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 1930 - 2017 (86 years)
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| Name |
Gerald J Tray |
| Born |
25 Aug 1930 |
Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania  |
- parents: William Francis Xavier Tray and Mary Antoinette Hornung
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| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
22 Jun 2017 |
Topton, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| Buried |
27 Jun 2017 |
Zion (Red) Church Cemetery, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
| Person ID |
I268084 |
Strausstown Roots |
| Last Modified |
25 Jun 2017 |
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| Sources |
- [S188] Pottsville Republican, on-line, 23 Jun 2017.
Gerald J. Tray, 86, of Hamburg, passed away Thursday in the Lutheran Home at Topton.
He was the husband of Alean L. Kress Tray. They were married on May 15, 1954, and celebrated 63 years of marriage.
Born in Pottsville, he was the son of the late William Francis Xavier Tray and Mary Antoinette Hornung Tray.
Gerald attended St. Patrick's Catholic School in Pottsville. He was an Army veteran.
Gerald owned and operated G.J. Tray Wholesale Foods, Hamburg. He was a member of St. Mary Roman Catholic Church, Hamburg, where he was a member of the Holy Name Society. Gerald was a member of Union Fire Company No. 1, Hamburg; the Hamburg Sports Boosters; and the Hamburg Ambulance. He managed and sponsored a slow-pitch softball team for many years in the city league, where he was known as "Harp." Gerald was an avid golfer. He was also an assistant coach for the Babe Ruth team. Gerald sponsored many youth and adult sports leagues and was a supporter of Hamburg athletics. He was a very giving person. He donated the use of a truck for the Hamburg Library book sale and would help anyone who was in need, including the Haiti flood victims. Gerald was known for his joke-telling.
He was predeceased by his siblings, William and Eugene Tray, Sister Josephine Marie Tray, and Marie Tray.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, Alean, are his children, Gerald W. Tray and his companion, Mary Beth Marolo, Hazleton, Christopher J. Tray, Quakertown, Beverly Tray Etchberger, wife of Tom, Virginia, and Dianna Tray Twaddle, wife of Frank, Exeter Township; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday from St. Mary Roman Catholic Church, 94 Walnut Road, Hamburg. Burial will follow in Zion's Red Church Cemetery, Orwigsburg.
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