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LeRoy George Gross

Birth	:	5 Oct 1925 Ellis, Ellis County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	29 Nov 2010 Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.9552994, -95.2153015
Description	:	Memorial services for LeRoy George Gross, 85, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with the Rev. Kent Winters-Hazelton officiating. Inurnment with military honors will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Gross died Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born Oct. 5, 1925, in Ellis, Kan., the son of Frank and Mary Werth Gross. He grew up in Gorham and graduated from Gorham High School. He moved to Lawrence in 1949. He served in the United States Marine Corps and received a purple heart, a bronze star, and a... Read More	Memorial services for LeRoy George Gross, 85, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, with the Rev. Kent Winters-Hazelton officiating. Inurnment with military honors will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Gross died Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was born Oct. 5, 1925, in Ellis, Kan., the son of Frank and Mary Werth Gross. He grew up in Gorham and graduated from Gorham High School. He moved to Lawrence in 1949. He served in the United States Marine Corps and received a purple heart, a bronze star, and a Presidential Unit citation. His Unit, The Fifth Marine Division was the division that raised the historic American Flag on Iwo Jima. Mr. Gross worked for Nash Motors. In 1951, he began working for FMC, and retired as purchasing manager in 1975 due to health, after 24 years of service. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Shriners International, the Disabled American Veterans, the Alford-Clarke Post No. 852 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Fifth Marine Division, and was a 50-year member of the Acacia Lodge No. 9 of the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons. He married Shirley Ann Jones on May 11, 1951, in Lawrence. She preceded him in death He also was preceded in death by a daughter, Sharon Ann Gross; two brothers, Fred and Virgil; and two sisters, Corinne Zorn and Jenny Roach. He is survived by a daughter, Leann S. Gross, of the home; a sister, Virginia Dinkel, Russell; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Crippled Children's Fund, Lawrence Humane Society or the Yellow Stone Association in care of the funeral home, 601 Indiana, Lawrence, KS, 66044. Hays Daily News, 11/30/2010

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LeRoy George Gross death on 29 Nov 2010 in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 38.9552994
Longitude: -95.2153015

Family Members:

Parent

Frank Peter Gross

(1899 - 1967)

Mary Werth Gross

(1901 - 1982)

Spouse

Shirley Ann Sacks Gross

(1931 - 2004)

Siblings

Delphine Gross

(1929 - 1930)

Children

Sharon Ann Gross

(1961 - 2003)

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