Irene E. Gray

She was born in Presque Isle, ME, Dec. 14, 1927,the daughter of the late Earl D. and Beatrice (Green) Jordan. She had worked as a secretary for the Housing Authority in Bristol. She was a graduate of the Zion Bible Institute in Rhode Island. Mrs. Gray was a member of the Apple Valley Worship Center in Southington and played piano for church services. She loved music, wrote poetry, enjoyed painting, traveling and loved to cook.

Besides her husband she is survived by her children, Pastor Kenneth Gray and his wife Pamela of Southington and Sandra Rulewicz and her husband Pastor Robert of Wolcott, her brothers Bernard Jordan of Houlton, ME, Donald Jordan of Lakeland, FL, Stanley Jordan of Easton, ME, sisters Elizabeth VanDruff of Richmond, VA, Dorothy Gall of Buffalo, NY and Marie Spencer of Lima, NY. She also leaves 6 grandchildren, Lisa Greenlee, Marcia Deeb, Paul Gray, Christina Rulewicz, Melody Theriault and Robert Rulewicz Jr. and 13 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother Merle Jordan and 4 sisters, Mickie Haines, Ruth Robinson, Phyllis Patton and Earla Budreau.

The Funeral service will be held Wednesday 11 a.m. at the Apple Valley Worship Center. Burial will be at Quinnipiac Cemetery. Calling hours will be Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. at the Church. Donations may be made in her memory to the Camp Gilead, P.O. Box 6174, Wolcott, CT 06716.