This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.harrison/4122/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Lloyd Albert Gray February 4, 1925 - December 4, 2006 Visitation: Wednesday, December 6, 2006 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Family will receive friends Fouts Funeral Home 10th & Jeroleman Dunlap, IA 51529 Service: Thursday, December 7, 2006 11:00 AM Congregational Church 7th & Jeroleman Dunlap, IA 51529 Lloyd Albert Gray was born February 4, 1925, to Thomas and Laura (Moore) Gray in Moorhead, Iowa. He attended county school near Moorhead. Lloyd began farming with his uncle, Richard Moore. Lloyd married Margaret Maxwell on January 25, 1944, in Onawa, Iowa. The couple farmed in the Dunlap and Moorhead areas. Margaret died on March 26, 2001. Lloyd enjoyed camping, hunting, gardening and country music. Lloyd died on Monday, December 4, 2006, at his home in Dunlap at the age of 81 years and 10 months. Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Margaret; son, Gene Gray; grandson, Bobby Gray; two brothers, Cyril and Floyd Gray; and son-in-law, John Vredeveld. He is survived by two sons, Thomas Gray and his wife Judy of Weston, Nebraska, Bart Gray and his wife Donna of Branson, Missouri; daughter, Ann Vredeveld of Grand Island, Nebraska; daughter-in-law, Judy Dick of Woodbine, Iowa; 12 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; 1 great great granddaughter; seven siblings, Ervin Gray and his wife Opal, Bernice Summerfield all of Dunlap, Iowa, Irene and her husband Ralph Laubscher of Dow City, Iowa, Darlene Chilton of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Vera and her husband Gary Rosenberger of Carter Lake, Iowa, Jane and her husband John Miller and Jim Gray and his wife Jo Ann Gray all of Dunlap, Iowa; sister-in-law, Patsy Gray of Dunlap, Iowa; and many other relatives and friends. Funeral Service Congregational Church Dunlap, Iowa Thursday, December 7, 2006, at 11:00 am Clergy Elder Danny Mefferd Musicians Eve Vonne Muff Cyrila Roberts Selection The Old Rugged Cross Pall Bearers Raymond Vredeveld, Mia Weakland Chrissy Waido, Nicki Bordovsky Kevin Gray, Jennifer Harris Laura Soetmelk, Tom Gray Shannon Jones, Melissa Meeker Sara Gray, Joe Gray Final Resting Place Pleasant Hill Cemetery Dunlap, Iowa posted with permission from: Fouts Funeral Home Woodbine - Dunlap, IA www.foutsfuneralhome.com