Paula Ragan Obituary

Unfortunately our paths did not cross very often. I wish they had. I did keep her high school graduation picture handy and often showed it to friends. I felt fortunate to have such a good looking cousin. I'm sure I would have been blessed to have known her better.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire family. I work with one of Paula's daughters, Tori, and her sense of humor brings a smile to my face on a daily basis. I can only assume Paula passed her sense of humor along.

I will always remember Paula for her determination to be her own person.Aunt Lil used to tell her in no uncertain terms of the fate awaiting her if Paula did not mend her ways.The advice fell on deaf ears and Paula went on to forge a very successful career and become a good mother as well. She was a fine person and will be missed by all who knew her.Cousin Tom.

My thoughts and prayers are with the family. CPT Mashandra Elam

I will always remember my sister appearing in the headlines of Stars & Stripes newspaper when I was in the Army in Germany in 1961 ... Headline read "Only Girl in the 7th Fleet". Of course at that time she was working for Admiral Griffin and was the "only girl in the 7th fleet." Another memory, at that time my parents were in Afganistan (dad worked for the State Departmen AID program), my brother was in Boulder, Co. I was in Germany, and she was in Japan. If the world were a cube, my family might have been on four of the corners. She was a truly wonderful sister. Jim Fish

To the Ragan family, I was so sorry to learn of your loss. Word has spread at least as far as Florida. My sincere condolences, your Rider cousin, Mary Giera