Cornwall - Raymond Charles Billings passed away on October 30th at 11:40am in Porter Medical Center with his wife, Linda Billings by his side. He was born on September 15th 1948 to his parents, Raymond L. Billings & Josephine (Lengyel) Billings.

Raymond "Ramie" is survived by his wife Linda; children Donald, Adam & Mathew Billings as well as his "foster son" Chris Claire; his brother Stephan & Linda Billings, Gerald Billings; and Sister Deborah & Michael Kirby. Also surviving Raymond are Sandra Wimett, Julia & Bryon Emilo, Bill & Donna Siebert, Martin Schuppert, Bill & Claudia Riley along with numerous nieces & nephews.

Raymond was predeceased by his parents, parents in-law Bud & Betty Greene, Marcia Schuppert, Ron Wimett, Warren Greene.

Ramie grew up on a farm in Cornwall where his brothers, sister & his parents would work on the farm, This is where he became a member of 4-H & FFA. It is also where he picked up the nickname in high school of "farmer" as well as the development of a love for tractors & "toys" & cars. He loved his antique tractors, cars & trucks. In the mid-1960's when he was in 4-H he won the George Highter Senior Showmanship Award with is "Grade" Jersey. This was an award that was and still is presented to one

4-H member yearly at the Addison County Field Days.

Once Linda & Ray were married on May 19th, 1973 at The Waybury Inn in East Middlebury, Ray started building the family's home in Cornwall on the property adjacent to the Farm he grew up on. Ramie was best known for his hard work ethic & woodcrafting abilities. His construction company built the first Post & Beam house in Middlebury in the early 1980s. The homes that they built were one of kind at the time, something that he was very proud of as his wife would bring his boys to work with him during the summer breaks, something that he loved and the boys enjoyed getting to climb around and "help."

Raymond would have worked every day if he could have, in the most recent years he maintained a client base that he continued to provide his skills to whether it be in the homes or businesses. Up until Raymond's passing, he would have given anybody the shirt off his back, you could have called him at any moment, he would have come to help, he was one of the kindest men you could have ever encountered.

The family would like to express thank you to Bayada Home Health for the most recent care for Raymond.

Services & family gathering will be held at Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home in Middlebury on Sunday November 5th at 10am.

Online condolences at www.sandersonfuneralservice.com