Raymond M. Whisenhunt passed away on September 10, 2016. He was born in 1928 in Arkansas City, Kansas to Jess and Jessie Whisenhunt, the second of their three sons. He was preceded in death by his older brother, Harold, and is survived by his younger brother, Clifford.

His family moved to California around 1942, almost without him. He had decided to "borrow" his mother's train pass and rode the train well beyond the limits of the pass. He had to make his way back and when he finally returned, the house was empty. He was able to catch up with his family at an aunt's home, the day before they headed to California.

Raymond joined the Merchant Marines at age 16, toward the end of WWII and upon discharge, wandered a bit as a wild, young man. He became a welder, which he credited to five years spent being "rehabilitated" and ultimately, became an Ironworker, Local 433, in southern California until he retired. From there he moved to Oklahoma for a few years, on to Texas for many more years and returned to California, following the death of his wife, Marilyn, in 2007.

He lived his final six years with his eldest daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Conrad Mahon of Bradley, CA. His daughter, Delores Elko, lives in Bend, OR, his son, Dr. Arieh Whisenhunt and son-in-law, Peter Berry, live in Carmel, CA, his son, Christopher Whisenhunt, lives in Houston, TX and his step daughter, Jane Wilkens, lives in Monrovia, CA. He has 5 living grandchildren, Doug Hall, April Litchfield, Eric Wright, Sarah McCulloch, and was preceded in death by grandson Brian Larson. He also has great grandchildren, Hailey and Caitlyn Hall, Caleb and Faith Wright, Kara Bullock, Nicholas Hondel, Audrey and Weston McCulloch, and Tyler Whisenhunt.

He was quite a character and loved attention, especially from ladies. He had a lot of colorful stories which he shared with us all, over the last six years, and many of them were pretty darned funny. He frequented horse race tracks in his middle years and when he lived in Texas, he had a couple of racehorses of his own. He loved animals of all sorts and would have loved to catch wild animals to tame as pets, especially raccoons, if his daughter would have approved. He was the favorite uncle of most of his nieces and nephews, and had many friends. He was loved by many and will be missed by all.

Private services will be held at another date.