On September 24, 2025, Stanley Ray Rotenberger passed away at the age of 95 years. Born May 2, 1930 in Quakertown, PA, he was predeceased by his loving wife, Earlene after 30 years of marriage. He is survived by his six children who are: Christine and her husband Blue; Barbara; Stan and his wife Janet; Maryann; John and his wife Beverly; and Bob and his wife Michelle; twenty-one grandchildren; twenty-eight great grandchildren; and six great-great grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ray was a pioneer in the air boating industry. He designed the Palm Beach hull and was instrumental in designing the cage for the engine\/propeller which has become a safety requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was also a conservationist who fought to preserve the Everglades for future generations. The State of Florida even named a Preserve in his honor. Ray was an avid hunter and fisherman who enjoyed Mother Nature\u2019s natural beauty to the fullest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A kind hearted person who never met a stranger, Ray would stop to render assistance regardless of the situation. A true example of a very generous man, Ray will be sorely missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A funeral service for Ray will be held on Saturday, October 18th<\/sup>, 10:00 A.M. at Citrus Missionary Baptist Church, 6690 Turner Camp Rd., Inverness, FL 34453. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to VITAS Hospice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On September 24, 2025, Stanley Ray Rotenberger passed away at the age of 95 years. Born May 2, 1930 in Quakertown, PA, he was predeceased by his loving wife, Earlene after 30 years of marriage. He is survived by his six children who are: Christine and her husband Blue; Barbara; Stan and his wife Janet; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":990003,"featured_media":116720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/990003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116721,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116719\/revisions\/116721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chasdavis.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}