Raymond Tasker Witham - Memorial Site

 Memorial Service April 3, 10AM CDT Virtual, for Safety  Invitation, Photo, Service, Downloads From this link, you can:  download the chants, and read the Zen biography for Raymond Tasker Witham Zen Buddhist Temple of Atlanta

 Ray was the oldest of four children. This photo must be from early 1941. Raymond Tasker Witham with mother Drusilla Goodwin Witham This is one of my favorite photos of Ray, about 18 years before I married him.  I called Dru "Mom" and loved her dearly. She patiently taught me to cook anything I wanted to bake, from bread and pies to turkeys. At 18, Ray and Dad were good cooks, too. Cathy Morgan

In a very real sense this is a sad time for those of us who knew Ray. To us at the Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago, he was Suirin. He was our colleague and friend. He shared his devotion to Zen Buddhism as a teacher and as a model for Zen practitioners. To say that he was an integral part of our temple would be a vast understatement. His passing leaves a deep sense of loss for all of us that knew and loved him in his role as a Zen teacher. To those of you who knew Ray in his role as husband, father, brother, or friend we want you to know that we realize that his death leaves you with a deep sense of sorrow that we can appreciate perhaps only partially. We do want to make you aware that in the over fifty years of his association with the Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago, his compassion and caring manner has left very deep impressions on those of us who came to know and love him – as Ray Whitham and as Suirin Daido, Sensei. In a very real sense we can see this time of loss and sorr...

Facebook Photos Quite a few photos are published at Ray's Facebook page. He began the page in 2009. He and others contributed till July 13, 2011. https://www.facebook.com/raymond.witham1