Raymond Regis Posten, 85, of Huntingtown, Maryland, passed away on July 6, 2026, at Calvert Hospital in Prince Frederick, Maryland. He was born on October 16, 1940, in California, Pennsylvania, to his parents, Myrtle Marie (Wainwright) and Guy DeSales Posten.
Ray grew up in California, Beallsville, and West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He attended Centerville High School, graduating class of 1958. He went on to earn his Bachelor’s Degree in secondary school Education of Sciences from the California State College in California, PA.
He met the love of his life, Sylvia Katherine Turner in the summer of 1965 in Georgetown , Washington DC. They were married in July 1966, and made their home in Evans City, Pennsylvania welcoming three children in just three years. With a new teaching job offer in Southern Maryland, they moved to Clinton, Maryland, in 1972.
After a little more than a decade, they relocated to a tidewater home off the Patuxent River in Huntingtown, Maryland, in 1984. Together, Ray and Sylvia shared 56 years of marriage and countless adventures—whether navigating the waters of the river or crossing the country to explore National Parks and visit loved ones—until Sylvia’s passing in 2022.
Ray led a long and successful career as a high school educator, teaching in the Seneca Valley school district in Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1972, and at Frederick Douglass High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland from 1972 until his retirement in 2002.
His passion for his family, education, nature, history, and adventure spanned his entire life. As a young man in the late 1950s, he spent a couple memorable years in the Seattle area with his brother Warren (and family) while working at Boeing and pursuing the adventures of scuba-diving, sailing and boating. Ray, in his retirement years, enjoyed golfing, boating, sailing, and the many driving trips across and all over the country. He loved his family over all else and treasured the time he spent with them.
Ray is survived by his three children, Kelley Miller (Greg), Ryan Posten (Vasiliki), and Jennifer Antonielli; his eight grandchildren, Abigail, Miranda, and Caroline Posten, Wade (Zoe), Jacob, and Samuel Antonielli, Katherine and Kurt Miller; his great-grandchild, Vivien Antonielli; his brother, Donald Posten; brother-in-law, David Turner, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Sylvia Katherine Posten; his parents, Guy and Myrtle Posten; his parents-in-law, Jack and Inge Turner; his siblings, Warren Posten, Sr. (Evonne), Lawerence Posten (Yvonne), Constance Hoyack (Herbert), and sister-in-law Claudia Albright (Henry).
A service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, July, 10, 2026, at Jesus the Good Shepherd Catholic Church, 1601 W. Mt. Harmony Road, Owings, Maryland, 20736, with interment at the JGS Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Raymond’s name may be made to Jesus the Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Owings, Maryland at the following link: https://ccjgs.org/e-giving
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Frederica Bunting
July 12 – Obituary: Raymond Regis Posten
I taught with Ray for many years at Frederick Douglass. I will always remember his humor and his kindness. He was a man to whom faith and family meant so much. My sincere condolences to his children and to his nieces and nephews.
Barbara Minter(Fleming)
July 10 – Obituary: Raymond Regis Posten
Quarterman & Michalopoulos Family
July 10 – Obituary: Raymond Regis Posten
What a great loss of a gregarious, handsome and honorable family man. May he live on through his children, grandchildren and family. May he rest in peace and may peace be with you through your grief.
Wendell Russell
July 10 – Obituary: Raymond Regis Posten
Mr. Posten was my Biology teacher one year at Frederick Douglass HS back in the mid-80’s. He was one of a handful of teachers who I not only fondly remember as a great teacher, but also as a fun, likable, and accessible person in general. I genuinely looked forward to his class – not so much because of the subject matter (although I did have great interest), but because Mr. Posten always managed to make even the mundane interesting. I was always entertained in his class – which had much more to do with his personality than the subject at hand.
Mr. Posten genuinely seemed to love what he taught and that came through in his teaching style, which I remember being heavy on storied examples more so than strict textbook adherence, and I appreciate that approach as it was far more interesting.
My deepest condolences to the family. Please know that Mr. Posten left fond memories and a lasting impression on at least one of the many students blessed to have been in his orbit.
S. D Xintaris
July 10 – Obituary: Raymond Regis Posten
May he rest in peace
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