Raymond Lee Cormier

Family and neighbors in Buffalo mark the death of Raymond Lee Cormier on September 17, 2026. He was 83. He was born on January 21, 1943 in a Pennsylvania Dutch family that measured love in finished chores. From the start, he treated promises like tools: keep them sharp, do not lend them lightly. He kept sheets that turned trucks into wages without inventing weights. A weigh ticket spindle ended arguments more gently than speeches. Colleagues still mention a weigh ticket spindle. In 1966 he married Margaret. The marriage was not a speech; it was groceries, repairs, and two sons walked to school in weather that did not care. When Margaret died in 2019, he kept what still worked: the early walk, the small garden, the call on Sundays. Neighbors remember a porch light left on for anyone walking home late. Mornings were his favorite shift at home. He died in Buffalo, on streets that already knew his pace. The work gloves still keep the shape of a grip.