Raymond Hope Obituary

Hi Ray, happy birthday for your 70th,
Im in Dubrovnik Croatia at the moment with Nicole we are travelling through Europe and today is your 70th birthday and I have just sat out in the Croatian sunshine and had a beer and crackers to celebrate your mile stone, I love ya Ray and still trying to come to terms with it all, you left to early its not fair.
Tomorrow we go over to Mostar a town in Bosnia, all these places have a story, 2years ago we went to Hungry, Poland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Prague. The history is amazing and it makes you so appreciate what we have in life, so everywhere I go Rayme you are with me in sprit, where you are you I hope your day has been a good one

Ray was my brother, he was 18 months older than me, We had 2 other brothers and a sister, they were quite a bit older, so mum didnt want Ray to grow up on his own, so I was made to be his mate... we had a pretty good childhood,having the older siblings we were a bit spoilt, especially our big sister , on her pay days she would always buy Ray and I something, she was a good sister.
Ray was a larrikin every one loved him always playing a practical joke, one never knew when to take him serious... Ray always looked out for me, we use to go to a lot of DOs Ray and our other two brothers were great hunters so there were a lot of deer stalkers DOs Ray was also great at fishing foot ball and other sports he was always doing something loved the out doors
All in all he was a pretty good bloke called a spade a spade