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Ruby Gray
RUBY TILLOTSON GRAY
Marion
Ruby Tillotson Gray died Jan. 31, 2017, at the age of 101 at Winslow House Care Center in Marion.
Funeral services will be Saturday, Feb. 4, at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola. Visitation is at 10 a.m., services at 11 a.m., and interment in Murray Cemetery will immediately follow. Local arrangements by Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.
She is survived by two sons, Jack E. (Seliece) Gray of Ruidoso, N.M., and James A. (Mary) Gray of Marion; eight grandchildren; and numerous great- and great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank E. Gray Sr.; her son, Frank E. Gray Jr.; her daughter, Suzanne Gray; and a great-great-grandchild.
Ruby was born in Grand River, Iowa, on Dec. 12, 1915. She graduated from Osceola High School in 1931. On Feb. 23, 1934, she married Frank E. Gray.
Memorials may be made in her name to Hillside Wesleyan Church, 2600 First Ave. NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405, of which she was a founding member.
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