CONTRIBUTED

By ALICE GELLNER

FORMER TERRACE bu-
sinessman Ray Skoglund
passed away Dec. 30, in
White Rock, B.C.
Ray was born in Salva-
dor, Sask., to parents Tom
and Ethel Fletcher, given
up into a foundling home
and adopted by Gunda and
David Skoglund.

Ray was stalioned in
Tofino, B.C., during the
Second World War and
served in the Royal Cana-
dian Air Force. It was
there he learned the skills
of operating heavy duty
equipment.

Ray moved to Terrace

in 1951 with a job and

some equipment to begin
building the townsite of
Kitimat.

He moved his family
here in January 1952 from
Prince George and rented
the old “Osbourne” house
which was located on La-
kelse Avenue where the
Coast Inn of the West now
sits.

Ray bought a piece of
land “out of town” towards
Prince Rupert (which is
now Canadian Tire) to
build their family home.

The. DeJong family
bought a piece next door
to start a potato farm in
1955. There were many
fond memories shared be-
tween these two families

and much visiting over the |

fence between “Grandma”
and Mrs. DeJong,

‘Ray approached every-
thing he did in life with a
passion. Some people in
life are bystanders and
some are participants. Ray
was definitely a partici-
pant. Whether it was
building a logging compa-
ny, developing a hot-
Springs resort, riding a

snowmobile, running a.ti-..
verboat, up ‘the Skeena or,

the Nass’ rivers, ‘photogra-:
phy, fishing or golfing, he

did it with a passion.

Ray and his business
partner, Sandy Sandover-
Sly, built a very successful
logging company in Ter-
race from the mid ‘50s to
the early ‘80s, employing
over 150 people. Ray was
known and well liked
throughout the northwest in
the logging industry and
fondly remembered for
being a boss that was “out
there with the guys” — on
site with his sidekick
Nikki (a huge Japanese
bear dog).

In 1958, Ray bought the
land that held the hot
springs at Lakelse Lake
and with his usual vision
and determination he
began to make things hap-
pen. Some of the best
memories of Ray and for
the Skoglund family come
from that era. They all

took part in the running ©

and developing of the hat-
springs into the family bu-
siness it so obviously was.
All of the kids had their
first jobs there and they all

remember making hambur-—

From Bt
Waisman

take responsibility for
what's going on in their
community.”

Waisman also joined
residential school survivor
Willie Abrahams as part of
an evening sponsored by
the Canadian Jewish
Council and community
groups.

“The greatest fear that
the survivors I have talked

to have is that the Holo- —

caust will be forgotten. We
paid such a huge price.
We want to leave a legacy
of remembrance,” he said,
adding that Buchenwald
survivor, friend and Nobel
Prize winner Elie Wiesel
once: wrote, ‘Remember,
for there is — there must be
— hope in remembering. "
Waisman is featured in
‘the Boys of Buchenwald, a

riew. documentary airing-
Feb, 6 on the History Chan- .

nel.

gers with their mom,
Georgette and grandma
around their kitchen table,
Many good memories and
telationships were formed
there.

Ray’s personable man-

ner and charismatic perso-

nality enabled him to be a
great promoter of the resort
and the whole northwest.
Wherever he went, he
spread the news about the
hot springs. His son,
David, has a story of a trip
across Canada on which
Ray brought along several
hundred bumper stickers
from the hotsprings and
David’s job was to attach
them to as many billboards
and poles as possible.
Years later people would
come in telling the story of
having seen one of these
on their travels,

Another of Ray’s pas-
sions was photography.
Gordie McConnell of Sight
and sound could. testify to
this! Ray has an extensive

library of photos and

16mm film taken of the
northwest. His pictures
were always a source of
much delight to him, right
up to his last days. His
children (and friends) re-
member well sometimes
holding back a little when
requested to come down
the basement to view the
latest edition of home mo-
vies.

Ray never had time for
golf when he was living in
Terrace, even though he
helped clear land for the
first nine holes at Skeena
Valley Golf and Country
Club. He was far too busy
during those years with
other things — building his
businesses, fishing, racing
snowmobiles, photography,
hunting.

But after retirement, he
took the sport; up- and: like»:

everything. else in ‘his life,.
ix pursued’ it with -an infec-.

tious enthusiasm. He had
seven “registered” hole-in-
ones in his golfing career
and several unregistered.
He was known = as
“straight-down-the-middle”
Ray. Talk to anyone who
had played golf with Ray
and they may tell you a
story of having either

_ bought a club (at a very

good price!) off of Ray or
he had given them a club.

He lived his retirement
years from the early 1980s
with his second wife Con-
nie at Nica-Wynd golf
course in south Surrey.
They wintered in Maui
where Ray was able to
golf daily.

Everyone who met Ray
usually went away with a
story to tell -- and Ray was
a great storyteller as well.

For more stories and
pictures of Ray, visit the
Terrace Public Library
website at www.tpl.mon-
arch.net and follow the
links, History of Terrace
and Stories. Another link is
http://Awww.monarch.net/us
ers/rays kogiund/pages/mai
n.htm

Logging company owner and
hotspring developer mourned

Ray Skoglund is remembered as an avid photographer, golfer and storyteller

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