Raymond L. Wichman, 88, of Seneca, Kansas, died August 11, 2012 at Life Care Center in Seneca.

Ray was born September 19, 1923, on a farm southeast of Seneca. His parents were Louis H. and Mary Clare (Carlin) Wichman. He went to the Victory Country School for two years, then he attended Sts. Peter & Paul High School, graduating in 1942. After school he helped on the family farm.

For 22 years Ray was in the custom combining and trucking business combining wheat and other grains in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, South and North Dakota and hauling livestock, grain, hay and other products. He worked at Missouri Beef Packers in Rock Port, Missouri and Friona, Texas as a security guard in the 1970s. Later he worked for nine years at Wichman Industries in Oneida, Kansas, as assistant manager.

During his retirement years his hobby was making wooden toys for his 10 nephews and 14 nieces and countless great-nieces and nephews. Another specialty was sculpting walnut into bowls and water goblets. Ray was the “fix it man” for broken snowmobiles and two-cycle engines in Seneca. He loved hunting elk and deer in Wyoming and in Nemaha County. Lastly, he loved the casinos in Laughlin, Nevada and the Sac and Fox in Kansas.

Ray entered the Life Care Center in Seneca in 2010, where he continued to enjoy his life with family and friends.

He was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church and the St. Joseph Society in Seneca.

Ray was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Thomas, Walter, Glenn and Louis Jr.; and a sister, Lucille (Wichman) Lierz.

He is survived by two sisters, Ellen (Wichman) Ramsby of Portland, Oregon and Audrey (Wichman) Luckeroth of Lawrence, Kansas; and a brother, Harold Wichman of Litchfield Park, Arizona.

Ray will be remembered by all his many friends whom he enjoyed drinking coffee with at the Conoco Gas Station and eating lunch at Lori’s Diner.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 AM Wednesday, August 15, at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. Burial will be in the church cemetery. A Rosary will be prayed at 7 PM Tuesday, August 14, at the funeral home.

Memorials may be given for Coins for a Cause or Sts. Peter & Paul Building Fund, and sent in care of the family.