Marines Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Richard Rakip
Richard N. Rakip of Ayer; 82 AYER -- Richard N. Rakip, 82, of Ayer, died Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston after a brief illness. Mr. Rakip was born in Lowell, June 24, 1930, one of twelve children born to Alley and Annie (Murray) Rakip and moved to Ayer in 1937. He graduated from Ayer High School in 1949. He leaves his "better half" over 40 years, Barbara Alderman; his son and daughter in law, Michael and Anne Marie Rakip of Summerville, SC; two...