IN LOVING MEMORY OF
John Eston
Cross
July 3, 1923 – June 11, 2003
Obituary
Mr. John E. Cross Jr, age 79, of Annandale, formerly New Hope died Wednesday, June 11, 2003 at the Annandale Care Center.
Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 13, 2003 at the Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Annandale with Rev. Gary Partridge officiating. Inurnment will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Annandale. Friends may call one hour prior to services.
John Eston Cross Jr was born July 3, 1923 in Perry, IA to John E. and Myrtle I. (Bell) Cross. He married Arleta L. Barcus August 23, 1943 in San Diego, CA. John was in the US Marine Corps serving in both WW II and the Korean Conflict. He worked 33 years for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad; retiring in 1983 as a locomotive engineer. John loved his family, wildlife, and gardening. He has lived in the South Haven and Annandale area for the past 22 years; previously living in New Hope. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Lodge #369, Minneapolis.
John is survived by his wife, Arleta Cross of Annandale; son, Richard (Linda) Cross of Maple Grove; sister, Doris (Bill) Barcus of South Haven; grandson, Richard E.Cross II of Carlos; niece, Teresa Wheeler and her children, Amy and Jeffery of Brooklyn Park. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Richard Cross.
Memorials preferred to Wright County Humane Society.
Arrangements were by Dingmann Funeral Care of Annandale.
Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 13, 2003 at the Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Annandale with Rev. Gary Partridge officiating. Inurnment will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Annandale. Friends may call one hour prior to services.
John Eston Cross Jr was born July 3, 1923 in Perry, IA to John E. and Myrtle I. (Bell) Cross. He married Arleta L. Barcus August 23, 1943 in San Diego, CA. John was in the US Marine Corps serving in both WW II and the Korean Conflict. He worked 33 years for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad; retiring in 1983 as a locomotive engineer. John loved his family, wildlife, and gardening. He has lived in the South Haven and Annandale area for the past 22 years; previously living in New Hope. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Lodge #369, Minneapolis.
John is survived by his wife, Arleta Cross of Annandale; son, Richard (Linda) Cross of Maple Grove; sister, Doris (Bill) Barcus of South Haven; grandson, Richard E.Cross II of Carlos; niece, Teresa Wheeler and her children, Amy and Jeffery of Brooklyn Park. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Richard Cross.
Memorials preferred to Wright County Humane Society.
Arrangements were by Dingmann Funeral Care of Annandale.
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