Howard E. Raley Jr.
Obituaries
Daily Sentinel page 5A - June 11, 2020
Howard E.
Raley, Jr.
January 12, 1943 - May 30, 2020
Howard E. Raley Jr. passed
peacefully at home, in Glenwood
Springs, on May 30, 2020.
He was born January 12, 1943,
in Rifle, son of Howard E. Raley
Sr. and Angelina Ada Mazzuchi,
two families with extensive roots
in the Western Slope. He grew
up on small farms and graduated
from Silt High School before enlisting in the Marine Corps and
serving on the USS Coral Sea in the Pacific. While stationed at the
Brooklyn Naval Yard, he met his future wife, Annig Agemian, to
whom he was married for 54 devoted years. Mr. Raley spent his
career in retail positions, from sales representative to manager and
owner, in Los Angeles, Grand Junction, and Glenwood Springs.
He is survived by his loving wife; children and their partners,
Rita (Russell), Howard (Caren), and Ariella (Kodjo), and grandsons,
Zachary and Gabriel (Deb), and Kobina (Ariella). He was preceded
in death by his parents, and his sister, Diane, and he is survived by
brother, David; sister, Karma; three nephews, and a niece.
The virtual memorial will be in late June, and donations may
be made in Howard’s name to the Calaway-Y
