GRAY, Rosie Viola (Miller) - b. July 5, 1921 - d. February 14, 2013

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Rosie Gray has died. Her services will be at 1 pm Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the Howard United Methodist Church.

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Rosie Viola Gray, age 91, of Howard, Kansas, passed away at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka, Kansas on February 14, 2013.  Rosie had been a resident of the Howard Twilight Manor Nursing Home since October 2011.  She was born on July 5, 1921 in Aurora, Arkansas, the daughter of Oscar and Sarah Miller.

Rosie's family moved to Elk County in 1922.  On December 4, 1939, Rosie married Jack Gray of Howard, Kansas.  They farmed on the Elk River until Jack went into the Navy in 1943.  After Jack's stint in the Navy, the couple moved to Independence, Missouri where Jack began a career in the grocery business.  Rosie was largely a homemaker but became involved in several home business activities.

Rosie and Jack moved back to Howard in 1989 after Jack's retirement, and they maintained a home on South Perry Street.  At Jack's death in November 2006, they were one month shy of being married for sixty-seven years.

Rosie is survived by her son, Waldo E. Gray of Centennial, Colorado; her daughter, Connie Rockstad of Concrete, Washington; two brothers, Charlie Miller of Winfield, Kansas and Dwayne Miller of Sterling, Kansas; and one sister, Ellen Curtis of Leesburg, Florida.  She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jack; her sisters, Lola King and Mary Lodean Lauffer; and her brother, Johnnie Miller.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at the Howard United Methodist Church with Pastor Charles Cryderman officiating.  Visitation will be Tuesday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.  Interment will be in Grace Lawn Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Howard Twilight Manor and may be left with the funeral home.  Online condolences may be left at www.countrysidefh.com.  Arrangements are under the direction of Countryside-Zimmerman Funeral Home, 206 E. Washington, Howard, Kansas 67349.

(taken from the Countryside Funeral Home website)

[Janet Harrington]

Rosie was always the sweetest lady to me. Of course, being a sister-in-law to her brother, Charlie, helped. LOL Anyway, she and Jack were always a delight to talk to. Prayers of comfort for Waldo, her son.