Phyllis C. Gross
June 13, 1924 — December 9, 2007
Phyllis Charlotte (Stuhr) Gross was born on June 13, 1924 to John H and Opal (Voge) Stuhr on their farm south of Minden, Iowa. She attended Valley View country school south of her farm for eight years and then graduated from Minden High School. She then went to a teachers college in Red Oak, Iowa where she got her teaching certificate. She taught four years in the country school she attended as a child.
She married Bernard Gross on June 18, 1948 in Avoca, Iowa. They were the parents of three daughters, Lanette, who died at birth, Cheryl and Rosalie. She and her family made their home in Avoca. Bernard died on September 9, 1991. Phyllis continued to live in Avoca and was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church until September of 2000 when she moved to Omaha to be closer to her daughter Rose. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who loved her family. She enjoyed being a homemaker and was known to many as an excellent cook and for her extensive collection of Santas.
Phyllis died on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at the Hospice House in Omaha, Nebraska. She had attained the age of eighty three years, five months and twenty six days. She is preceded in death by her husband Bernard, her daughter Lanette and her parents John and Opal Stuhr.
She is survived by her daughter Cheryl and her husband Steve Drawe and granddaughters, Lauren and Morgan, all of St. Louis, Missouri; her daughter Rosalie and her husband Lee Bockelman and grandchildren, Lance and his wife Ellen, Scott, Grant and Audra, all of Omaha, Nebraska; her brother John C. Stuhr and his wife Eileen of Minden, Iowa; her sister-in-law Josephine Leslie of Walnut, Iowa; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, December 13, 2007 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Avoca with burial at Graceland Cemetery in Avoca. Father John Frost was celebrant of the service. Serving as honorary casket bearers were Jim Sweeney, Arlan Kuehn, Jim Leslie, Jack Rosenthal, Lonn Nelsen, Dennis Piittmann and Don Willowghby. Her grandchildren served as casket bearers and they included Lance, Scott, Audra, and Grant Bockelman, Lauren and Morgan Drawe. Memorial were requested to Parkinson Disease Research Mayo Clinic and the Arthritis Foundation.
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She married Bernard Gross on June 18, 1948 in Avoca, Iowa. They were the parents of three daughters, Lanette, who died at birth, Cheryl and Rosalie. She and her family made their home in Avoca. Bernard died on September 9, 1991. Phyllis continued to live in Avoca and was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church until September of 2000 when she moved to Omaha to be closer to her daughter Rose. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who loved her family. She enjoyed being a homemaker and was known to many as an excellent cook and for her extensive collection of Santas.
Phyllis died on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at the Hospice House in Omaha, Nebraska. She had attained the age of eighty three years, five months and twenty six days. She is preceded in death by her husband Bernard, her daughter Lanette and her parents John and Opal Stuhr.
She is survived by her daughter Cheryl and her husband Steve Drawe and granddaughters, Lauren and Morgan, all of St. Louis, Missouri; her daughter Rosalie and her husband Lee Bockelman and grandchildren, Lance and his wife Ellen, Scott, Grant and Audra, all of Omaha, Nebraska; her brother John C. Stuhr and his wife Eileen of Minden, Iowa; her sister-in-law Josephine Leslie of Walnut, Iowa; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, December 13, 2007 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Avoca with burial at Graceland Cemetery in Avoca. Father John Frost was celebrant of the service. Serving as honorary casket bearers were Jim Sweeney, Arlan Kuehn, Jim Leslie, Jack Rosenthal, Lonn Nelsen, Dennis Piittmann and Don Willowghby. Her grandchildren served as casket bearers and they included Lance, Scott, Audra, and Grant Bockelman, Lauren and Morgan Drawe. Memorial were requested to Parkinson Disease Research Mayo Clinic and the Arthritis Foundation.
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