Mary C.F. Mulneix, 71, of Risingsun, Ohio, died at 11:50 p.m. Sunday at her home.

Born Feb. 22, 1936, in Butler, she was the daughter of Carl and Cathrine Denny Gray.

She was a homemaker and was a former member of the Albert Bowe American Legion Post 338 Auxiliary of Bradner, Ohio.

Surviving are her husband, Bruce A. Mulneix, whom she married May 25, 1979, in Fostoria, Ohio; six sons, Bruce Wayne and Christine Mulneix of North Kingstown, R.I., Fredrick Mulneix of Boaz, W. Va., John McLaughlin of Wayne, Ohio, Tim and Elena Mulneix of Hartville, Mo., Frank Mulneix of Marietta, Ohio, and Pat and Kim McLaughlin of Wayne; six daughters: Gabriella Ritter of Vandalia, Ohio, Carol and Joe Harman and Candice and Shawn Adkins, all of Bradner, Ohio, Kathy and Dan Fickiesen of Marietta, Francis Paxton of Bellevue, Ohio, and Mary and Bob Lemay of Risingsun; and two sisters, Joyce Stevens of New Castle and Betty Baptist of Herman.

She also is survived by 42 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her stepmother, Alice Pugh Gray; three grandchildren, John Masters and Tara and Elizabeth Damschroder; and a daughter-in-law, Marlee Mulneix.

<B>MULNEIX </B>— Friends of Mary C.F. Mulneix, who died Sunday, May 6, 2007, will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>Barndt Funeral Home</B>, 121 W. South St., Wayne, Ohio. Visitation also will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at the funeral home, where the funeral service will follow at noon with the Rev. John Amstutz officiating. Burial will be at the Bradner Cemetery, Bradner, Ohio.Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.