Raymond H. Farrant ’50

Ray died May 21, 2021, in Discovery Bay, Calif.

Born in Hackensack, N.J., he graduated from Teaneck (N.J.) High School and served in the Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946. He graduated with honors in politics and was vice president of Elm Club.

After working briefly for the U.S. Rubber Co., he entered the real-estate business in New York and New Jersey. Then, with his father and several business associates, he formed an industrial real-estate company. In 1964, with classmate and Elm member Jim Lindsay, he established a commodity-import business based in New York City.

In 1997 he moved to California with his second wife, Ruth, whom he married in 1981. He and Ruth spent seven years traveling in an RV, participating in the Mobile Missionary Assistance Program. They then settled in Discovery Bay, where Ruth died in 2013. 

Ray always enjoyed outdoor activities. He is survived by his daughter, Beth Haywood.