Altoona, foreign exchange daughter Lene (Kennet Palm) Steendahl of Denmark, grandchildren Laura (Jeremy) Monaghan, Amanda (Ben) Wobschall, Melissa Harris, Tricia Thielen (Neil Marshall), Stephanie Thielen, Lauren Solseth, Dustin Solseth, Eva Solseth, and Denmark granddaughter Naia Steendahl, great grandchildren Charlotte and Grandt Wobschall and Calan Monaghan, mother-in-law Mardella Grandt of Hampton, brother LaVerne (Carol Dee) Thielen of Cedar Falls, sister Betty (Harris) Gausman of Latimer, sister Shirley (Bob) Swieter of Clarion, sister Irene (Dick) Shear of Arkansas, sister Sandy (Ray) Kracht of Dows, sister- in- laws, Bertha Thielen of Latimer and Cora Lee Thielen of Hampton and many nieces and nephews. Gay was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Bill, Dick and Duane, sister Marge, and father-in-law Casper Grandt.