Raymond Unk (1924 - 2012)

Born 11 Apr 1924 in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States

Died 15 Mar 2012 at age 87 in Ohio, United States

Biography

Raymond was born in 1924. He passed away in 2012.

Raymond enlisted on December 8, 1942.^[1]

Raymond Unk was born April 11, 1924 to Steve Unk and Anna Ivan. At the time of his marriage he was in the US Army. He married Maxene Freed, a switchboard operator in Akron on February 10, 1945. It was a first marriage for both.^[2]

Raymond obtained a Masters Degree and worked as a social worker. He died at the age of 87 in a long term care facility in Ohio on March 15, 2012.^[3]

Obituary

Excerpt from Obituary:^[4]

Born and raised in south Akron, he graduated from The University of Akron (Lone Star) and earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He served as an Airborne Infantry Officer during World War II in the European Theater, earning the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and two Battle Stars.

Ray was preceded in death by his parents Steve and Anna Unk, who emigrated to the United States from Romania, brothers Jim and Steve. Maxine, his beloved wife of 65 years died in June 2009. He leaves son Dan (Lois), daughter Judy (Grant) Joyce, grandchildren Lisa (Brian) Smole, Brian (Lizzie) Unk, Janay Joyce Ward (Crawfie), Molly Joyce and great-grandchildren Quinton, Daniel, Isabelle and Jonathan, sister-in-law Jerry Jones, and many nieces and nephews.

Ray began his social work career at Family Services (now Greenleaf Family Center where his daughter, Judy, is CEO). He worked at Cleveland Family Service, was Director of Professional Services at Catholic Social Services, and later the Associate Executive/Campaign Director at the United Way of Summit County before moving to Chicago as Executive Director of the Travelers Aid Society/Immigrant Service League. Ray was the first Chairman, North Central Ohio Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. He was Associate Executive Director of the United Way of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) and closed out his career with ten years of service in senior management positions with the United Way of America (Alexandria, VA.)

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8G3-Y57 : 5 December 2014), Raymond Unk, enlisted 08 Dec 1942, Akron, Ohio, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
2. ↑ Summit County Court of Common Pleas - Probate Division; Akron, Ohio; Volume Number or Range of Dates: Vol 102, 1945. Free Image Link Ancestry.com. Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980 [database on-line]. Ancestry Record 2145 #375547
3. ↑ Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit; Columbus, Ohio; Index to Annual Deaths, 1958-2018 Free Image Link Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018 [database on-line]. Ancestry Record 5763 #8773890
4. ↑ Obituary for Raymond Unk

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4ZM-7DK : accessed 24 September 2020), Raymond Unk in household of Steve Unk, Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 7B, line 56, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1875; FHL microfilm 2,341,609.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWGY-CJL : 30 November 2019), Raymond Unk in household of Steve Unk, Ward 4, Akron City, Akron City, Summit, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-106, sheet 6A, line 14, family 107, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3176.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142365148/raymond-unk: accessed March 27, 2024), memorial page for Raymond Unk (1915–15 Mar 2012), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142365148, citing Holy Cross Cemetery, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by c.walker (contributor 47554717).