Ralph Pryor, Jr.

Dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and public service provider, Ralph Parman Pryor Jr., 76, of Naples, Florida, passed from this life on Sunday, February 21, 2021 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He was the loving husband of Dawn Wickland Pryor for 55 wonderful years. Born on November 5, 1944, in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Ralph Parman Pryor, Sr. and Dorothy Beatrice (McCarthy) Pryor. Ralph and Dawn resided in Frederick and Walkersville, Maryland from 1978 to 2002.

Ralph graduated from Natick High School, Natick, Massachusetts, in 1962. He was awarded best all-around athlete and earned varsity letters in basketball, football, and track. After moving to Maryland and marrying the love of his life, Ralph graduated from University of Maryland, College Park, in 1968 with a B.A. degree in public administration. Ralph’s distinguished 45-year career included tenure as a recreation and sports manager with Montgomery County, Maryland, Recreation Department from 1975 to 2002, and Lee and Collier Counties, Florida until 2014.  Ralph successfully developed adult sports programs and directed numerous sports tournaments in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and southwest Florida. A highlight of his career was the 1984 induction into the Washington Metropolitan Slow Pitch Softball (WMSPS) Hall of Fame. In addition to his career pursuits, Ralph enjoyed music, playing guitar, athletics and fitness, cars, and travel. He especially enjoyed ship cruising in the Caribbean Sea and vacations at the North Carolina Outer Banks and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He also enjoyed lifelong interests in history, politics, and science. Ralph will be greatly missed by his family, friends, and colleagues whom he gifted with his love, friendship, faith, and support.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, Kenneth Pryor and wife Laurie of New Market, Maryland; daughter Nicole Pryor Casper and husband Ian Casper of York, Pennsylvania; grandchildren John and Ralph Casper, and Dean and Sarah Pryor; sisters Deborah Dauphinee of Milford, Massachusetts, Donna Countryman of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and Michele DeMatta and husband Elliott DeMatta of Rockville, Maryland; brothers John Pryor, and Joseph Pryor and wife Barbara of Milford, Massachusetts.

He was predeceased by his parents Ralph and Dorothy Pryor.

A private memorial service will be celebrated at a later date.

Arrangements are with Stauffer Funeral Home, Frederick. Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.staufferfuneralhome.com.

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