Smokejumper Obituary: Farinetti, Ray John (Cave Junction 1964)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Ray, 66, died July 6, 2010, at his home in Titusville, Fla. from a heart attack while working in his yard. He graduated from Cisco College in Texas before joining the Redmond Smokejumpers for his 1964 rookie season. Ray then jumped in Anchorage in 1965 and Cave Junction in 1966. He served in the U.S. Air Force before he returned to Cave Junction for the 1970-73 seasons. Ray went to work for the Bureau of Land Management in Fairbanks for several years and finished his career at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge as a fire management officer in Florida. He attended the reunion in Redding in June before helping at the Cave Junction base restoration effort the following week.

Identifier

Farinetti_Ray-John_Cave-Junction_1964

Publication Date

July 2010

Keywords

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

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Farinetti, Ray John (Cave Junction 1964)" (2010). Smokejumper Obituaries. 934.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/934