Article: For 45 years, emphasis on quality kept feet beating to cobbler's door.(Obituaries)(The Eugene craftsman, who died this week at age 85, is remembered for his humility)

Byline: Diane Dietz The Register-Guard

In this day of plastic and synthetic soles, Ray Cavanaugh, who died in Eugene on Tuesday, was as rare as the tap, tap, tap on a cobbler's nail.

He was married to one woman for 63 years, lived in one house for 60 years, fell into the shoe repair business when his father-in-law suddenly died - and worked with an attitude of perfection at Miller's Shoe Repair for 45 years.

He was a World War II veteran. He had an upright manner. He flew the U.S. flag at his Knoop Lane house every holiday it was called for.

In the general run of conversation he preferred to listen rather than talk. He was kind to his ...

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