Uncle Melvin Gray died Monday April 7, 2003, at the Infinia nursing home in Cottonwood, AZ. The funeral was Thursday at Immaculate Conception -new church on Bill Gray Rd, north of Cottonwood {take 89a the road to Sedona}: Rosary at 1 pm Mass at 1:30. The Friday burial at Vets Cemetery in Cave Creek, north of Phx was at 11am.

...I was in Ashland, Oregon over the weekend so I didn't hear about Uncle Melvin until today. I will write to Aunt Alice. I assume Tina is taking care of a remembrance from our family. Please let everyone know that I thought Uncle Melvin one of the most loving, caring and sincere individuals I ever met and that I felt so honored to have him as my uncle. Tomorrow I leave for the annual WASC accreditation meeting in Irvine, California. Will return on Saturday. Please let me know your phone number and I'll call on Saturday. I hope that the Arizona family will show up in full force. Sorry I will be unable to make it.
Love to all, Cecilia

Tell everyone they are in our prayers. Cathy & Terry

It takes courage to live--courage and strength and hope and humor. And courage and strength and hope and humor have to be bought and paid for with pain and work and progress and tears-Jerome P. Fleishman