Obituary
Raymond Joseph Congour, 99, of Berlin, Maryland passed away on January 20, 2021 in Salisbury, Maryland. Born on November 20, 1921 to Army First Sgt. Raymond L. Congour, and his wife Vera in San Antonio Texas. Raymond played on the football team at St. Francis High School, and went on to play professional baseball on farm leagues during the summertime for several years while attending college. He played for the St. Louis Browns farm team at Paragould Arkansas, and also played for teams in Midland, San Antonio, and Fargo, N.D. An accomplished first baseman, nicknamed “Red”, he was known for having participated in two triple plays. However, deciding he wanted to accomplish more than being an athlete, he enlisted in the Navy during WWII, and was sent to Dental School at Georgetown in Washington D.C. Upon graduating, and after a couple of years as a dental officer on the U.S.S. Franklin Roosevelt, he left the Navy to start a dental practice. He fell in love with the Washington, D.C. and the Chesapeake Bay area, staying in the region for the rest of his life. He started his own dental office in Bladensburg, MD., and practiced successfully there until retirement in 1987.
His hobbies included bay and river fishing, crabbing, boating, and visiting with his adult children. He flew small planes for a while in the 50's and 60's, and loved to travel by car, especially in the tidewater region around the Chesapeake Bay, his adopted home after leaving Texas. He built a cabin cruiser for the family in the 50's, docked on the Severn River, in order to spend time on the water with his family. He bought a farm in the 60's outside of Annapolis, where the family lived for about 4 years; leasing it out for tobacco farming, and harvesting hay for use by his daughter's horses. His daughters developed a deep attachment to the horses; with Susan remaining an equestrian for her entire life. When he retired, he built a house in the Tidewater region of Virginia's Northern Neck, on Deep Creek, a tributary of the Rappahannock River near Warsaw, where he lived with Maureen. He bought a small fishing boat, and took the grandkids on fishing expeditions on the Rappahannock. He loved to hold crab feasts for his children and grandchildren.
He is survived by his daughters Susan Austin, Janice King, and sons Raymond “Joe” Congour and David Congour, the latter two living in Colorado. His third daughter, Babette Bolger, passed away in 2014. He married Constance Babette Nixon, mother of the above listed, in 1944. In 1964, she remarried Vincent F. Nixon in 1971, and passed away in 2016. Ray married Maureen Curtin in 1981, who, after 31 years of marriage, passed away in 2012. Maureen is survived by her only daughter Stacey Nagle, of Ocean City, MD. Ray's daughter Babette (Babs) had two daughters by Pat Bolger: Christine and Jessica. Jessica married Shaun O'Reilly and has 6 children: Flora, Gina, George, Henry, and Jack, Macey, and Flora's son Killian (Ray's only great great grandson). His daughter Susan has a son: Clayton Austin, of Norfolk, Va. Clayton has three children: Joseph, Isabel and Noah. Janice King has one daughter, Nani Jacobson, married to Andrew Jacobson, and they have two sons Tyler and Gavin. Janice' husband Gary King has four children from a previous marriage: Kevin, Karla, Kyle, and Kelly. Kelly married Jonathan Blain; and their three children are Jacob, Kimberly, and Jeremy. David and Janice (nee Muchoney), of Montrose, Colorado, have three children: Mara, Malindi, and Lee.
Private graveside service will take place at Maryland Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery in Hurlock, Maryland on Friday, January 29, 2021 at 11AM.
Raymond Joseph Congour, 99, of Berlin, Maryland passed away on January 20, 2021 in Salisbury, Maryland. Born on November 20, 1921 to Army First Sgt. Raymond L. Congour, and his wife Vera in San Antonio Texas. Raymond played on the football team at St. Francis High School, and went on to play professional baseball on farm leagues during the summertime for several years while attending college. He played for the St. Louis Browns farm team at Paragould Arkansas, and also played for teams in Midland, San Antonio, and Fargo, N.D. An accomplished first baseman, nicknamed “Red”, he was known for having participated in two triple plays. However, deciding he wanted to accomplish more than being an athlete, he enlisted in the Navy during WWII, and was sent to Dental School at Georgetown in Washington D.C. Upon graduating, and after a couple of years as a dental officer on the U.S.S. Franklin Roosevelt, he left the Navy to start a dental practice. He fell in love with the Washington, D.C. and the Chesapeake Bay area, staying in the region for the rest of his life. He started his own dental office in Bladensburg, MD., and practiced successfully there until retirement in 1987.
