Pamela J. Gray , age 49 , of Marion Center , passed away Monday, July 11, 2016 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital , Pittsburgh .

She was born in 1966 in Dubois, to Chester and Mary Gromley Oakes. She was raised in Purchase Line where she lived until graduation in 1984.

Pam worked as a chef for many years for in Florida . After returning to Pennsylvania she was employed as a caregiver.

Pamela is survived by one son Steven R. Marsh and wife Chelsea, Saltsburg; one grandson, Dimitri Marsh; and many foster children and grandchildren; two sisters, Jenny Lynch and husband Mike, Parkwood; Sonya Oakes, GA.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Friends will be received on Sunday from 4 to 6 P.M. at the Bowser-Minich Funeral Home , Indiana . Interment will be private.

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