Obituary - Willard Lawrence "Slim" Gross

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Willard Lawrence Gross died at 2771 D Road in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado from a Hemorrhage of the lung due to Carcinoma of the lung. He was born 10 Mar 1900 in Oklahoma to John Gross and Marietta Unknown. He was married to Pauline Holveck and was general laborer. He was buried 21 Nov 1969 in the Calvary Cemetery in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado. (Cemetery located in Orchard Mesa. State of Colorado Death Certificate #16644279.

1969, Nov 18 – From the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: “Willard L. Gross, 69, of 2771 Road D. died at his home at 4 a.m. today after a three-year illness. He was born on March 10, 1900, in Oklahoma Territory and spent his childhood there. He came to Grand Junction in 1919 and had lived here for 50 yeasr.

He was married in Gunnison in 1934 to Pauline Holveck who survives. Other survivors include a brother and two sisters.”