Raymond Chester Owens Jr.

Raymond Chester Owens Jr. came into the world on November 21st, 1939. Ray, Jr. was born at home on 20th Street in Louisville, Kentucky. He was the 4th child of Mary Aline Owens and Raymond C. Owens, Sr. An Army brat, Ray graduated from Fort Knox High school in 1959. He managed the Officers Club of Fort Knox when he was 20 years old. He served in the Military (US Army) from 1962 -1968. He served in Vietnam, Japan and Germany in the Army Security Agency.

He moved to Chicago where he met the love of his life Sharon Joy Owens. He had a career as a salesman with Glunz Brewing. He moved to Peoria, IL in 1977 eventually working as a management distributor for Schlitz Brewing Company. In 1989 he retired at the age of 50, enjoying retirement in Texas in the winter and Northern Minnesota in the summer.

He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife Sharon, siblings Frank E. Owens, Raymond Beatrice Muraski and Edward A. Owens.

He is survived by his brother John J. Owens (Rockford Il), his sister-in-law Evelyn Owens (Ashburn, VA) and countless nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and great great nieces and nephews.

Raymond Chester Owens Jr., went to be with his Lord on Thursday, September 26, 2024, at the age of eighty-four in Brownsville, Texas. He will be missed by all of those who were fortunate enough to know him.

The funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Treviño-Old Port Isabel Rd.

As per Raymond’s final wishes, there is no public services