DATELINE: Sterling
NAME: Marlyn J. Wray
AGE: 82 yrs
DATE OF DEATH: June 1, 2017
PLACE OF DEATH: Hospital District #1 Rice County, Lyons
DATE OF BIRTH: September 14, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH: rural Geneseo, Kansas
PARENTS: Floyd & Madge Rush Pflughoft
RESIDENCE: lifetime Rice County resident
OCCUPATION: Owner/Operator of the former Wray’s Grocery in Sterling and worked
at various Sterling businesses
EDUCATION: Graduated Sterling High School
MEMBERSHIPS: attended the United Methodist Church, Sterling
DATE OF MARRIAGE: February 8, 1953
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Sterling
SPOUSE: Jack A. Wray
SPOUSE DECEASED DATE: July 25, 2012
SURVIVORS: son, Dennis & Sherry Wray, Lyons; daughter, Cheryl & Jeff Tinkler, Salina;
Sister, Faira Buckman, Sterling; 5 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Parents; Brother, Darrell Pflughoft
SERVICES: 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling
OFFICIATING: Rev. Glenn Chambers
BURIAL: Sterling Community Cemetery
VISITATION: 2:00 to 7:00 P.M., Monday, June 5, 2017 at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling with family present 5:00 to 7:00 P.M.
MEMORIAL: United Methodist Church in care of the funeral home.