By John Wood
The Sun Journal
Feb 05, 2010 12:01 am
Minnie L. Gray
1910 - 2010
AUBURN — Minnie Louise Gray, 100, resident of Village Street in Lisbon died Thursday, Feb. 4, at Clover Manor.
She was born Jan. 13, 1910, in Reading, Mass., a daughter of Weldon and Mary (Carver) Black. As a child, she moved to Maine and was educated in Litchfield schools.
She was employed for many years at the shoe factories in Lewiston and also at the Worumbo and Farnsworth Woolen mills in Lisbon.
She attended the Lisbon United Methodist Church.
She enjoyed going dancing at the local Grange halls and had kept up dancing until she was 88 years of age. She was also an avid gardener. She very much enjoyed tending to her many flower gardens and planted a large vegetable garden every year.
She was an excellent baker and cook and also enjoyed canning the produce she harvested each season from her gardens. She loved to knit and crochet and she always made sure that any child in need of mittens had a pair made by her.
Survivors include two daughters, Barbara White of Lisbon and Helen Read of Bowdoinham; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and 30 great-great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband, Reginald H. Gray in 1978; two sons, Harvey and Lloyd Gray; a brother, Russell Black; and two sisters, Helen Martin and Ruth Gray.
By John Wood
The Sun Journal
Feb 05, 2010 12:01 am
Minnie L. Gray
1910 - 2010
AUBURN — Minnie Louise Gray, 100, resident of Village Street in Lisbon died Thursday, Feb. 4, at Clover Manor.
She was born Jan. 13, 1910, in Reading, Mass., a daughter of Weldon and Mary (Carver) Black. As a child, she moved to Maine and was educated in Litchfield schools.
She was employed for many years at the shoe factories in Lewiston and also at the Worumbo and Farnsworth Woolen mills in Lisbon.
She attended the Lisbon United Methodist Church.
She enjoyed going dancing at the local Grange halls and had kept up dancing until she was 88 years of age. She was also an avid gardener. She very much enjoyed tending to her many flower gardens and planted a large vegetable garden every year.
She was an excellent baker and cook and also enjoyed canning the produce she harvested each season from her gardens. She loved to knit and crochet and she always made sure that any child in need of mittens had a pair made by her.
Survivors include two daughters, Barbara White of Lisbon and Helen Read of Bowdoinham; 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and 30 great-great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband, Reginald H. Gray in 1978; two sons, Harvey and Lloyd Gray; a brother, Russell Black; and two sisters, Helen Martin and Ruth Gray.
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