Raymond J. Jacques, 80, of Nokomis, Fl, beloved husband of Yvonne (Cormier) Jacques, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. He was born on September 5, 1942, in Hartford, CT, son of the late Joseph Jacques and Alice (Bedard) Jacques.
Ray was a meat cutter and owned his own grocery store, United Food Store, in Hartford until 1983. From there he became a meat cutter at various grocery stores eventually retiring from Stop and Shop as a meat manager in 2004.
Ray lived in Hartford until 1971 when he moved to South Windsor, CT. He lived in South Windsor until 2014 when he decided to make sunny Florida his permanent residence. Ray loved music and was proud be the official CD seller for the Gulf Coast Banjo Society where he met and befriended many wonderful people.
Raymond was known to his family and friends as a kind and quiet man but was also loved for his wonderful wit and sense of humor which kept everyone smiling and laughing right to the end.
Besides his wife of 57 years, Yvonne, he is survived by his 3 treasured daughters, Sandi (Jacques) and her husband Joe Ouellette of East Windsor, CT, Debbi (Jacques) and her husband Mike Norman of Higganum, CT and Karen (Jacques) Warren and her boyfriend Mike Ungewitter of East Windsor, CT and was proud Pepere to his five grandchildren Ryan Ouellette, Sarah Ouellette and her fiancé Colin Claus, Amanda Warren, Grayson Norman and Tea Norman. He is also survived by his brothers Paul Jacques, George (Nancy) Jacques, his sisters Lorraine (Vinny) Paneccasio, Shirley (Phil) Pessina and was pre-deceased by one brother David Jacques. He leaves behind many cherished sister and brother in-laws, cousins, nieces, nephews and very dear friends.
Funeral services will be in CT. Updates will be posted here when finalized. In lieu of flowers please consider making a memorial donation to Tidewell Hospice at 3550 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239 or at www.tidewellfoundation.org.
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