Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Gray Dale G 970925 p8
Dale G. Gray, 77;  A Modesto man who was known on the West Side has died at age 77.  Dale G. Gray died
Tuesday at his home.  He was a native of Jerome, Idaho, and had resided in Stanislaus County since 1945.  He
was an almond farmer.  He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, flying B29s in the South Pacific.
He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.  He was a member of American Legion Post 74 in Modesto, the
73rd Bomb Wing Association, and was a member of Masonic Lodge #236 of Livingston.  He also was a member
of the Modesto Airport Pilots Association. the California Pilots Association, the California Flying Farmers, the
California Farm Bureau, the Modesto Chamber of Commerce, and the  McHenry Mansion Foundation.  He
attended the Trinity United Presbyterian Church, 160 Carver Rd. in Modesto where a memorial service will be
held Friday at 2 p.m.  Private burial will be in Hills Ferry Cemetery, Newman.  Hillview Funeral Chapel in
Newman is in charge of the arrangements.  Survivors include his wife, Janice M. Gray of Modesto; a son, Walter
Gray of Modesto; two daughters, Rebecca Boman of Las Vegas and Christine Gray of Stockton; six
grandchildren; a brother, Don Gray of Pocatello, Idaho; and a sister, Shirley Bell of Orland.  Remembrances
should be sent to Trinity United Presbyterian Church, or to Community Hospice Inc., 601 McHenry Ave., Suite
C, Modesto, Calif.  95350.