Ray C. Walker

1933 - 2026

Ray Carter Walker, born November 26, 1933, son of George Herbert Walker, Jr. and Mary Carter Walker, died peacefully at his home in Brattleboro, Vermont March 19, 2026.

Ray grew up in Greenwich, CT, attended Greenwich Country Day School, Groton School and then Yale University, graduating in 1955. In 1954 he was awarded MVP on the Yale baseball team and later that summer married his childhood sweetheart Emily Thompson in Kennebunkport, ME. He was an avid athlete and a scholar. He graduated from Harvard Business School and entered the family firm, G. H. Walker Inc. on Wall Street, working for his father with his brother, Bert Walker. After 10 years in investment banking his interest turned to exploring his own and others' inner life. He entered into therapy with Dr. Esther Harding, a protege of Carl Jung, and began his journey to become a Jungian psychiatrist. He attended Columbia University for pre-med studies, and graduated from Yale Medical School in 1970. He maintained a private practice for 30 years.

In 1970 he married a second time to Jeanne Cowan Whetstone in Guilford, CT. Together they enjoyed 55 years of adventures in three states, CT, MA and VT, farming, raising miniature donkeys, sheep and goats, attending film festivals, reading extensively, gardening, traveling and enjoying an ever-growing family. Ray forever remained a champion of underdog sports teams, rooting for his Pittsburgh Pirates and not-so-underdog Steelers with a religious passion.

Ray and Jeanne and the family have appreciated all the love and care shown by their team of devoted aides over the past 8 years: Diana Vargas, Brittany Sanville, Frankie Bolster, Paula Newton, Ashley Copeta, Brenda Fawcett, Karen Vargas, Lorena Mendez, Luis Mendez and Rory Lincoln. They were well cared for, too, by Bayada Hospice service.

Ray is survived by his sister, Elizabeth Walker Holden; 6 children: Christopher, Scott(&Louise), Daniel(& Leslea) and David(&Cary)Walker and Stephen(&Cheryl) and Krista(&Sabin Streeter)Whetstone; 14 grandchildren: Josiah(&Caitlyn), Zion, Seraphim, Samuel(&MacKenzie), Luke, Timothy(&Johanna), Hannah(&Daniel Miracola),Douglas and partner Erin Winters, Lucy, and Nicholas Walker, Maxwell and Sophia Whetstone, and Otis and Hazel Streeter; and 8 great grand children: Misaiel, Adalia, Ellie, Mateo Walker; Caleb, Ben and Lily Miracola and Ray Winters Walker.

A Memorial service will be held in the summer at Black Mountain Estates in Brattleboro, VT.

To view Ray's Online Tribute, send condolences to the family, or for more information, visit www.phaneuf.net.