Birth date: Nov 20, 1959 Death date: Aug 17, 2015
Marino On August 17, 2015 “Ray” Raffaele Marino passed peacefully surrounded by the love of his family and friends. He was quirky man with a great sense of humor. He was a true friend. He was the devoted husband of Joanne, father Read Obituary
"Raphael" as I often called him was my true friends that from the minute we met 3 or 4 summers ago; sharing & comparing our implanted metal that I could call upon any day or time & he would be there for me or pay one of my kids to clean up his lawn.
Jo: Ray always referred to you as "Princess" when we were together ❤️
I will sorely miss his company at the tool store where we would use coupons to get items we later complained were junk as we got back into the car. Ray & I shared of view of the world too real for most to comprehend, which is among only 1 of the reasons we clicked so well. Just this past weekend I lost my truck keys & started to call Ray for help then realized he was in the Carolinas w family.. As I sat there sweating I must've said 3 times "if Ray was in town he'd have been here with my spare keys already 😰
The only solace I take from this is that he's now outta pain, back in his 25 year old body lookin down tellin us to "have no regrets". Ray always told me no one could take away his memories. I only wish I'd taken him up on the numerous invite to the islands w he & Princess 💔
Jo; please know I am always here for you just as Ray would've been for my family.
God picks the prettiest flowers 1st brother 👍
Love, Frank & Debbi
Meet Ray years ago , Great guy and true to his friends ,Ray you will be in Peace, God bless you and your Family
Joe Kerr
Ray was, is, and always will be my best friend and my brother from another mother. We met in 1979 when a mutual friend, Lenny Carl asked us to back him and his family in a street fight in S.Philadelphia. There we were 2 opposing groups of teenagers facing off across Delaware Ave. Each side was yelling obscenities and taunting the other side. It was like it was scripted for a movie we looked at each other, looked at the guys across the street, looked at each other again and just took off across the street and commenced kicking some S. Philadelphia butts. After it was over and we were victorious, We knew we had found a friend for life. That was in 1979. We were there for every major event of each other's lives. Marriage, children, divorce and marrage for the second time ( Each of us getting it right the 2nd time around) I introduced Ray to his wife JoAnne because it wasn't fair that I was married and he was single again. We always called each other brother I figured this way we would be brothers for real. When I separated from my first wife, Ray & Jo got custody of me. I could go on for 100 pages, what I will say in closing this note is you know who your best friend is, its the guy that knows all your good stories because he was a part of them. All of my good stories start the same exact way. This one time Ray and I......
