Roger Lynn Gray

1953 - 1972  (19 years)

• Name	Roger Lynn Gray
  Born	7 Mar 1953	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Misfortune	1972	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Accident: killed in car accident
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-338277
  Died	24 Apr 1972	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: Cause: Killed in a Motor Vehicle Accident
  Buried	27 Apr 1972	Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I338277	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	William Ira "Bill" Gray,   b. 12 Jun 1929, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Feb 2011, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Wilma Ruth Marshall,   b. 21 Mar 1929, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jun 1974, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F247616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A two-car crash north of Roseville at 6: 50 p.m. Monday evening has claimed one life and sent three other persons to hospital. Roger Gray, 19, of Ayr, was killed when the car, driven by Norman Pyne, 26, of Waterloo, in which he was a passenger was in collision with a car operated by Daniel Boshart, 18, of New Dundee. The crash occurred at the intersection of the Roseville-Kitchener Road and the New Dundee-Blair Road. The Pyne vehicle, a 1964 Mercury, north-bound on the Roseville Road was attempting to cross the New Dundee Road when it was struck on the passenger's side by the Boshart car, a 1963 Chevrolet. Pyne and a third passenger in this auto, Norman Chesney, 19, Ayr, along with Boshart were rushed to St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener where Pyne was listed in serious condition on Tuesday morning. The other two were reported in good condition. Waterloo Township Police were in charge of the investigation. - ROGER LYN GRAY - Roger Lyn Gray, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Gray, Scott Street, Ayr, was a lifelong resident of Ayr. He was a graduate of Ayr Public School and had attended Southwood Secondary School in Galt. For the past three years he had been an operator at Butler Metal, Preston. Surviving besides his parents are ten brothers and sisters: Wayne of Ayr; Mrs. Robert (Dale) Ellis of RR 1, Ayr; Kim, Jo-Ann, Sherri, Carol, Kevin, Sandra, Colleen and Tracy; and a grandmother, Mrs. Jean Gray of Galt. Resting at the William Kipp Funeral Home, Paris, where private funeral service will be conducted on Thursday afternoon. Interment in Ayr Cemetery. The Ayr News Apr 27 1972 pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S367] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr Public CC#4489 Internet Link . Gray [Front & back] [A] Wilma Ruth Marshall/ beloved wife of/ William Gray/ March 21, 1929/ June 13, 1974 [B] Roger Lynn Gray/ beloved son of/ Wilma and Bill Gray/ March 7, 1953/ April 24, 1972 [C] William Ira Gray/ Husband/ Father & grandfather/ June 12, 1929/ Feb. 13, 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Mar 1953 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - Accident: killed in car accident - 1972 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cause: Killed in a Motor Vehicle Accident - 24 Apr 1972 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 27 Apr 1972 - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth