Memorial services for Raymond Morrison, CLU, CFP age 53, of Detroit Lakes, MN and formerly of Mobridge will be at 10 AM, Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Kesling Funeral Chapel in Mobridge. Inurnment will be at Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Raymond passed away Saturday, November 26, 2011 at his residence in Detroit Lakes.

Raymond Edward Morrison was born on April 30, 1958 in Mobridge, SD to John and Helen Huettner Morrison. He attended school in Mobridge and later in Gregory, SD, graduating from Gregory High School in 1976. Following high school Ray attended the International Music Camp in International Falls, MN. and was also awarded a scholarship and was invited to the University of Chicago to study Math. Ray then attended Columbia University in New York, He also studied at New York City College for a year before returning to Columbia where he earned his degree in economics. He worked briefly for the New Your Court of Appeals before moving back to Mobridge in 1982, where he worked as a Life Insurance Agent for Equitable Life. He later attended the University of Michigan to study Journalism. He returned to Mobridge where he continued his career in financial planning.

On March 29, 1997 he and Lisa where married in Mobridge. They made their home in a geodesic dome in Little Eagle, SD on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. They moved to Detroit Lakes, MN in 2008, when Lisa took a job practicing law with the Thorwaldson Law Firm.

Ray has been a member of Alcoholics Anonymous since 1987 and was very proud of his sobriety. He was constantly studying and learning about politics and finance and at one time ran for a seat in the South Dakota Senate.

Ray is survived by his wife Lisa; two brothers, Paul Morrison, of Los Angeles, CA; and Neal Morrison, of Mobridge, SD; one niece, Nicole Morrison, of Eureka, CA; and two nephews, Eric Morrison, of Omaha, NE; and Ben Morrison, of Des Moines, IA.

Ray was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother, Robert Morrison.