Raymond H. Alworden, age 75, of 9131 Bay Shore Drive, Gladstone (Kipling location) died Friday evening May 5, 2006 at the St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba. Raymond was born February 20, 1931 in Gladstone the son of Clyde and Mary (Lancrete) Alworden. He was raised in Gladstone and was a 1949 graduate of the Gladstone High School. While at Gladstone High he participated in football and basketball. Following graduation Ray worked for the Northwestern Veneer Plywood Plant from 1949 to 1952. From 1952 to 1954 Raymond served in the U.S. Army where he was stationed at Fort Sheridan, IL. Ray was united in marriage to the former Rosalie Brock on August 13, 1955 at the All Saints Church in Gladstone. They made their home in Kipling where they raised their three children. Ray had worked for the Mead Paper Company in Escanaba from 1954 until his retirement in 1993. Ray was a member of the All Saints Church in Gladstone, K of C
