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MARGARET PATRICIA (PAT) GRAY
Margaret Patricia Gray (Hughes) passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family. After years spent living in the fog of Alzheimer’s, she is now free, soaring with clarity.
She was predeceased by her parents, Allan and Clara Hughes. She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Clayton; her sons, Randy (Faith) and Allan; her daughter, Brenda (J.); her grandson, Nicholas; her granddaughters, Zoey and Trinity; her brothers, Robert (Jocelyne), Jim (Julie) and Doug (Kathy); and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
A graduate of Grace Hospital School of Nursing, Margaret’s nursing career took her and her family far from her hometowns of Anola and Dominion City, including nearly 20 years in Kerrville, Texas, where she raised her family. She was the person everyone turned to when no one else could get an IV started.
An avid reader, Margaret also loved crosswords and word searches. She devoted countless hours to supporting and chauffeuring her children to band practices, choir concerts, swim meets and play rehearsals. She even volunteered in the costume department at the Smith-Ritch Point Theatre. She also spent many evenings cheering home winners at Assiniboia Downs, where her husband, Clayton, trained horses.
Margaret will be cherished by her family and remembered for her beautiful smile and the care and love she showed everyone she met. To know her was to love her, and she will be dearly missed.
The family would like to thank the staff at Deer Lodge Medical Centre for the support and loving care they gave our mum.
In lieu of flowers, the family invites donations to a local Alzheimer’s charity, memory clinic or resource centre in Margaret’s honour.
As published in The Carillon on Oct 29, 2026
