October 17, 1930 – December 18, 2016

Surrounded by her 4 daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Shirley Anne Gray (nee Malcolmson) passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 18, 2016. She is survived by her daughters Susan (Paul) Devick, Sandy Devick, Cindy Stewart, Robyn (Cam) Mackenzie. Her 11 grandchildren Alex (Sandra) Devick, David (Lyndsay) Devick, Michael (Krystal) Devick, William (Donnelle) Devick, Lindsay (Aaron) Devick Newman, Blair Stewart, Robert (Chelsea) Stewart, Margo (Cody) Stewart Cartwright, Karli Mackenzie, Christine Mackenzie, Clair Mackenzie, great grandchildren William, Arabella, Madilyn, Ashton, Arya, Keegan, Jax, Luke and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her loving husband Robert Gray.
Shirley was born in 1930 at Vancouver General Hospital to Henry Geoffrey Malcolmson and nee: Geraldine Charlotte Fowler.
Shirley graduated from UBC with a degree in Science. She received her Laboratory Tech papers and moved to Toronto to work at the Toronto General Hospital. While in Toronto, on a blind date, she met the love of her life, Robert Gray and they were married in Vancouver in 1954. Bob and Shirley enjoyed a fantastic and exiting life together with their 4 daughters and spent summers at Shuswap Lake and winters at Tod Mountain. They travelled extensively and made friends wherever they went. Shirley travelled on her own after Bob died and ventured to Machu Pichu and the Galapagos Islands.
Family meant everything to Shirley. She was loving, generous, involved and supportive. She loved volunteering as a Girl Guide Leader; sewing costumes for dance recitals; helping with homework or music lessons; cheering from the sidelines watching sports; sitting in an auditorium watching dance or music recitals; driving children to swimming lessons at all hours of the day or night; taking grandchildren to Blazer hockey games or teaching them to golf; attending 4-H Winter Fairs. She was so much fun and she was a perfect mom/grandmother.
Shirley was passionate about so many things and a willing participant. She had a great love for the outdoors and all sports. She was an avid downhill skier, golfer and tennis player. Culture was a huge part of her life and she regularly attended the Vancouver Opera, Kamloops Symphony, Western Canada Theatre and Kamloops Art Gallery. 
Shirley loved to play Bridge. It kept her mind active and it was sociable. Shirley was very social and was genuinely interested in people. She had so many friends and had a way of making each one feel uniquely special. She was beautiful and a very classy dresser. She loved to entertain and was a very talented and graceful hostess. Her dinner parties were legendary.
Shirley’s love for life and learning never slowed down and she kept up with all the latest technology especially checking Facebook on her iPhone. It kept her connected to family and friends.
A tea party in memory of Shirley will be held at a later date.
Should friends desire, donations may be made to Kamloops Hospice; RIH Foundation; Salvation Army or Kamloops Symphony (Barb’s Book Sale).

Condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

• Date : 2016-12-18
• Location : Kamloops, B.C.