His hobbies included bay and river fishing, crabbing, boating, and visiting with his adult children. He flew small planes for a while in the 50's and 60's, and loved to travel by car, especially in the tidewater region around the Chesapeake Bay, his adopted home after leaving Texas. He built a cabin cruiser for the family in the 50's, docked on the Severn River, in order to spend time on the water with his family. He bought a farm in the 60's outside of Annapolis, where the family lived for about 4 years; leasing it out for tobacco farming, and harvesting hay for use by his daughter's horses. His daughters developed a deep attachment to the horses; with Susan remaining an equestrian for her entire life. When he retired, he built a house in the Tidewater region of Virginia's Northern Neck, on Deep Creek, a tributary of the Rappahannock River near Warsaw, where he lived with Maureen. He bought a small fishing boat, and took the grandkids on fishing expeditions on the Rappahannock. He loved to hold crab feasts for his children and grandchildren.
He is survived by his daughters Susan Austin, Janice King, and sons Raymond “Joe” Congour and David Congour, the latter two living in Colorado. His third daughter, Babette Bolger, passed away in 2014. He married Constance Babette Nixon, mother of the above listed, in 1944. In 1964, she remarried Vincent F. Nixon in 1971, and passed away in 2016. Ray married Maureen Curtin in 1981, who, after 31 years of marriage, passed away in 2012. Maureen is survived by her only daughter Stacey Nagle, of Ocean City, MD. Ray's daughter Babette (Babs) had two daughters by Pat Bolger: Christine and Jessica. Jessica married Shaun O'Reilly and has 6 children: Flora, Gina, George, Henry, and Jack, Macey, and Flora's son Killian (Ray's only great great grandson). His daughter Susan has a son: Clayton Austin, of Norfolk, Va. Clayton has three children: Joseph, Isabel and Noah. Janice King has one daughter, Nani Jacobson, married to Andrew Jacobson, and they have two sons Tyler and Gavin. Janice' husband Gary King has four children from a previous marriage: Kevin, Karla, Kyle, and Kelly. Kelly married Jonathan Blain; and their three children are Jacob, Kimberly, and Jeremy. David and Janice (nee Muchoney), of Montrose, Colorado, have three children: Mara, Malindi, and Lee.
Private graveside service will take place at Maryland Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery in Hurlock, Maryland on Friday, January 29, 2021 at 11AM.
Obituary
Raymond Joseph Congour, 99, of Berlin, Maryland passed away on January 20, 2021 in Salisbury, Maryland. Born on November 20, 1921 to Army First Sgt. Raymond L. Congour, and his wife Vera in San Antonio Texas. Raymond played on the football team at St. Francis High School, and went on to play professional baseball on farm leagues during the summertime for several years while attending college. He played for the St. Louis Browns farm team at Paragould Arkansas, and also played for teams in Midland, San Antonio, and Fargo, N.D. An accomplished first baseman, nicknamed “Red”, he was known for having participated in two triple plays. However, deciding he wanted to accomplish more than being an athlete, he enlisted in the Navy during WWII, and was sent to Dental School at Georgetown in Washington D.C. Upon graduating, and after a couple of years as a dental officer on the U.S.S. Franklin Roosevelt, he left the Navy to start a dental practice. He fell in love with the Washington, D.C. and the Chesapeake Bay area, staying in the region for the rest of his life. He started his own dental office in Bladensburg, MD., and practiced successfully there until retirement in 1987.
His hobbies included bay and river fishing, crabbing, boating, and visiting with his adult children. He flew small planes for a while in the 50's and 60's, and loved to travel by car, especially in the tidewater region around the Chesapeake Bay, his adopted home after leaving Texas. He built a cabin cruiser for the family in the 50's, docked on the Severn River, in order to spend time on the water with his family. He bought a farm in the 60's outside of Annapolis, where the family lived for about 4 years; leasing it out for tobacco farming, and harvesting hay for use by his daughter's horses. His daughters developed a deep attachment to the horses; with Susan remaining an equestrian for her entire life. When he retired, he built a house in the Tidewater region of Virginia's Northern Neck, on Deep Creek, a tributary of the Rappahannock River near Warsaw, where he lived with Maureen. He bought a small fishing boat, and took the grandkids on fishing expeditions on the Rappahannock. He loved to hold crab feasts for his children and grandchildren.
