Ray F. Longaker Jr Obituary (1944 - 2026)

Ray Francis Longaker Jr., BMCM (CMC/SW) USN/Ret. (27 years) | USCG Master Steam or Motor Vessels (25 years) checked out on Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Orders at Port Orchard, WA. He was 81 years old. Ray was born in Philadelphia, PA on May 12, 1944, to Ray and Florence (Farrar) Longaker. He moved to California at age 5 and grew up in Lakewood, California. He attended Lakewood High from 1960 to 1962 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1961 during his senior year. He married Carrie Kathleen (Kathy Yates) Longaker on May 3, 1969. They lived in California and Naval Station Guam before settling in Washington in 1980. Immediately after graduating from high school, Ray reported onboard the USS Princeton LPH-5 and, two months later, participated in the last of the United States atmospheric atomic tests, as the Princeton served as flagship during 9 of the final 10 tests. Ray is survived by his children, Misty (Longaker) Buchanan and her husband Aaron Buchanan and granddaughter Piper Buchanan; Ray Longaker III and his wife Sandra (Dahlhauser) Longaker; Joseph Longaker and his wife Brigitte (Estvanik) Longaker; his grandson Patrick O'Shaughnessy and his wife Jaime (Fitch) O'Shaughnessy; and great-granddaughter Bernadette O'Shaughnessy. Ray was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Carrie Kathleen (Kathy Yates) Longaker, in 2018, and his grandson Parker Colin Buchanan in 2020. Ray did not want a memorial service or flowers, but rather the preservation of Our Republic.