Ruth G. (Finn) GRAY

GRAY, FINN, PARKER, KUNTZ, HANSEN, THORTON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/6/2007 at 11:45:22

April 24, 2003

Ruth G. Gray, died on Sunday, April 20, 2003, at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, April 24, at the Holy Family Catholic Church, with Rev. Dennis Cahill and Monsignor Joseph J. Slepicka officiating. Burial will be in the Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery in Mason City. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., on Wednesday, at the Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, with a Scriptural Wake service at 6:00 p.m., followed with a Rosary at 6:30 p.m.

Ruth was born on September 4, 1918 in Belmond, to Jack and Luella (Parker) Finn. She graduated from the Belmond High School. On September 18, 1937, Ruth married Harold C. Gray in Belmond. A short time later they moved to Mason City, where she spent the rest of her life. Ruth was a member of the Holy Family Catholic Church. She devoted her life to her family and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved to be called great granny.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1988; and brothers, Leland and Donald Finn. Ruth is survived by sons, Larry (Donna) Gray of Mason City and Dennis Gray of Arlington, Texas; grandchildren, Terri (David) Kuntz of Mason City, Tammy (Russ) Hansen of Cedar Falls, Kelli (Jim) Thorton of Arlington, Texas, Thomas Gray of Austin, Texas and Stephi Gray of Ft. Worth, Texas; and great-grandchildren, Cassie, Nicole, and Lindsey Kuntz, Ryan and Tyler Hansen, and Paul, Chandler, and Alex Thorton.

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