AUBURN – Edith M. Gray, 64, a resident of Highland Heights, Winthrop, and a former resident of Monmouth, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, at Hospice House of Androscoggin.

She was born May 16, 1944, in Augusta, the daughter of Erland and Leona (Spaulding) Josyln. She attended schools in Leeds and attended Monmouth Academy; she received her GED from Winthrop High School.

On Jan. 28, 1961, in Leeds, she married her high school sweetheart, Bruce G. Gray of Monmouth; they had been married 48 years. Edie was a wonderful and devoted mom, grandmother, great-grandmother, and wife and enjoyed being with her family.

She had worked as a cook at Curly’s Restaurant in Monmouth, Kwik Stop in Monmouth, AMI in Winthrop and had also worked for Gray’s Transport in Monmouth. She was a member of the United Church of Monmouth. She had been a Girl Scout and Boy Scout leader and also a Sunday school teacher.

She is survived by her husband, Bruce Gray of Winthrop; her father, Erland Josyln of Bowdoinham; two daughters, Cindy Gray of Florida, and Julie Ann Bertholf and her husband, Richard, of Winthrop; four sons, Stephen and Katrina Gray of Lewiston, Bruce Gray and his wife, Pam, of Florida, Casey Gray and his wife, Heather, of Dixfield and Tracy Gray and his wife, Michelle, of Monmouth; a sister, Joyce Lloyd and her husband, Bill, of Wisconsin; a brother, John Page and his wife, Gayle, of New Jersey; 30 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her mother.

The family would like to thank the staff of Central Maine Medical Center, Montello Manor and Androscoggin Hospice for the loving care and support provided to Edith and her family.

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