
Mary D. Gray died on April 3 in Santa Cruz. She was 72.
Mrs. Gray, a native of the Watsonville/Freedom area, was born to Rosalio Hernandez and Epelania Morales on Jan. 31, 1950 in El Paso, Texas.
In her younger years, she moved to the Valley in California with her parents and four siblings. Maria grew up in California where she met her husband, Larry Marvin Gray, Sr. (44 years), and had one child. She loved spending time with family, gardening and reading.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and sister Estella Hernandez. She is survived by her son Larry Marvin Gray, Jr., sister Jessica Ortega, brothers, Robert Hernandez and Rosalio Hernandez Jr., as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
No public services are to be held. Mehl's Colonial Chapel was entrusted with the arrangements.
Published in The Pajaronian · April 15, 2022