Mary Elizabeth Lynch "Betty" Gray

Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Lynch Gray, age 93, died Tuesday February 16, 2010 at the Sarah Reed Retirement Center. She was born in Erie on February 3, 1917 the daughter of the late Frank E. and Jennie O'Brien Lynch. She was a 1935 graduate of Strong Vincent High School and received a B.S. degree from Villa Maria College in 1939 and her Masters from the University of Pittsburgh in 1941. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Robert B. Gray whom she married on January 17, 1942; a son William E. Gray and two grandsons, William R. Gray and Cpl. Robert E. Gray, USMC. Betty is survived by a daughter Rebecca Fluegel and her husband Larry of Erie and three sons, Robert F. Gray and his wife Mary Alice of Arlington, Va.; Thomas O'Brien Gray of Erie, and Barry Gray and his wife Christine Troutman also of Erie. She is the grandmother of Patrick, Justin, Andrew, Mark and Abigail Fluegel; Meghan and Tyler Gray, and Julie Gray. Betty is also survived by three great-grandsons; a daughter â€"in-law Elaine Gray, and a sister Frances Eileen Lynch, both of Erie. Private funeral services were held with burial in Mary Queen of Peace Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Robert B. Gray Scholarship Fund, c/o Erie Community Foundation, 459 West 6th St., Erie, PA 16507. Arrangements by the John J. Quinn Funeral Home, West 9th & Liberty St.