Ray

Esther E. Garing Ray, 90, of Butler died at 8:25 a.m. Monday at the Sunnyview Home.

Born Jan. 12, 1917, in Fenelton, she was the daughter of John Daniel and Olive Hindman Young.

She was a member of Grace @ Calvary Lutheran Church. She was a life member of Women of the Moose and a member of the Tanglewood Senior Center. She enjoyed bowling and bingo.

Mrs. Ray retired as an inspector at Castle Rubber after 30 years and volunteered at the Butler Memorial Hospital for several years. She had worked in the shell shop at Pullman Standard during World War II. She also had worked at the Spaide Shirt Factory.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Delores) McLaughlin of Beecher, Ill., and Shirley Fudoli of Butler; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She also is survived by three sisters, Helen Goepfert of California, Mrs. Floyd (Frances) McAfoose of Aliquippa and Mrs. Harry (Virginia) Franko of Butler.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Arthur Garing, who died June 17, 1974; her second husband, Roy Ray, who died Aug. 20, 1976; and a grandson, Joseph McLaughlin.

<B>RAY </B>— Friends of Esther E. Garing Ray, who died Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>Young Funeral Home</B>, 127 W. Jefferson St. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home with her church pastor, the Rev. Timothy Bupp, officiating. Burial will be at the Greenlawn Burial Estates, Mount Chestnut.Information also is available at www.youngfuneralhomes.com.