Clara Elizabeth Gray
1909-2009
Our mother was Clara Elizabeth Gray. She was born on 11 Dec 1909 in Santa Clara, California, the youngest child of Francis Pinkney Gray and Bertha Thompson. Clara married our father William Klaisner in 1932 in Modesto, California. They had two children, Lowell and Laurel. Clara died in Modesto, California on 19 Aug 2009 at the age of 99.
Photograph Gallery
Marriage to William Klaisner, 1932
Wedding, June 12, 1932
Newspapers.com, Modesto News-Herald, 13 Jun 1932, p. 4 : downloaded 28 Apr 2016
Photographs
Newspaper Coverage
Clara’s Dress
Newspapers.com, Modesto News-Herald, 18 Jun 1932, p. 4 : downloaded 7 Jun 1920
Honeymoon Trip
Newspapers.com, Modesto News-Herald, 17 Jun 1932, p. 5 : downloaded 28 Apr 2016
Graduation from Teaching College, 1930
Family copy
First Grade Classroom, 1956
Family copy
Teaching Career
Teaching Credential
Family copy
Retirement Recognition, 1968
Family copy
In Her Later Years
Notes on the Gray Family
Interview in the Modesto Bee, 2004
Reflections
1991 Conversations with Clara Gray Klaisner and her son Lowell.
Newspapers.com, Modesto Bee, 20 Dec 2004, p. D1, D3 : downloaded 1 Nov 2020
The Story of Clara Whittaker and how Clara Gray got her name
Clara Whittaker was a family friend of Clara Gray’s mother Bertha Thompson Gray.
Oral History, 2004
Clara Gray Klaisner interview with her granddaughter Aleece
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Death in 2009
Newspapers.com, Modesto Bee, 21 Aug 2009, p. B8 : downloaded 3 Oct 2020