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Friends may visit with the family on Friday, November 25, 2016 from 4-7 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Virginia “Ginny” K. Gray, age 89, of West Milford, formerly of Wayne, passed Sunday, November 20, 2016.
She was born in Bryan, Ohio and graduated from Hicksville High School with the Class of 1945. During her high school years Ginny worked as a soda jerk at Jim’s Sweet Shop in Hicksville and at the Five & Dime store across the street as well.
After graduating high school, Ginny was ready to leave life on the farm behind. She passed the Civil Service Exam and boarded a train for Washington, DC. Where she soon landed a job in the government typing pool, quickly advancing to executive secretary at the Pentagon. One particular night while working in Washington, Ginny's path crossed with a young US Air Force man named Raymond Gray. He was immediately infatuated with the girl with the “big brown eyes.” Here began their journey and Ray and Ginny married on May 31, 1947 and honeymooned in the Poconos.
After Ray completed his service in the Air Force they moved to Ray's home state of New Jersey where Ginny was a Telephone Operator for New Jersey Bell Telephone in Newark. Ray started his career in electrical contracting and they bought their first house in Wayne where Ginny became pregnant with their son, Glenn. The young couple felt it was best to have Ginny at home and for many years she dedicated herself to raising their family. She also had two daughters, Gayle and Donna, and waited until her youngest was a sophomore in high school before returning to work. For two years she worked and became a manager at the Meyer Brothers Department Store in Wayne. With Ray's encouragement, Ginny soon returned to her phone company roots in 1977. Ginny's strong work ethic aided her in establishing her phone company career until her retirement in 1993. Ginny and Ray had a loving, caring, supportive marriage. She always spoke of how Ray was a great provider for his family. Sadly Raymond passed away at the early age of fifty-eight.
Ginny will be remembered as a private, giving, warm hearted, loving, strong willed independent woman who was a passionate New York Yankee fan. She loved to bake, knit, crochet, sew, garden and read but most of all she loved spending time with her grandchildren who affectionately know her as "Grandee." She loved cardinals, hummingbirds, and her late Norwich terrier “Mickey” who she would give a saucer of milk to before bedtime. She had a huge soft heart for animals and up until the other day was always asking about the family dog Tucker. When her children were young, she volunteered as a Girl Scout Leader, served as Hot Dog Mom at Holy Cross Church and Pizza Mom at Our Lady of Consolation Church in Wayne, and volunteered at school and church whenever a caring mom was needed. She loved traveling; especially trips to Monterey Beach at the Jersey shore, and even enjoyed binge watching the television series Breaking Bad.
Ginny was the loving wife for thirty-eight years to the late Raymond Gray; devoted mother to Glenn Gray and his late wife, Cheryl (2008) of Branchburg; Gayle Jones and her husband, Robert “John” of Wheaton, MD; and Donna Buchalski and her husband, Michael of West Milford. She was the cherished grandmother of Lauren Buchalski, Robert Jones, Michael Buchalski, Matthew Jones, Stacey Noto and her husband Chris, and Cameron Gray. She was a dear sister of Lester Kinzer and his wife Emma of Edon, Ohio, and the late Max Kinzer.
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Friends may visit with the family on Friday, November 25, 2016 from 4-7 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, November 25, 2016 from 4-7 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 AM on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at the funeral home.
Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Franklin Lakes.
Virginia “Ginny” K. Gray, age 89, of West Milford, formerly of Wayne, passed Sunday, November 20, 2016.
She was born in Bryan, Ohio and graduated from Hicksville High School with the Class of 1945. During her high school years Ginny worked as a soda jerk at Jim’s Sweet Shop in Hicksville and at the Five & Dime store across the street as well.
After graduating high school, Ginny was ready to leave life on the farm behind. She passed the Civil Service Exam and boarded a train for Washington, DC. Where she soon landed a job in the government typing pool, quickly advancing to executive secretary at the Pentagon. One particular night while working in Washington, Ginny's path crossed with a young US Air Force man named Raymond Gray. He was immediately infatuated with the girl with the “big brown eyes.” Here began their journey and Ray and Ginny married on May 31, 1947 and honeymooned in the Poconos.
After Ray completed his service in the Air Force they moved to Ray's home state of New Jersey where Ginny was a Telephone Operator for New Jersey Bell Telephone in Newark. Ray started his career in electrical contracting and they bought their first house in Wayne where Ginny became pregnant with their son, Glenn. The young couple felt it was best to have Ginny at home and for many years she dedicated herself to raising their family. She also had two daughters, Gayle and Donna, and waited until her youngest was a sophomore in high school before returning to work. For two years she worked and became a manager at the Meyer Brothers Department Store in Wayne. With Ray's encouragement, Ginny soon returned to her phone company roots in 1977. Ginny's strong work ethic aided her in establishing her phone company career until her retirement in 1993. Ginny and Ray had a loving, caring, supportive marriage. She always spoke of how Ray was a great provider for his family. Sadly Raymond passed away at the early age of fifty-eight.
Ginny will be remembered as a private, giving, warm hearted, loving, strong willed independent woman who was a passionate New York Yankee fan. She loved to bake, knit, crochet, sew, garden and read but most of all she loved spending time with her grandchildren who affectionately know her as "Grandee." She loved cardinals, hummingbirds, and her late Norwich terrier “Mickey” who she would give a saucer of milk to before bedtime. She had a huge soft heart for animals and up until the other day was always asking about the family dog Tucker. When her children were young, she volunteered as a Girl Scout Leader, served as Hot Dog Mom at Holy Cross Church and Pizza Mom at Our Lady of Consolation Church in Wayne, and volunteered at school and church whenever a caring mom was needed. She loved traveling; especially trips to Monterey Beach at the Jersey shore, and even enjoyed binge watching the television series Breaking Bad.
Ginny was the loving wife for thirty-eight years to the late Raymond Gray; devoted mother to Glenn Gray and his late wife, Cheryl (2008) of Branchburg; Gayle Jones and her husband, Robert “John” of Wheaton, MD; and Donna Buchalski and her husband, Michael of West Milford. She was the cherished grandmother of Lauren Buchalski, Robert Jones, Michael Buchalski, Matthew Jones, Stacey Noto and her husband Chris, and Cameron Gray. She was a dear sister of Lester Kinzer and his wife Emma of Edon, Ohio, and the late Max Kinzer.
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