Ray-Venable-Obituary

Ray H. Venable Jr.

Hellertown, Pennsylvania

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Ray H. Venable Jr., 83, of Bethlehem, passed away on February 4, 2021. Born in Memphis, TN, he was the son of the late Ray H. and Merle Evelyn (Trebing) Venable. Ray graduated with his bachelor's in Ceramic Engineering from Georgia Tech. He worked for Bethlehem Steel as the Superintendent of the...

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So very sorry for your loss. I was fresh out of high school in 1968 when I started working with your dad in Steam, Water & Air at the Steel. I found him to be a very kind, sweet man who was always so interesting to talk to. He spoke of his children with great pride and love. I got to see him again about 5 years ago at a birthday celebration for his son Ray who my husband played softball with. I brought some pictures from parties we attended at the Steel Club and he really enjoyed...

We would like to express our condolences to Ray's family. Although we haven't seen Ray for over 25 years, prior to that we spent a lot of time together as coworker and friends. Ray was a special man and we were happy to have known him.

Remember Ray as the Refractory Engineer for the Plant when I came back from the USN, was a great man who shared knowledge with me. May he rest in the arms of the Angels.

It was always a pleasure to work with Ray. I am sure he will be missed. My condolences to the family.
Bob Bassett

I met Ray when I took a job in August driving for the Center for Vision Loss in Allentown and we hit it off immediately, such a sweet, sweet man. I was supposed to pick him up a few weeks ago and he wasn't there and that's when I heard he was hospitalized but never expected it to come to an end like this, I am deeply saddened but also know that he is now in a much better place and free from the physical issues that he had, he is fine now, just fine, but I will miss him dearly, it felt like we...