Ray Edward Matrullo-Arroyo Grande High, CA

9/7/2009

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OCEANO Ray Edward Matrullo, 22, died Nov. 24, 1990, at his home in Occano. A graveside service was held Nov. 27 at the Arroyo Grande Cemetery. Officiating was the Rev. Tim Dailey of the New Life Community Church of the Nazarene in Pismo Beach. Mr. Matrullo was born in Oklahoma on March 22, 1968. He was raised in the Orcutt area until moving to Arroyo Grande in 1979. He graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in 1986 and was a member of the school football team. This past summer he helped coach a team in the Arroyo Grande Little League. For the past two months, he was employed as an animal groomer. Mr. Matrullo is survived by his wife: Nedra Matrullo of Oceano; one sister: Sammi Lynn Matrullo of Grover City; two brothers: Brian and Brent Matrullo of Grover City; and an uncle: Mark C. Fantino of Lompoc. He was preceded in death by his father: Nicholas Matrullo in 1979; his mother: Rosie M. Matrullo in 1988; and by grandparents: Pauolina Fantino in 1970 and Maurice Fantino in 1988. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Marshall-Spoo Sunset Funeral Chapel in Grover City.

24 Comments

Sonin J Porter

9/7/2009 04:43:56 am

geez! Ray...what a terrible bummer! so sad. RIP Ray.
July 11 at 12:51pm

Sonin J Porter

9/7/2009 04:44:21 am

what happened to Ray?? so sad. and so sorry for those close to him.
July 11 at 12:51pm ·

Todd Talbert

9/7/2009 04:44:50 am

I played Babe Ruth league baseball against him, and the coach always feared him.
July 13 at 11:22pm

Sonin J Porter

9/7/2009 04:45:10 am

he looks like he was quite the competitor!
July 14 at 12:01am

Shannon Ratliff- Evans

9/7/2009 04:45:23 am

He was overall a great guy. I miss him soo much :(
July 14 at 12:05am

Lee Anne Plante

9/7/2009 04:45:37 am

I believe Ray committed suicide...it was so sad. Paula, you know am I right?
July 14 at 12:35pm

Paula Mccombie Murray

9/7/2009 04:45:53 am

yes-sadly after the accident our Junior year things were different for him--life can seem hard I still miss him ALOT!!
July 14 at 11:47pm

Kat Toribio-Austin

9/7/2009 04:46:06 am

i remember that night and the ordeal my cuz went thru for a long time. :-( he was a nice guy.
July 23 at 2:41am ·

Paula Mccombie Murray

9/7/2009 04:46:21 am

yeah, if things had gone different at that party life would have been alot different, for many people.
July 23 at 5:13pm ·

Kat Toribio-Austin

9/7/2009 04:46:36 am

i didnt know about any party ... i just remember getting the call and the ordeal my cuz went thru afterwards
July 23 at 5:18p

Paula Mccombie Murray

9/7/2009 04:47:00 am

as i recall he and a cousin were at a party and someone laced there sodas with something, lsd was the assumtion as I recall. which just to this day makes me so angry that some dumb ______ would do that and think it is oka!! It changed Rays life and not for the better
July 24 at 12:25pm

Kat Toribio-Austin

9/7/2009 04:47:28 am

ohh that is so jacked up!! that person or thing does not realize how he/she messed my cuz's life up .... although she is doing good now ... it took her a long time to get where's she's at right now.
July 24 at 12:40pm

Holly J Pace Wardlaw

9/7/2009 04:47:48 am

Oh my goodness. Why always the kind ones?
July 14 at 9:24pm

Paula Mccombie Murray

9/7/2009 04:48:02 am

My best guy friend in high school, I still miss him and dream about him always he is in that white hat--
July 14 at 11:44pm

Sammi Matrullo

9/7/2009 04:48:18 am

Paula! :) I do remember you guys being very good friends
July 16 at 11:51am

Paula Mccombie Murray

9/7/2009 04:48:35 am

yes we were. found his note to me in my year book in 85, we had a good friendship-he is always in my heart and head
July 16 at 1:30pm ·

Sammi Matrullo

9/7/2009 04:49:32 am

I remember when he died - I kept thinking that I had to make sure that we were the ones who told you. Julie and I drove up to your house and you were outside with Jari Sue. Gosh, I wonder why I remember that in detail. He was a good guy (not even a bratty brother haha) - and I'm glad that you guys were friends.
July 16 at 1:37pm

Paula Mccombie Murray

9/7/2009 04:49:53 am

yeah that was a very crazy time I lost my dad the year before. and I loved your brother like my own brother even though we were so different and raised so different we had a wonderful kinship, we talked and had this easyness with each other, without the spark (lol) we went on a date once, awkward:) he was in love with Dierdre(sp?). and we made really good friends!!
July 16 at 2:09pm

Dave Wilson

9/7/2009 04:50:20 am

Ray was a great person. Extremely nice and someone everyone called friend.
July 19 at 9:58pm

Chris Hortline

9/7/2009 04:50:33 am

I played Little League All Stars with Ray and football at AG. He was a STUD athlete and a great guy. So sad. RIP my man.
July 20 at 12:19am

Paula Mccombie Murray

9/7/2009 04:51:40 am

ahh there is a white hat! miss you friend
July 14 at 11:45pm ·

Stacie Maddio

4/3/2010 06:01:53 pm

Ray was there for me when Jimmy died, everyday for months, telling me I would get through each day, that we had to lean on each other. He and Jimmy had become close friends after graduation. Ray, Dedra, Jimmy and I spent a lot of time together. I remember being the one to tell Ray the night Jimmy died that he didn't need to get fitted for his tuxedo for our wedding, Ray thought Jimmy and I broke up. That night changed my whole life. Ray and I were both so wicked sad out of our minds in grief after Jimmy's death. I couldn't believe it when I heard the news of Ray's passing, my heart was ripped from my chest. I was still grieving over Jimmy's death, don't know how I made it through life and where I am today. Guess God has a way of carrying you through those times. Dedra, wherever you are, I hope you have created a happy life for yourself. We both know Ray wouldn't tolerate anything less. He loved you so much, you were his light. I'm happy that I was able to be in your wedding and share such a special moment between the two of you. Ray, I'll always love and miss you my friend!

Rick Davis

2/17/2014 09:08:56 pm

Wow. I'm looking up on Facebook the names of every single person I've ever met in my entire life (I'm 45 presently) and Ray Matrullo was my good friend in the early-mid '70s, when he lived on Stansbury in Foxenwoods, in Orcutt. He and I caught frogs and tadpoles in the big puddles of standing water back behind his house, back before Foxenwoods was developed to that point. It was still towering eucalyptus trees then, and big deep puddles of muddy water full of frogs. He moved away in the mid 70s. We were 8 or 9 then. The pictures I have of him are from class pictures, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade in May Grisham, and he was a smaller version of the pictures at the top of this webpage :)

rob holder

8/31/2015 05:43:36 am

Yeah what a sad day he was my friend at AG as well,Could not ask for a better person miss him everyday! God Bless brother

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