Smokejumper Obituary: Shubert, Ray Clifford (Missoula 1960)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Ray died March 7, 2020, in Houston, Texas. He was born August 10, 1937, in Lewiston, Idaho. Ray was raised in Lewiston where he graduated from high school and later graduated from the University of Idaho with a mechanical engineering degree. He jumped at Missoula during the 1960 season. Ray served in the Navy during the Vietnam War and was an attack pilot off the USS Kitty Hawk. After the Navy, he was a pilot with Continental Airlines for 31 years and retired as a 757 Captain. He was married to his wife, Carol, for 44 years. Ray was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting and spending time in the Colorado Mountains.

Identifier

Shubert_Ray-Clifford_Missoula_1960

Publication Date

September 2020

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Shubert, Ray Clifford (Missoula 1960)" (2020). Smokejumper Obituaries. 393.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/393