Age 65, died on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, following complications from surgery. He was born on April 13, 1956 in the Philippines. Ray is survived by his wife, Donna (Sudeikis) Neri; a sister, Marilou (Edgar) DeQuilla of Chicago, IL and several siblings and extended family in the Philippines. Ray came to the United States in 1980. He worked as a building engineer in several high-rise apartment buildings on Chicago’s Gold Coast. Ray and Donna met in May 1984 and tied the knot in Bronson Park on September 28^th of the same year. Ray became disabled in the year 2000 and the two of them moved back to Kalamazoo in 2007. Cremation will take place and no services are scheduled at this time.