Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Wray, James Madison October 13, 1983
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 28, 2006, 12:52 am

The Dalles Weekly Reminder, November 3, 1983
     James Madison Wray, 77, the former part-owner of Wray's Drugs in The 
Dalles, died Oct. 13 at his Madras residence.
     He was born June 24, 1906.
     Mr. Wray graduated from Western Dental and Pharmacy College in Portland 
in 1932 and received the prescription medal for high grades, as well as 
membership in the National Pharmacy Honor Society.
     From 1940 to 1953 he was part-owner of Wray's Drugs in The Dalles.  He 
married Ruby Alma Gross July 31, 1948 in Pendleton and they moved to Madras in 
1953 where he owned and operated the pharmcy from 1953 to 1962 when they moved 
to Portland.
     He returned to Madras in 1974 and worked part time for a drug store, 
Mountain View Hospital and the Warm Springs Clinic.
     Survivors include his wife, Ruby, Madras; two daughtesr, Karen Collier, 
Bakersfield, Calif.; and Raynette Lawrence, Portland; three sons, Raoul and 
Darryl Wray, Portland; and Rudell Wray, Victoria, Tex.; a sister, Maggie 
Snodgrass, Maupin; 23 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
     Funeral services were Oct. 15 in Madras and burial was at Mt. Jefferson 
Memorial Park Cemetery.

Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/w/wray1391gob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/

File size: 1.9 Kb