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| Name |
Raymond Arnold Disney |
| Birth |
30 Dec 1890 |
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States  |
| Christening |
1893 |
St. Pauls United Church of Christ, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
COMPLETED |
PROVO |
| FamilySearch ID |
KN4D-YKD |
| Death |
24 May 1989 |
Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Burial |
27 May 1989 |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Person ID |
I97073 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Elias Charles Disney, b. 6 Feb 1859, Bluevale, Morris-Turnberry, Huron, Ontario, Canada d. 13 Sep 1941, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 82 years) |
| Mother |
Flora Call, b. 22 Apr 1868, Steuben, Huron, Ohio, United States d. 26 Nov 1938, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Jan 1888 |
Kismet, Lake, Florida, United States |
| Family ID |
F31031 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Alvah Meredith Boyington, b. 17 Oct 1907, Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, United States d. 2 Feb 1998, Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States (Age 90 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Dec 1935 |
United States |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F31034 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Sep 2024 |
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 | Birth - 30 Dec 1890 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
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 | Christening - 1893 - St. Pauls United Church of Christ, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - COMPLETED - PROVO |
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 | Marriage - 1 Dec 1935 - United States |
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 | Death - 24 May 1989 - Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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 | Burial - 27 May 1989 - Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Notes |
- RAYMOND ARNOLD DISNEY ~
was one of the older brothers of entertainment legend Walter Elias Disney (Walt Disney). Among others, his close family included his spouse Meredith A. Disney and two sons Charles Elias Disney and Daniel Harwood Disney.
Raymond had one grandson, Charles Roy (Charlie) Disney, who was the son of Charles Elias Disney and Mary Elizabeth (O'Brien) Disney. Both Mary Elizabeth and Charles Roy died in an auto accident in 1972. After Raymond passed away, his son Charles Elias Disney adopted Cristian Petrea the son of longtime family friends and his name became Cristian Petrea Disney. Sadly, Cristian passed awy on May 10, 2018 as the result of cardiomegaly.
Raymond owned his own very successful insurance business for over forty-five years on North Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California. He handled most of the insurance for his brothers Walt and Roy and for their original Disney Bros. Studio in 1923 and later for Walt Disney Productions in Burbank, CA. Raymond was a close confidant and he advised brothers Walt and Roy throughout their lives and especially in the early years of Disney Bros. Studio and Walt Disney Productions. He really enjoyed spending much time with his brothers as they originally established what was to become the vast Disney Entertainment Enterprises, now known as The Walt Disney Company.
Raymond like his brother Walt, also greatly admired Abraham Lincoln and he worked alongside his brother Walt when the "Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln" exhibit was created for the Illinois Pavilion for the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair and later in 1965 was moved to Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Today Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln is an element of the Disneyland attraction "The Disneyland Story" presenting Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, which opened in 2009.
Raymond had an uncanny sense about dates and numbers! Raymond was greatly saddened when each one of his brothers passed away respectively, and he deeply missed them for the rest of his own life. Walt and Roy were both younger than Ray.
Raymond served in the U. S. Army during World War I. He was an active member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Los Angeles.
Early in life Raymond was a bank teller in Kansas City, Missouri at the Southwest National Bank of Commerce and the First National Bank at 10th & Baltimore Avenue in downtown Kansas City, the same bank where his brother Roy Oliver Disney also worked. Today, this bank building remains and is the Central Library of Kansas City. He always had a "soft spot" for Kansas City and would visit there many times across his lifetime.
Raymond was a member of St. Augustine by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Santa Monica. He funded a large most beautiful and quite spectacular flower garden for many years that was so prominent in the churchyard filled with so many native blooming flowers for each season.
He was a very kind and generous gentleman! Ray had a wonderful sense of humor and enjoyed making people happy. Raymond loved cats and dogs and would always help strays find homes (often in his own home) that seemed to find their way to his door! He made very generous donations to local animal shelters for many years.
Raymond was quite active in the Masonic Lodge and the Los Angeles, California Al Malaikah Shrine Temple A. A. O. N. M. S. activities across many years. He was an active member of the Masonic Lodge in Los Angeles. He was a member of the Royal Order of Jesters and he participated in The Book of the Play. He was so proud of the fact that he enjoyed a personal meeting with Frank S. Land, the founder of the International Order of DeMolay with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. Ray bequeathed a very considerable amount of his large estate to the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children in Los Angeles and the Shriner's Children's Burn Hospital in Galveston, Texas.
If you are so inclined and want to help something really "magnificent" Raymond Arnold Disney would want you to reach out and donate to the Shriner's Hospitals For Children: (888) 337-0080!
Raymond was 98 when he passed from this life on Wednesday, May 24, 1989 at his home in Santa Monica, California, with his son Charles Elias Disney at his side.
Raymond's funeral service was held in the Little Church of the Flowers in Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale, CA on Saturday, May 27, 1989. Also, a Royal Order of Jester's Rose Ceremony and a Masonic Service followed the religious services. His remains were then entombed in the Freedom Mausoleum in the Sanctuary of Prayer Room close to the garden where Walt and Lillian and other family members ashes are entombed. Everything at Forest Lawn, as usual, was so beautiful and quite uplifting for the family and friends!
Some other members of his family are elsewhere in Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks in Glendale and the Hollywood Hills and Meredith A. Disney is entombed in the Risen Christ Mausoleum in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Culver City, California, and other family in various other cemeteries.
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