Orville GRAY

GRAY, OLSEN, BELL, WIEZOREK, MILES, VALENTA, GUTFREUND, BUSSANMAS, LUDWIG

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/8/2011 at 18:14:33

May 14, 1927 - November 12, 2011

Orville Gray, 84, was called home on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Crestview Senior Living in Webster City. He was born May 14, 1927 to C. Russell and Helen Ora Olsen Gray in Webster City. The family moved to the Stanhope area when he was two years old. Upon graduation from Stanhope High School in 1945 Orville farmed, worked at Brin's Furniture and at a Phillips 66 station. On July 15, 1949, he married Eleanor Lucy Bell at the Vincent Methodist Parsonage in Vincent. He continued farming and doing carpentry through the years before retiring in 1989. Orville and Eleanor moved into the town of Stanhope in 1998 and lived there until moving to Crestview Apartments in Webster City in October of 2008. His pastimes included fishing, camping with the Coachman Club and coffee with the guys. He especially enjoyed his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Orville was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Eleanor in December 25, 2009 and sister, Mary Wiezorek. Left to cherish Orville's memory are son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Lois Gray of Bondurant; daughter and son-in-law, Debra and Layton Miles of Ankeny; sister, Audrey Valenta of Long Beach, CA; grandchildren, Darci Gutfreund; Jackson Bussanmas and Paul Gray; great-grandchildren, Sky, Mason and Dane Bussanmaas; Ava and Roya Ludwig.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Foster Chapel, with Rev. Suzie Moore officiating. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery at Webster City. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday and prior to the service on Wednesday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Stanhope Parish or Iowa Hospice.

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