Mrs. STANLEY E. (Lillian B. Benedict) GRAY 1914-2006

BRYNDULSON, BENEDICT, GRAY, SELBERG, PLADSEN, SELFORS

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Date: 6/19/2006 at 20:07:44

Lillian Gray

Lillian B. Gray, 91, of Waukon, Iowa, died Saturday, April 22, 2006, at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 27, at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church with Rev. Lynn G. Groe officiating. Burial will be held in Oakland Cemetery, both in Waukon. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon.

Lillian Berniece was born July 28, 1914, in Blair, Wis., the daughter of Lewis and Bertha (Bryndulson) Benedict. She attended rural elementary schools in the Blair area.

December 26, 1934, she married Stanley E. Gray, also in Blair. After marriage, they lived in Tomah, Wis., for a short time before moving to Waukon in 1936. Lillian worked as an innkeeper and manager of motels in Waukon, Monona and Stoddard, Wis., for many years.

Lillian was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church and its ladies circles. She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She also liked to sew and loved to listen to music, as well as play the piano, harmonica, accordion, and flute.

Survivors include her children, Patricia (Keith) Selberg of Waukon, John (Anita) Gray of Glendale Heights, Ill., Sandra (Roger) Pladsen of Waterville, Iowa, and Butch (Kathy) Gray of Fairfield, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Stanley, who died in 1996; a son, Robert; seven brothers, Frank, Burnett, Timothy, Percy, Rueben, Stanley, and an infant brother; and a sister, Beatrice Selfors.

Casketbearers were her grandchildren, Mark, Todd, Steve, and Matt Pladsen; Rob, Chris, Andy, and Brian Gray; Scott and Shane Selberg; and Susan Matthews.

Waukon Standard, April 26, 2006