Gross, Ada E. Hostetler (1921-2004)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Jun 21 p. 16

Birth date: 1921 Dec 21

text of obituary:

ADA E. GROSS

Ada E. Gross, 82, of Goodfield, Ill., died May 10, 2004, at Maple Lawn Health Center in Eureka after a three-month illness. She was born Dec. 21, 1921, to Daniel and Ella Unzicker Hostetler in Shelbyville.

She married Wayne P. Gross on Feb. 14, 1949, in Low Point. He preceded her in death on Feb. 17, 1995.

She began her many years working as a practical nurse at Lasance Hospital in Washington, where she worked 1943-49. She later worked for Dr. Victor Jay in Washburn, Roanoke Apostolic Home and Maple Lawn Health Center. In 1973 she graduated from Illinois Central College as an LPN.

She and her husband were 4-H leaders in Woodford County for many years, and she was a longtime member of the Home Economics Association of Woodford County. In her retirement she was an active volunteer with the Et Cetera Shop in Eureka and worked at the Hopper Haus in Eureka. She was active in Congerville Senior Citizens.

She was a longtime member of Cazenovia Mennonite Church, and since 1993 a member of Congerville Mennonite Church.

Survivors include a son, John Gross and his wife, Carol, of Goodfield; two daughters, Marjorie Gross of West Chicago and Luanne Ramer and her husband, Steve, of Smithville, Mo.; a brother, Merle Hostetler of Metamora; two sisters, Edna Kropf of Otterville, Mo., and Ethel Shrock of Sedalia, Mo.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne; a granddaughter; and three brothers.

Memorial services were held at Congerville Mennonite Church and Maple Lawn Health Center. Burial was in Harmony Cemetery, rural Metamora.