Raymond F. "Ray" Ingram Sr.

2/26/1941 - 11/30/2023

East Lyme - Raymond F. "Ray" Ingram Sr., age 82, of East Lyme, passed away Thursday morning, Nov. 30, 2023, at Yale New Haven Hospital. He was born in New London, Feb. 26, 1941, the son of George R. and Marian Mastrandrea Pedersen.

Raymond was married to Kathleen Menzie Dec. 7, 1963. Kathleen passed away May 1, 2017. He married DiAnn Bailey Morrison Jan. 2, 2019.

Raymond graduated from Northeastern University in 1964, with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. In 1968, he received his master's degree in electrical engineering from UConn and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from URI in 1972. He had fifty years of experience performing research and development in support of submarine communications; thirty-six years of experience as gained as an employee of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center; and the most recent fourteen years as a contractor supporting at Naval Undersea Warfare Center. Much of his experience involves various aspects of extremely low frequency (ELF) communications systems. Recent experience includes work on communication theory and system performance prediction in support of NUWC's UHF low profile antenna program and the NGBCA improvement program. Upon retirement from NUWC, he became a private contractor with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). His work took him all over the world. He wrote many articles which were published at numerous times throughout his life.

He was a good athlete and talented man. In his younger days, he played softball with the Underwater Sound Lab Team. He hunted and was a lifetime member of the Rod and Gun Club. He also loved woodworking and was and avid fan of the UConn women's basketball team. He loved walking the Niantic Boardwalk with DiAnn and going to the beach. He lived life to the fullest.

Besides his wife DiAnn, he is survived by his daughter Jacqueline Ingram-Noniewicz and her husband Paul of Lyme; his son Raymond F. Ingram Jr. of Waterford; his two sisters, Sondra Ingram Alexander and husband Gilbert of Mashpee, Mass., and Joanne Pederson and her wife Ann Meitzen of Dighton, Mass.; as well as two grandchildren, Raymond F. Ingram III and Lindsey Noniewicz. When Ray and DiAnn were married, he became part of a larger extended family that included DiAnn's three daughters, Kelli and Monti Vigliotti, Jill and Richard Greene and Dana and Michael Sadler; as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The family would like to extend their gratitude for the excellent care and compassion of the doctors and nurses from both Smilow Cancer Center in Waterford and at Yale New Haven Critical Care Unit.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at Christ the King Church, 1 McCurdy Road, Old Lyme. Interment will be in Jordan Cemetery, Waterford. Visiting hours will be from 4 until 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, at the Byles Memorial Home, 99 Huntington Street, New London. Donations in his memory may be directed to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Pl, Memphis, TN 38105. Please visit www.byles.com to sign the guest book or share a memory with the family.