Phil "Wrang" Ray Hammond

PHIL RAY “WRANG” HAMMOND Funeral services for lifelong Towaoc resident, Phil Ray “Wrang” Hammond will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 4 at the Towaoc Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at the Towaoc Cemetery. Pastor Fred Smith will be officiating. A dinner will follow the interment services at the Towaoc Recreation Center in the All Purpose Room. A visitation was held at the Ertel Memorial Chapel on Wednesday from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Phil was born on June 18, 1969 in Denver, Colo. the son of Howard Ray Hammond and Juanita Bancroft. He passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2005 in Towaoc at the age of 36. Phil attended Riverside Indian School in Anadarko, Okla. He became a volunteer fire fighter who saw much action. On August 1, 2003 in Cortez, Phil married Sharon Delphine Talk. With this union two children were born. The great outdoors were a true passion of Phil’s. He loved camping, hiking, fishing and hunting. Surviving Phil are his wife, Sharon Hammond; his children, Mareno Ray Hammond and Monique Delphine Hammond all of Towaoc. Survivors include his siblings, Amenda Malkewa and husband, Burton, Sr. of Fort Duchesne, Utah, Miranda Kuebler, Kendall Whiskers both of Towaoc and Sherlynn Hauser of Cortez. Preceding him in death were his parents.