Roger Gray Obituary

Funeral Service for Roger Gray age 72 of Osmond, Nebraska will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Osmond Nebraska with Pastor Jacob Tuma, officiating. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery with Military Rites conducted by Osmond American Legion Post #326. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral. Roger passed away at his home on May 23, 2025. Snider Memorial Funeral Home of Plainview will be handling the arrangements. Condolences may be directed to the family at www.snidermemorial.com

     Roger Eugene Gray son of Jesse and Evelyn (Hoffart) Gray Schneckloth. Born August 10, 1952 at Osmond Hospital in Osmond. As a youth he attended country school and the Lutheran School and High School in Osmond graduating in 1970. After graduating he went to the Army at Fort Sill Oklahoma in the Artillery Balaton. After his service in the Army. he worked for Yogi Carlson in Wausa as a welder and then at Big Johns also as a welder. He started farming with step father Irv until he retired. He married Diane Dooley on June 12, 1982 at United Methodist Church in Bloomfield, NE. Two children were born to this union Regena and Sarah. He enjoyed going to sales and collecting. He retired in 2020 from farming. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and Osmond American Legion Post #326.

     Survivors include his wife, Diane Gray of Osmond, NE. Daughters Regena and Sarah of Osmond, NE. Brother, Franklin of Pierce, step brothers Denis (Trudy) Schneckloth of Lincoln, NE ; Gary (Glorianna) Schneckloth of Parker, CO. His in-laws Sharon and Jim Wisdom of Salina KS, Chris Dooley and Julie Maaske of Lincoln, NE; Ted and Kim Dooley of Lincoln, NE; and Dan Dooley of Cape Girardeau, MO. Many nieces and nephews.

     He is preceded in death by his parents Jesse Gray and Evelyn Gray Schneckloth. Sister-in-law, Martha Gray; in laws Robert and Darlene Dooley.