Althea H. Gray

CANAAN, VT—Mrs. Althea H. Gray, 93, of Canaan, Vt., passed away early Tuesday morning, January 31, 2012, at the Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook, NH. She was born on May 1, 1918, in Stewartstown, NH, a daughter to the late William and Eva (Brown) Heath. She was educated in the local schools and attended Colebrook Academy. Althea was married to Willard O. Gray in 1938. Althea’s life was spent as a homemaker to her husband and her children. She worked alongside her husband on the family farm in Canaan for many years. In 1963, she also began work as a cook at the Canaan Memorial High School, and later joined the housekeeping staff at the Coös County Nursing Hospital. She took wonderful care of her husband until his death in 1990, and she also cared for many of her siblings in their elder days. Althea loved to knit and crochet, and she was proud to make afghans for all her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Time spent with her family was very important to her. She will be remembered by all as a loving wife and mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend. She is survived by two sons, Dale Gray and wife Carol of Killington, Vt., and David Gray and wife Carol of Canaan; her daughter, Dencie Cunningham and husband Fred of Canaan; eight grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great grandchildren; as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins. Althea is preceded in death by her husband, Willard; an infant son, Donald Gray; a great-granddaughter, Amanda Gray; her daughter-in-law, Glenna Gray in 2009; nine brothers and six sisters. A memorial service will be on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at 10 a.m. at the Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home in Colebrook. The Rev. Rick Boyden will officiate. An interment service will be held at the Alice Hunt Cemetery in Canaan on Saturday, May 19, at 11 a.m. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mrs. Gray may be made to the Two Rivers Ride for Cancer, c/o Rosemary Mullliken at the First Colebrook Bank, 132 Main St., Colebrook, NH 03576. Condolences may be offered to the family on-line by going to www.jenkinsnewman.com. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jenkins & Newman Funeral Home, Colebrook, NH.

Althea H. Gray

May 1, 1918 - January 31, 2012