Lillian C. Gross
February 10, 1916 — May 8, 2015
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Lillian C. Gross
Lillian C. Gross
Lillian C. Gross, age 99, 908 S. Market St., Bloomsburg, died at 10:38 a. m. Friday, May 8, 2015 at the Emmanuel Center For Nursing, Danville, where she was a patient since Feb. 8, 2014. She previously resided at Maria Joseph Manor for five years.
Born in Lightstreet on February 10, 1916, she was a daughter of the late Ray N. and Edna Dean (Melick) Seybert. She resided in Bloomsburg most of her lifetime.
Lillian attended White's Elementary School in Mt. Pleasant Township; the former Millertown High School for two years; and graduated from Bloomsburg High School in 1933. She also graduated from the former Bloomsburg Hospital School of Nursing in 1937 and attended Penn State University and the former Bloomsburg State Teachers College to become certified in Public School Nursing.
She was employed in the Bloomsburg School system as a school nurse for ten years and at the former Bloomsburg State Teachers College during World War II. She was employed as a Registered Nurse at Danville State Hospital for ten years, retiring in 1979.
Lillian was a member of St. Columba Catholic Church, Bloomsburg, for 77 years, having joined the Church in 1938. She also was a member of the Bloomsburg High School Alumni Association and the Pennsylvania Retirees Association.She was preceded in death by her husband, George D. Gross on Feb. 20, 1994; by a son, Mark David Gross on June 8, 1982; by two half sisters: Esther Brown and Dorothy Shuler;and three half brothers: Robert J. Seybert; Kenneth E. Seybert; and Raymond Rogers.
Lillian is survived by a daughter, Kathleen E. Beck, Bethlehem; three grandchildren: Ellen E. Beck, New Bern, N.C.; Patrick Beck, and his wife Debbie, Havelock, N.C.; Anne Louise, wife of Chris Roland, Chesterfield, Va.; six great-grandchildren; a daughter in law, Margaret C. (Chernault) Gross, Ford, Va.; and a half brother, Jerry N. Seybert, and his wife Margaret, Rupert.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday at 11 a. m. in St. Columbia Catholic Church, 342 Iron St., Bloomsburg, by her pastor, Monsignor Robert E. Lawrence. Interment in New Rosemont Cemetery, Espy. There will be no public viewing.
The family will provide flowers. Memorials may be sent to either Emmanuel Center For Nursing, 600 Schoolhouse Road, Danville, Pa 17821 or to St. Joseph's Indian School, Chamberlain, S.D. 57326.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 325 Market St., Bloomsburg.
Lillian C. Gross, age 99, 908 S. Market St., Bloomsburg, died at 10:38 a. m. Friday, May 8, 2015 at the Emmanuel Center For Nursing, Danville, where she was a patient since Feb. 8, 2014. She previously resided at Maria Joseph Manor for five years.
Born in Lightstreet on February 10, 1916, she was a daughter of the late Ray N. and Edna Dean (Melick) Seybert. She resided in Bloomsburg most of her lifetime.
Lillian attended White's Elementary School in Mt. Pleasant Township; the former Millertown High School for two years; and graduated from Bloomsburg High School in 1933. She also graduated from the former Bloomsburg Hospital School of Nursing in 1937 and attended Penn State University and the former Bloomsburg State Teachers College to become certified in Public School Nursing.
She was employed in the Bloomsburg School system as a school nurse for ten years and at the former Bloomsburg State Teachers College during World War II. She was employed as a Registered Nurse at Danville State Hospital for ten years, retiring in 1979.
Lillian was a member of St. Columba Catholic Church, Bloomsburg, for 77 years, having joined the Church in 1938. She also was a member of the Bloomsburg High School Alumni Association and the Pennsylvania Retirees Association.She was preceded in death by her husband, George D. Gross on Feb. 20, 1994; by a son, Mark David Gross on June 8, 1982; by two half sisters: Esther Brown and Dorothy Shuler;and three half brothers: Robert J. Seybert; Kenneth E. Seybert; and Raymond Rogers.
Lillian is survived by a daughter, Kathleen E. Beck, Bethlehem; three grandchildren: Ellen E. Beck, New Bern, N.C.; Patrick Beck, and his wife Debbie, Havelock, N.C.; Anne Louise, wife of Chris Roland, Chesterfield, Va.; six great-grandchildren; a daughter in law, Margaret C. (Chernault) Gross, Ford, Va.; and a half brother, Jerry N. Seybert, and his wife Margaret, Rupert.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday at 11 a. m. in St. Columbia Catholic Church, 342 Iron St., Bloomsburg, by her pastor, Monsignor Robert E. Lawrence. Interment in New Rosemont Cemetery, Espy. There will be no public viewing.
The family will provide flowers. Memorials may be sent to either Emmanuel Center For Nursing, 600 Schoolhouse Road, Danville, Pa 17821 or to St. Joseph's Indian School, Chamberlain, S.D. 57326.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Dean W. Kriner, Inc., Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 325 Market St., Bloomsburg.
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