John Eldon Gray was born 9/13/1940 in Great Falls, Montana to Johnnie C Gray and Bessie Adamson Gray. He was raised in Sims, Montana on his father's ranch where they had 300 cows that needed milking twice a day. He graduated from Simms High School in 1958 and proceeded on to Snow College in Utah, where he received his AA for Animal Husbandry. He joined the Air Force March 1963 and was enlisted through September 1969. After his venture in the Air Force he moved back home to Simms as a school bus driver which led him to his first wife, Linda. Linda and Eldon created a family of their own consisting of two daughters (Angela Worster and Amy Gray) and three sons (Dusty Gray, Tony Gray, and Toby Gray). Eldon and Linda were married until 1982. The family lived their lives between Simms, Montana and Tri-Cities, Washington. Eldon's job history went from managing several farms amongst multiple states, to his main career in real estate. He began with Century 21 and then moved to John L Scott real estate team where he remained for 37 years until retiring. While living in the Tri-cities, Eldon met his wife Gail who he remained married to for the remainder of his life. Through their marriage, he gained a daughter (Diana), granddaughter (Dannielle), and two great-grand children (Michael and Colton). Eldon joined his sons Toby and Dusty, and parents, Johnnie and Bessie, in heaven on June 20th, 2024. Eldon is survived by his wife Gail, three of his children (Angela, Amy, and Tony), ten grandchildren (Whitney, Lindsay, Haily, Dhylan, Harley, Gaige, Cydnie, Tyler, Katie, Emily) and fourteen great-grandchildren (Ellie, Bentley, McKenzie, Layla, Peyton, Paxton, Gabriela, Xavier, Emilia, Huxley, Hazel, Hadley, Vincent, Elijah), his brother Dennis and sisters Janet and Jolene.

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