Marian Gray, 83, of Orleans and Brewster, died on Sept. 24, at Cape Cod Hospital.

Born in South Orange, N.J., she grew up in Millburn, and spent summers in Truro. She graduated from Millburn High School, and Miami University of Ohio.

 Mrs. Gray married Hugh Austin in 1947. His work with General Motors took them to South Africa, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and England. After her husband’s death in 1976, she settled on Cape Cod, where she met Howard Gray and married him in 1979. Avid golfers, they traveled to golf courses around the world. Marian was a member of the Cape Cod Womens’ Golf League, and president of the Captains Golf Course 18 Hole Women’s Association, winning the club championship in 1999.

 Mrs. Gray studied and taught embroidery in Scandinavia, and took up rug hooking later in life, exhibiting widely and winning many blue ribbons at the Barnstable County Fair. She was membership chair of the Cranberry Rug Hookers.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Gray leaves her children, Stephen Austin of Harwich, Janet Austin and her husband Kim Boekelheide of East Greenwich, R.I., Greta Murat and her husband Art, of Alberta, Canada, and Sally Austin-Runci and her husband Ed Runci, of Duxbury; her step-children, Judith Hajec and her husband Don of Andover, Janice Price and her husband James of Franklin, and Robert Gray and his wife Micca of Sebastopol, Cal.; her brothers, John Thornley of Truro, and the late Robert Thornley of Harwich; her sister, Janet Francis of Greensboro, Ga.; and 11 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.  

 Donations may be made in Mrs. Gray’s memory to Brewster Ladies Library Association, 1822 Main Street, Brewster, MA 02631. A memorial service will be held at a later date.