Frances Kathryn Wray, 95, of 926, Delaware, Longview, died May 30, 1981 in a local nursing home. She was born August 20, 1885, in Helena, Montana. She was a homemaker and came to this area in 1962.
She moved to Chelan with her parents about 1888, was raised and attended school in Chelan. their home was one of the earliest structures in Chelan located next to the lot Dan Mathers later built his home on.
Frances was the youngest child of John and Clara Budd, the family being on of the earliest pioneers of Chelan. Frances was one of the first two telephone operators, working out of Mundt's Drug Store. The switchboard is currently displayed in the Museum. She continued to be an operator until her marriage to Robert Wray in 1939.
Survivors include two nieces, Kathryn Swanson of Kelso and Alyce Griffin of Hollister, California; and three great-nieces, Karen Utheim of Spokane, Marsha McIntyre of Belleview and Kathleen Barlow of New Guinea.
She moved to Chelan with her parents about 1888, was raised and attended school in Chelan. their home was one of the earliest structures in Chelan located next to the lot Dan Mathers later built his home on.
Frances was the youngest child of John and Clara Budd, the family being on of the earliest pioneers of Chelan. Frances was one of the first two telephone operators, working out of Mundt's Drug Store. The switchboard is currently displayed in the Museum. She continued to be an operator until her marriage to Robert Wray in 1939.
Survivors include two nieces, Kathryn Swanson of Kelso and Alyce Griffin of Hollister, California; and three great-nieces, Karen Utheim of Spokane, Marsha McIntyre of Belleview and Kathleen Barlow of New Guinea.
Frances Kathryn Wray, 95, of 926, Delaware, Longview, died May 30, 1981 in a local nursing home. She was born August 20, 1885, in Helena, Montana. She was a homemaker and came to this area in 1962.
She moved to Chelan with her parents about 1888, was raised and attended school in Chelan. their home was one of the earliest structures in Chelan located next to the lot Dan Mathers later built his home on.
Frances was the youngest child of John and Clara Budd, the family being on of the earliest pioneers of Chelan. Frances was one of the first two telephone operators, working out of Mundt's Drug Store. The switchboard is currently displayed in the Museum. She continued to be an operator until her marriage to Robert Wray in 1939.
Survivors include two nieces, Kathryn Swanson of Kelso and Alyce Griffin of Hollister, California; and three great-nieces, Karen Utheim of Spokane, Marsha McIntyre of Belleview and Kathleen Barlow of New Guinea.
She moved to Chelan with her parents about 1888, was raised and attended school in Chelan. their home was one of the earliest structures in Chelan located next to the lot Dan Mathers later built his home on.
Frances was the youngest child of John and Clara Budd, the family being on of the earliest pioneers of Chelan. Frances was one of the first two telephone operators, working out of Mundt's Drug Store. The switchboard is currently displayed in the Museum. She continued to be an operator until her marriage to Robert Wray in 1939.
Survivors include two nieces, Kathryn Swanson of Kelso and Alyce Griffin of Hollister, California; and three great-nieces, Karen Utheim of Spokane, Marsha McIntyre of Belleview and Kathleen Barlow of New Guinea.
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