Feb. 17, 2015
Windsor, CA
Raymond B. Rev. Raymond B. Maloney, age 79, of Windsor, died peacefully on February 17, 2015 surrounded by family and friends after a short illness. He had been a resident of Windsor since 1999. He was born in Southbridge, Mass. to Philip and Helena Maloney who preceded him in death. He leaves sisters, Phyllis Shaw (Cliff), Anne Scogin (Al), and Carol Waskiewicz (Steve); and brother, George Maloney (Lourdes), as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was married to his beloved wife, Anna Lause, in 1985.
He and Anna moved to Sonoma County from southeastern Massachusetts in 1999, joining good friends who resided here. (He missed the foliage, but not the snow.) Anna died in 2000 but he never stopped talking about their good life together. He was received into the Episcopal Church from the Roman Catholic Church as a priest by the Rt. Rev. George Hunt on June 1, 1992 in Rhode Island. In Sonoma County, he served as Vicar of Christ Church in Windsor from 1999-2000 and Vicar of Good Shepherd Church in Cloverdale from 2001-2008. In recent years, he has served at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Healdsburg as an Associate, and also often officiated at the Eucharist at the Chapel of St. George, The Bishop's Ranch, where he regularly worshipped. He also served as a supply priest at various churches in the county.