Cross, John E. d. 1955

CROSS, KIRKENDALL

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Date: 5/5/2015 at 17:10:41

John E. Cross, 74, dean of Newton attorneys and a civic leader, died at his desk late Tuesday of heart attack.

Death was unexpected as Mr. Cross had been in apparent good health.

A longtime resident of Jasper county, he had practiced law here for 51 years, and at the time of his death was a member of Cross, Hamill & Selby.

Senior members of the firm, he started his law practice with Ross R. Mowry and was later a partner of W. O. McElroy.

Surviving are his wife and a daughter, Doris.

He was born near Harrisonville, Ohio, the son of Milton and Mary (Kirkendall) Cross. The family moved to Iowa and later to Nebraska, and in 1894 returned to Iowa to settle on a farm near Baxter.

Mr. Cross attended Holt county schools in Nebraska, finished his early education in Jasper county. He taught school in the rural area of the county for a number of years and in 1901 entered the State University of Iowa law school. He graduated with an LLB degree in 1904, president of his senior class.

Note: There is more to this obituary, but not cut out for the scrapbook.

Source: Probably the Newton Daily News, 1955.