on various project in Oregon, Colorado and Michigan. In 1932, he started working for the Forest Service at a CC camp in Park Falls, Wisconsin. Then in 1933, he was appointed as one of the first forest rangers in Missouri and was stationed in Salem. His area covered Iron County, so he went there to meet the county officials and encourage interest and cooperation in his work.
The county superintendent of schools, Lillian Allers, was one whom he met that day. He often said that was the day he met his fate, for they were married September 15, 1934.
Ray was transferred to Rolla and then to the St. Louis office of the U.S. Forest Service to be in charge of land purchasing. Next he was sent to Park Falls, Wisconsin for five years, to Escanaba, Michigan for ten years, and then to Athens, Ohio as a ranger until he retired on December 31, 1965. There Ray and his son Glen built the house Ray and Lillian moved into on retirement.
Ray and Lillian drove to Alaska in the summer of 1966 and went to Florida in March 1967. Enroute home, they stopped in Berea, Kentucky to visit forester friends. Ray died there suddenly of a heart attack on Palm Sunday, March 19, 1967.
Ray was survived by his wife, daughter Donna (Richard) Carlson, son Glen (Carolyn) and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents.
Ray Wilmont Knudson was born May 11, 1903 near Wolverton, Minnesota at the home of his mother's parents. His early childhood was spent on a farm in northern Minnesota.
School was important for him so after rural schools, he attended Agriculture Schools in Crookston and Morris. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in Forestry in March 1928. He and Ruby often alternated working and helping the other in college. During summers, he worked helping harvest grain, or on any available jobs, and later as a forest service attendant on towers in the west.
After graduation, he worked as a forester in Canada and on various project in Oregon, Colorado and Michigan. In 1932, he started working for the Forest Service at a CC camp in Park Falls, Wisconsin. Then in 1933, he was appointed as one of the first forest rangers in Missouri and was stationed in Salem. His area covered Iron County, so he went there to meet the county officials and encourage interest and cooperation in his work.
The county superintendent of schools, Lillian Allers, was one whom he met that day. He often said that was the day he met his fate, for they were married September 15, 1934.
Ray was transferred to Rolla and then to the St. Louis office of the U.S. Forest Service to be in charge of land purchasing. Next he was sent to Park Falls, Wisconsin for five years, to Escanaba, Michigan for ten years, and then to Athens, Ohio as a ranger until he retired on December 31, 1965. There Ray and his son Glen built the house Ray and Lillian moved into on retirement.
Ray and Lillian drove to Alaska in the summer of 1966 and went to Florida in March 1967. Enroute home, they stopped in Berea, Kentucky to visit forester friends. Ray died there suddenly of a heart attack on Palm Sunday, March 19, 1967.
Ray was survived by his wife, daughter Donna (Richard) Carlson, son Glen (Carolyn) and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents.
School was important for him so after rural schools, he attended Agriculture Schools in Crookston and Morris. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in Forestry in March 1928. He and Ruby often alternated working and helping the other in college. During summers, he worked helping harvest grain, or on any available jobs, and later as a forest service attendant on towers in the west.
After graduation, he worked as a forester in Canada and on various project in Oregon, Colorado and Michigan. In 1932, he started working for the Forest Service at a CC camp in Park Falls, Wisconsin. Then in 1933, he was appointed as one of the first forest rangers in Missouri and was stationed in Salem. His area covered Iron County, so he went there to meet the county officials and encourage interest and cooperation in his work.
The county superintendent of schools, Lillian Allers, was one whom he met that day. He often said that was the day he met his fate, for they were married September 15, 1934.
Ray was transferred to Rolla and then to the St. Louis office of the U.S. Forest Service to be in charge of land purchasing. Next he was sent to Park Falls, Wisconsin for five years, to Escanaba, Michigan for ten years, and then to Athens, Ohio as a ranger until he retired on December 31, 1965. There Ray and his son Glen built the house Ray and Lillian moved into on retirement.
Ray and Lillian drove to Alaska in the summer of 1966 and went to Florida in March 1967. Enroute home, they stopped in Berea, Kentucky to visit forester friends. Ray died there suddenly of a heart attack on Palm Sunday, March 19, 1967.
Ray was survived by his wife, daughter Donna (Richard) Carlson, son Glen (Carolyn) and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents.
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