Former Fair Havenite Raymond “Ray” John Chrisner passed away peacefully at home on July 22. He was 78.
Born Aug. 10, 1942, to Frances and Michael Fill, and later adopted by Marlen Chrisner, Ray was raised in Youngstown and Detroit. In 1968, he graduated second in his class from Wayne State University with a BS in electrical engineering and received his master’s degree in electrophysics from the Polytechnic Institute of New York.
In 1969 Ray moved to New Jersey, where he and his former wife raised their two children, graduates of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, in Fair Haven and Shrewsbury.
Ray’s career ranged from studying the effects of nuclear fallout on computers for Booz Allen to overseeing the installation of underwater fiber-optic cables for AT&T and Tyco. His work brought him around the globe on countless international business trips.
Ray is survived by: his devoted wife, Chunyue, who took great care of him over the past few years; his former wife of 40 years and beloved mother of his children, Lynn Chrisner; his son, Eric; his daughter, Meghan, current Fair Haven Borough councilwoman, and her husband James; and four grandchildren.
A memorial service will be on held Friday, July 30, from 4 to 7p.m., with a service at 6:15 at Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Every Kid Sports: everykidsports.org or American Stroke Foundation: americanstroke.org.
— Edited obituary written by family via Thompson Memorial Home
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