Raymond R. Repp

May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.

In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

Ray was a vibrant, loving man whom I had the pleasure of knowing while in the seminary in St.Louis.

Thank you, Ray, for sharing your talent with us and the world. We became friends in the 1960s when Fr. Frank Morgan brought your music to St. Martin de Porres in Hazelwood, Missouri. We then sang your music for over 46 years as The Chris-Tones defining your music as "message-music"! Your lyrics were enlightening, and your melodies haunting. There are NO words that can be uttered to make your partner feel any better,...along with him, your friends, and The Chris-Tones....you WILL be missed.

My deepest sympathies to husband Richard and all the family. I first heard his music when I was 14. I cannot express the effect of his joyous music on me and my spiritual life. Being able to learn and play his music was a major part of my young life. A little story--I was in the convent for a couple years in high school and on some Sunday mornings our wonderful Sister Joselyn would wake us up to Day's Allelu!! album. It was wonderful! We were blessed and may you and all his music family...

Ray's beautiful music and words so profoundly transformed our spiritual lives for an entire generation. It is hard to understand how one person can have such a profound effect on the world. I'm thrilled to find out that he was part of the Cornell Catholic Community! I was there in the late 70s and missed his time there. I wonder what new songs he is creating now in the next world.

Michael and I met Ray and Father Bill Kelly in Ithaca, NY. Michael had introduced me to his music years before when were dating, as non-Catholic I was never exposed to his liturgical music. Mike was enamored by all things Ray Repp. Imagine our joy when actually met him in person! But then sang with him, saw his faith and talent weekly. I know friends reached out to Ray when Mike passed of melanoma almost 2 years ago, he died listening to his favorite Ray Repp hymns in his final hours....