He is survived by his daughters Susan Austin, Janice King, and sons Raymond “Joe” Congour and David Congour, the latter two living in Colorado. His third daughter, Babette Bolger, passed away in 2014. He married Constance Babette Nixon, mother of the above listed, in 1944. In 1964, she remarried Vincent F. Nixon in 1971, and passed away in 2016. Ray married Maureen Curtin in 1981, who, after 31 years of marriage, passed away in 2012. Maureen is survived by her only daughter Stacey Nagle, of Ocean City, MD. Ray's daughter Babette (Babs) had two daughters by Pat Bolger: Christine and Jessica. Jessica married Shaun O'Reilly and has 6 children: Flora, Gina, George, Henry, and Jack, Macey, and Flora's son Killian (Ray's only great great grandson). His daughter Susan has a son: Clayton Austin, of Norfolk, Va. Clayton has three children: Joseph, Isabel and Noah. Janice King has one daughter, Nani Jacobson, married to Andrew Jacobson, and they have two sons Tyler and Gavin. Janice' husband Gary King has four children from a previous marriage: Kevin, Karla, Kyle, and Kelly. Kelly married Jonathan Blain; and their three children are Jacob, Kimberly, and Jeremy. David and Janice (nee Muchoney), of Montrose, Colorado, have three children: Mara, Malindi, and Lee.
Private graveside service will take place at Maryland Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery in Hurlock, Maryland on Friday, January 29, 2021 at 11AM.
Raymond Joseph Congour, 99, of Berlin, Maryland passed away on January 20, 2021 in Salisbury, Maryland. Born on November 20, 1921 to Army First Sgt. Raymond L. Congour, and his wife Vera in San Antonio Texas. Raymond played on the football team at St. Francis High School, and went on to play professional baseball on farm leagues during the summertime for several years while attending college. He played for the St. Louis Browns farm team at Paragould Arkansas, and also played for teams in Midland, San Antonio, and Fargo, N.D. An accomplished first baseman, nicknamed “Red”, he was known for having participated in two triple plays. However, deciding he wanted to accomplish more than being an athlete, he enlisted in the Navy during WWII, and was sent to Dental School at Georgetown in Washington D.C. Upon graduating, and after a couple of years as a dental officer on the U.S.S. Franklin Roosevelt, he left the Navy to start a dental practice. He fell in love with the Washington, D.C. and the Chesapeake Bay area, staying in the region for the rest of his life. He started his own dental office in Bladensburg, MD., and practiced successfully there until retirement in 1987.
His hobbies included bay and river fishing, crabbing, boating, and visiting with his adult children. He flew small planes for a while in the 50's and 60's, and loved to travel by car, especially in the tidewater region around the Chesapeake Bay, his adopted home after leaving Texas. He built a cabin cruiser for the family in the 50's, docked on the Severn River, in order to spend time on the water with his family. He bought a farm in the 60's outside of Annapolis, where the family lived for about 4 years; leasing it out for tobacco farming, and harvesting hay for use by his daughter's horses. His daughters developed a deep attachment to the horses; with Susan remaining an equestrian for her entire life. When he retired, he built a house in the Tidewater region of Virginia's Northern Neck, on Deep Creek, a tributary of the Rappahannock River near Warsaw, where he lived with Maureen. He bought a small fishing boat, and took the grandkids on fishing expeditions on the Rappahannock. He loved to hold crab feasts for his children and grandchildren.
He is survived by his daughters Susan Austin, Janice King, and sons Raymond “Joe” Congour and David Congour, the latter two living in Colorado. His third daughter, Babette Bolger, passed away in 2014. He married Constance Babette Nixon, mother of the above listed, in 1944. In 1964, she remarried Vincent F. Nixon in 1971, and passed away in 2016. Ray married Maureen Curtin in 1981, who, after 31 years of marriage, passed away in 2012. Maureen is survived by her only daughter Stacey Nagle, of Ocean City, MD. Ray's daughter Babette (Babs) had two daughters by Pat Bolger: Christine and Jessica. Jessica married Shaun O'Reilly and has 6 children: Flora, Gina, George, Henry, and Jack, Macey, and Flora's son Killian (Ray's only great great grandson). His daughter Susan has a son: Clayton Austin, of Norfolk, Va. Clayton has three children: Joseph, Isabel and Noah. Janice King has one daughter, Nani Jacobson, married to Andrew Jacobson, and they have two sons Tyler and Gavin. Janice' husband Gary King has four children from a previous marriage: Kevin, Karla, Kyle, and Kelly. Kelly married Jonathan Blain; and their three children are Jacob, Kimberly, and Jeremy. David and Janice (nee Muchoney), of Montrose, Colorado, have three children: Mara, Malindi, and Lee.
Private graveside service will take place at Maryland Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery in Hurlock, Maryland on Friday, January 29, 2021 at 11AM.
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