Raymond E. DeJong

Today 1/21/2020 I found myself thinking about Mr Dejong again he was in my thoughts every once in a while, always good thought, my PE teacher in ssf high, he was a good person he sold me and some school friends a combined insurance policy that insurance came in handy so many times for me,he was a great PE Coach I played in the band for ssf high in the football games and got in trouble with him a few times being to rough playing flag football made me run laps a few times, but I always...

My sincere condolences to the family. May you find comfort in reading Romans 15:13.

As a disrespectful HS student I made the mistake onetime of making fun of coach DeJong before he took the class out for a run. Coach overheard me and took me aside. He took me, alone, into an equipment room, and then in another, still interior, equipment room. I was pretty scared as I figured we were sound proofed and I was in for a beating. When we we got into the interior room Coach asked me if I had been making fun of him. I denied once but when asked again, I admitted that I had. He told...

He was a great coach and loved teacher. He will be missed by all that new him. God bless him and his family.

Sorry for the loss of a Great Man and Coach I know he's drawing up plays right now on the clouds in Heaven as a chalkboard!

Ray was a kind gentleman. I was his neighbor in Westwood California for years. I always looked up to him as a second dad. I would visit him even though I am a lot younger but when he would visit Westwood, I would always visit him and just sit and talk to him and he would always tell me stories when he was younger and where he grew up. I will always have a place in my heart for him. I also remember going to a Cal Bears football game and meeting him and him telling me who the players were and...

To the family of Ray DeJong. I am so sorry to hear of his passing. He was a big part of my life as a teacher and football coach. The year we won the championship as the only undefeated and unscored upon team was something special. I think coach and I had a special bond because I was born and lived for a time in Westwood Ca.,where coach had his mountain cabin. I'm pretty sure I was the only kid from Westwood to ever play football for South City High. I still have a picture in my den of...