Raoul C. "Ray" D'Amour passed away at the Sawtelle Family Hospice House in Reading on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. He was 69 years of age. Ray was born in Beverly to the late Henry C. & Margaret M. (Moran) D'Amour, was raised in Beverly, graduated from Beverly High School in 1962 and from Northeastern University, Class of 1967. Mr. D'Amour started out working at the Raytheon Company while involved with the co-op program at N. U. and continued to work as a software engineer in the missile & technical division of the Raytheon Company for over 40 years. Ray has been a resident of Melrose for the past 40 years and was a longtime member of the Melrose Elks, the Malden Moose, the Reading Rifle & Revolver Club, Melrose Veteran's Building Association and as an associate member of the VFW Harold O'Young Post # 2394 in Melrose. He also had a large group of friends from the 621 in Malden. Mr. D'Amour was the son of the late Henry C. & Margaret M. (Moran) D'Amour. Brother of Joan M. Hutchinson of Beverly and the late Marilyn A. Vitkauskas. Uncle of Janice Wilkins of Salem, NH, Sheryl Hutchinson of NJ, Ellen Hutchinson of Beverly, Frederick Hutchinson of Salem, NH, Karen Hutchinson of Andover, Stephen Vitkauskas of Sharon, Ann Vitkauskas of Lawrence and Michael Vitkauskas of MA. Also survived by numerous grand nieces, grand nephews and friends. Funeral from the Gately Funeral Home 79 W. Foster St. Melrose, on Friday, May 17th at 10:30AM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Incarnation Church, 425 Upham St. Melrose, at 11:30AM. Relatives & friends are respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours Thursday from 4:00-7:00PM. Burial at St. Mary's Cemetery in Beverly will be private.