AUBURN – Elaine May Farnham Gray, 63, of Chesterville died Saturday, July 19, at Androscoggin Hospice House after a short illness.

She was born on July 2, 1945, in Rumford, a daughter of Alton and Elizabeth (Potter) Farnham of Wilton.

She attended elementary schools in Wilton and graduated from Wilton Academy in 1963. She married Richard L. Gray of Chesterville on Oct. 12, 1963.

She worked briefly at Bass shoe in Wilton until starting her family. After raising her children, she served as secretary/bookkeeper for the family business R.L. Gray Construction.

She was a member of Girl Scouts as a youth and had fond memories of camp and was a lifeguard at Kineowatha Park in Wilton as a teen. She supported girl scouting and youth groups in Chesterville as an adult for many years and enjoyed spending time with the children.

She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren, nieces and nephews and close friends. She was a lovely homemaker, enjoying gardening, cooking, knitting and crocheting, reading, word puzzles, playing her keyboard and spending winters at her home in Zephyrhills, Fla., with her husband.

She is survived by her husband, Richard L. Gray of Chesterville; two sons, Barry Gray of Augusta and Scott Gray and wife, Kelly, of Chesterville; two granddaughters, Megan Gray of Lewiston and Erin Gray of Chesterville; brothers, Donald Farnham and companion, Linda, of Tolland, Conn., and Lawrence Jackson and wife, Eleanor, of West Farmington; uncle and aunt Phil and Edith Walters of Wilton; and several great-nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents, Alton and Elizabeth Farnham; brother, Stillman Garland Jackson of Farmington; aunt and uncle, Raymond and Alice Thomas of Freeport; and aunt Viola Potter of Wilton.

She will be fondly remembered for her giving and caring nature, her love of all children and her playful disposition.

A special thanks to the staff at Central Maine Medical Center and the Hospice House of Auburn for the loving and thoughtful care Elaine and the family received.