Raymond Hunthausen was the retired Archbishop of Seattle. He rejected war and embraced the pastoral reforms of the Second Vatican Council. He died July 22 at the age of 96 surrounded by family at his home in Helena, Montana. The oldest of seven children, Raymond Hunthausen was born in Anaconda, Montana, to Anthony Gerhardt and Edna Marie (née Tuchscherer) Hunthausen. His parents owned and operated a local grocery store. He received his early education from the Ursuline nuns at the parochial school of St. Paul Church, and excelled academically and athletically during high school. He attended Carroll College in Helena, majoring in chemistry and graduating cum laude in 1943. He considered pursuing a career as a chemical engineer or as a fighter pilot for the United States Air Force. However, he was persuaded by Father Bernard Topel, his spiritual director and mathematics professor at Carroll who later became Bishop of Spokane, to enter the priesthood. He began his studies at St. Edward Seminary in Kenmore, Washington, in the fall of 1943. The archbishop was preceded in death by his parents Anthony and Edna Hunthausen, sister Marie Walsh, brother Art Hunthausen, sisters-in-law Harriett and Donna Hunthausen, brothers-in-law Pat Walsh and John Stergar, nephews Pat, Ed, and Jack Walsh, Ray Hunthausen, and great-nephew Patrick Kelly. He is survived by his brothers Tony and Fr. John (Jack) Hunthausen, both of Helena; and his sisters, Sister Edna Hunthausen, of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, KS, and Jean Stergar of Anaconda, 34 nieces and nephews, 101 great nieces and nephews, and 64 great-great nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements
Tuesday, July 31
Lying in State, 2:00pm-5:00pm
Vigil for Archbishop Hunthausen, 7:30pm
Compline (Night Prayer, 9:45pm
Wednesday, August 1
Funeral Mass for Archbishop Hunthausen, 11:00am
Reception to follow
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