Ray Parman of rural Riverton died Saturday morning, Nov. 6, 2010, at Wind River Healthcare in Riverton. He was 81.
At his request, private services will be held and his ashes will be scattered.
Raymond Parman, Jr., was born in Elk City, Okla. On March 11, 1929, the son of Raymond Burran Parman and Laura (Fanning) Parman.
He served with the U.S. Navy, as a Lt.J.G., during the Korean War.
Mr. Parman made his home in Oklahoma from 1929 until 1976, moving to Lysite at that time, and then to Riverton in 1978.
He was a hydrocarbon well logging engineer who worked in the oil fields from 1976 to 1985. From 1982 to 1999, he worked as the night auditor at the Sundowner Station in Riverton.
Mr. Parman was an archaeologist who authored the book, "Rare and Unusual Artifacts of the First Americans, published by Fred Pruett of Boulder, Colo., in 1989.
His family said he had a passion for cribbage and "honored the spiritual traditions of the world, believing in the goodness of all people."
Survivors include two daughters, Kristen Kay Parman-Bethard of Seattle, Wash., and Laura Grace Parman-Flores of Norman, Okla.; three grandchildren, Tracy, Charlotte, and Glenn; two great grandchildren, Chai and Solomon; two nephews, Scott and Steve McClure.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Sara McClure of Phoenix, Ariz.
On-line obituaries are available and condolences for the family may be made at: thedavisfuneralhome.com
Arrangements are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Riverton.