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Ray Febus
Acting Police Chief 1958

By Ben Martinez, Official Issaquah Police Historian
Submitted October 2002

Ray was born June 13, 1930 in Toppenish, Washington, the son of Ora and Martha Febus. He was raised in Toppenish and graduated from Toppenish High School.

During the Korean War, he served in the U. S. Marine Corps.  Ray moved to Issaquah in 1958 and joined the Issaquah Police Department, where he served as a Sergeant and as Acting Chief. He left that department in 1969.

Fraternally he was associated Kirkland Eagles and as a trustee of the Issaquah Eagles, Arie No. 3054.

Ray passed away on July 6, 1976. He is buried at Elmwood Cemetery, in Toppenish.

Top from left: Woody Whithbeck, unknown, Ray Febus. Front from left: Doug Blackmore, unknown, unknown, Chief Goodrow
Photo Courtesy of Issaquah Police Department
Top from left: Woody Whithbeck, unknown, Ray Febus. Front from left: Doug Blackmore, unknown, unknown, Chief Goodrow

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