Rayford Reddell

STILL MISS YOU RAY

I have a picture of Ray above my desk and I touch it often,one of the very best people I ever met.

Having just heard of Ray's passing to the grandest garden of all, I am sad especially since he graced the earth with so much beauty and soul, a grateful rose lover

The SF community was fortunate to have a leader that cared for people with hearing loss and sustained and grew the Hearing and Speech Center.

Ray did enjoy traveling but this time it is a little too far of a journey for those of us he left behind. We all loved him but more than that, we respected him. A man who paved his own paths of academia on well-earned full scholarships. A man who had a passion and vision for roses and a dedication to those who are hearing and speech impaired.
He made time to enjoy the diversity of all of us who were his friends, all so different but he appreciated each one us for who we are. Ray and I ...

Ray has been a dear friend since 1980 when I joined the San Francisco Hearing and Speech Center board of directors. He inspired in me the love of the rose. He will me missed by all who knew this gentle man

I worked as Ray's housecleaner until his death,many years,in all my life I never met such a fine gentleman,caring,thoughtful.I will remember him as also one of my dearest friends.May God hold him close and may we meet again.I loved him.Now ,forever the love of human kindness,that was RAY REDDELL.

I began working at Garden Valley Ranch in 1992 and learned so very much from Bob and Rayford, from grammar to making roses look their best. Many memories that will be with me forever.