Tilton-----F. Ruth Gray, 88, of 107 Dunlop Drive, died at the Mountain Ridge Center-Genesis on Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Mrs. Gray was born on April 20, 1923 in Medford, Mass., the daughter of John J. and Mary Abby (Nourse) O’Hearn. She resided in Sanbornton for several years before moving to Tilton in 2009.
Mrs. Gray had been employed at the Nighswander Law Office for nineteen years before retiring in 1996. She enjoyed oil painting, cake decorating, cooking and knitting.
Mrs. Gray was a member of the Sanbornton Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, a Sanbornton Library Trustee and a member of the Cooperative Extension Service in Sanbornton.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Joseph and Patricia Gray, of Tilton; a daughter, Kathleen Gray, of Tilton; four grandchildren, Sara Gray of Tilton, Christopher Romano of Tilton, Holly Arnold of Campton and Tomas I. Arnold IV of Belmont and three nieces. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Gray was predeceased by her husband, Robert H. Gray, in 1974, by two daughters, Priscilla Gray Bloom in 2006 and Mary Ellen Gray in 2000 and by her siblings, John “Bud” O’Hearn, Jr., Joseph O’Hearn, Frank Ryan and Maude Ryan Coghlan.
Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 from 6:00-8:00pm at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. using the Whipple Avenue entrance.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 11:30am also at the Funeral Home.
Spring burial will be in the family lot in Union Cemetery, Sanbornton, N.H.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Sanbornton Library, PO Box 88, Sanbornton, NH, 03269.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N. H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.