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By Patricia Muhammad From ages 0-99, all birthdays are special, but, I have to say, anyone who has lived beyond 100 years of life is just super awesome. Josephine Gray is one of those special people. Gray, a former Marshall Field employee who worked in the credit and dispute division, will celebrate her 103rd birthday at a party on August 20th, in South Holland. Mrs. Gray was born August 16, 1914, in Chicago. She married Ervin Gray in 1937 and in 1964, her family moved to South Holland. Her five children include Nancy, Dan, Sandy, Bonnie, and Tim. According to Mrs. Gray’s 38-year-old granddaughter, Kristy Olsen, Mrs. Gray was a bookkeeper for her husband’s optometrist practice located in South Holland. “She was great with bookkeeping, and she loved working in the area of finance.” Olsen and her husband have lived with her grandmother since she turned 97, and two years ago the family hired a caregiver, Janet Arendt, to provide day-to-day care for Mrs. Gray. Olsen also stated that her grandmother has a sweet tooth and enjoys a variety of pies, ice cream, and cookies. “My grandmother enjoys eating all types of pies. If you ask her which type of pie is her favorite, she will tell you, ‘they’re all good.’” Mrs. Gray is a life-long member of the Holy Ghost Catholic church located at 700 East 170th Street in South Holland where she is highly involved in church activities. Mrs. Gray was part of a church team who took a missionary trip to Portugal to visit Our Lady of Fatima Catholic church in the late 90s. Having the proper attitude towards life and family is key to longevity. Olsen said of her grandmother, “Through the years
Jo has always kept a spunky attitude and wonderful sense of humor, often making herself laugh so hard at her own wit that the hats she always wears would fall off. Jo has always had a great love for her family and enjoyed telling stories of her family history.” Olsen also added that her grandmother stays active by singing. “She especially enjoys hymns and favorite show tunes. Her favorite song is ‘God Bless America.’ She sings it often as her way of praying for our country.” “For exercise, Jo enjoys being pushed in her wheel chair on walks to tour the neighborhood,” Olsen said. Mrs. Gray’s big day will be complete with family, friends, and well-wishers who will encircle her to wish her yet another wonderful birthday anniversary. According to Olsen, three years ago for her 100th birthday, Mrs. Gray wrote an original prayer which she recited from memory at her 100 year celebration for her 100 guests: One hundred years I have lived on your earth—Thank you, Lord. Five lovely children you gave me to birth—Thank you, Lord. A wonderful man to be by my side, sixteen grandchildren who are my pride, for relatives living and those who have died—Thank you, Lord. For skies that are grey and skies that are blue, for all the wonderful people I knew, For my great grandchildren (there are quite a few!)—Thank you, Lord. For all the things I am still able to do with help from our Blessed Mother and my little Kristy too—Thank you, thank you, thank you, Lord.
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Kristy Olsen (left), 38 year-old granddaughter and caregiver for Josephine Gray, gives her grandmother an affectionate smile during Olsen’s October 15, 2016 wedding. Mrs. Gray (right), turns 103 years old today, August 16, 2017. ______________________________________
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