Frances Josephine Gray, 79, a resident of Clearlake Oaks, Calif., passed away at her home April 11, 2011.

Frances was born May 14, 1932, in Kerby, Ore., the youngest of 10 children to John “Jack” and Emilie Hight Eggers. Frances attended school in Kerby.

Frances met her husband Zane Gray while living in Kerby. They married Aug. 9, 1948 in Reno, Nev.

She was a lifelong homemaker raising four children and followed her husband throughout Oregon and California while he was a logger and mill superintendent at Bodega, Calif.

Frances and Zane lived near Bartlett Springs for many years before moving to the Spring Valley area in 2005. She loved the “Mountain” as she called it.

Frances is survived by her son, Wes Gray and wife Debbie of Sebastopol, Calif.; grandchildren, Nathan and wife Rosa, Jason and wife Angel, Randy, Clinton, Sarah, Arya and Elizabeth; brother-in-law,
Kenneth Gray and his wife Barbara of Grants Pass, Ore.; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Frances was preceded in death by her husband Zane, three children, parents and siblings.

Burial will be in the family plot at Missouri Flats, Ore. Services are pending.