GRAY, EUGENE REV.

GRAY, EUGENE REV.

Retired Presbyterian Pastor of Suffolk County Dies, 85

Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

10/05/1945

COPIAGUE, L. I., Oct. 4- The Rev. Eugene F. Gray, who retired from the pastorate of the Middle Island Presbyterian Church in Suffolk County in 1925, died yesterday in the Nassau-Suffolk General Hospital after a brief illness. His age was 85.

Mr. Gray was born in Michigan and received his divinity degree from Olivet College in that State. He served as pastor of several churches in the Midwest and also carried on an active interest in the Boy Scout movement on Long Island.

He leaves two daughters, Mrs. William Koschara, with whom he resided at Coram, L. I., and Mrs. Earl C. Norris; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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