Ray Kenneth Rossenborg

Dec. 22, 1930 – July 23, 2024

Ray Kenneth Rossenborg passed away July 23, 2024, at his home in Byron.

He was born December 22, 1930, in the township of Loam, North Dakota, 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 two-year term. Before joining the Army, he worked for Boeing and worked on the first B-52 bomber.

Ray married Patricia Agnes Beaudoin on October 28, 1954, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Walhalla, North Dakota. 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 North Dakota. In 1970 he started working on power line construction, which took them all over the western United States. In 1979 they settled in Byron. 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 and Grant; wife Pat; and son Monty.

He is survived by his children, Darcy of Langdon, North Dakota, and Vicki (David) Hammond of Cowley, five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 30, at 10 a.m. at Haskell Funeral Home in Lovell. A viewing was held one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Interment followed at the Lovell Cemetery.