Mary Josephine Ray was born on May 17, 1895, in Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She moved to the United States at age 3. She lived in Maine for nearly 60 years and moved to New Hampshire at 102 to be close to her son and his family. Ray was a big sports fan, particularly of the Boston Red Sox baseball team and liked to play cards.

Now the oldest living person in American is Neva Morris, of Ames, Iowa. She is of 114 years, 216 days. The oldest person in the world is Japan's Kama Chinen and his age is 114 years, 301 days.

Mary Josephine Ray will be buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, joining her husband Walter Ray, who died in 1967. Ray was Survivors include two sons, eight grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.