Dan Ray Mayo

Memorial service: 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 3321 W. Park Row, Arlington, Dr. Eugene Robertson officiating.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, contributions to Trinity United Methodist Church, The American Cancer Society, or The American Heart Association will best honor his memory.

Dan Ray was born April 21, 1941, in Tyler and grew up in Grand Prairie. He served for six years in the United States Marine Corps Reserve with his best friends, Gene Robinson of Grand Prairie and Mickey Lagow of Kaufman. He graduated with a civil engineering degree from Arlington State College, now the University of Texas at Arlington, in 1965, and married Rosemary Paterson on July 4, 1970. He was a soccer coach, a hunter and a fisherman. His career took him to live in many wonderful places, including Arlington, Corpus Christi, Duncanville, Denver, Colo., Seattle, Wash., and Lake Charles, La. He finally settled back in Arlington in 2004 and retired from Northrop Grumman in 2006. In retirement, he took up golf, rekindled his love of fishing and became an active grandfather by helping with transportation and never missing a soccer or T-ball game. Dan Ray and Rosemary were happily married for 41 years.

Dan Ray will never be forgotten for the honorable man he was and he will be forever missed by his adoring family.

Dan Ray was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors: Wife, Rosemary Mayo of Arlington; daughter, Mary Kathryn Coman and husband, Ward, of Saginaw; son, Mark Daniel Mayo and wife, Lindsay, of Denver, Colo.; son, Michael Owen Mayo of Arlington; sister, Sarah Holtman of Arlington; grandchildren, Kate Coman, Patrick Coman, Caroline Coman and Owen Daniel Mayo; and nephews.

Moore Funeral Home-Bowen Chapel

4216 S. Bowen Rd.

Arlington, TX 76016

(817) 468-8111