Raymond Lester Peck

Raymond Lester Peck

Raymond Lester Peck

Raymond Lester Peck, a Montana educator, counselor and longtime Democratic legislator and activist, died surrounded by family and friends, Friday, May 27, 2011, at St. Peter's Hospital after a massive stroke. He was 84.

Ray was born June 23, 1926, in Whitefish to Pearl McBride and Asa Peck, one of 14 children.

After high school, he served in the Army Air Force during World War II as a tail gunner.

Ray began his career as an elementary teacher in Gildford before becoming a teacher and coach in Harlem on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. He coached Harl...