Netty Louise Ray

Netty Louise Anderson Ray, 82, set aside her worldly cares to reunite with her family on the next step of her journey on Sunday, June 15, 2008.
   Born in 1925 in Prescott to Arvil “Andy” Anderson and Peggy McCray, she was the middle daughter of the three Anderson girls.
   Netty spent her childhood in Holbrook with her sisters, Betty and Peggy, and then traveled to Mt. Pleasant, Utah, where the girls attended Wasatch Academy. Upon graduation, she returned home to work at the Holbrook airfield which was then gearing up for WWII.
   After the war, Netty headed for Tucson and the University of Arizona where she made life-long friends as an Alpha Chi Omega sister. She finally made her way to Los Angeles where she attended Occidental College and made Los Angeles home for the rest of her life.
   She worked for the Melatron Corporation for several years before marrying Jules Jay Ray, who became her life-long partner until his death in 2007.
   Throughout her life, Netty was active with women's causes, especially Business and Professional Women/USA and, later, the Red Hat Grannies. She was on the go to one social function after another, making new friends and traveling to new places. She was very proud to portray women’s activist, Susan B. Anthony, at various BPW functions and to have been awarded the Susan B. Anthony award from her Holly-wood BPW Chapter.
   Netty always made a point of getting to know everyone along her journey, from hotel maids to store clerks to the people walking their dogs past her house in Covina. She loved people and traded conversation and smiles with anyone she met.
   She is survived by two nieces, Lynn Ashby and Karen Jongeward; three nephews, Stuart Ashby, Gary Jongeward and Bill Jongeward; two brothers-in-law, Ben Ashby and Woody Jongeward; one stepson, Jerry Ray; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren and her “adopted daughter” Francine. No services are planned at this time. Donations can be sent to BPW/USA or a favorite charity.