Halliburton Zane "Bert" Cross (1933)

BEEBE, CROSS, DOUD, JONTZ, MULVANE, PAULSON

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 2/11/2007 at 16:45:02

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 27, 1933

DEATH OF BERT CROSS

Word has been received here of the death of Halliburton Zane Cross, former real estate dealer of Winterset, at his home in Long Beach, California, Saturday, July 15th. Mr. Cross who was sixty years of age, had been in poor health for some time, and had been seriously ill, the past two months.

The Cross family moved to Madison county in 1901 and for several years he engaged in farming. In 1907 he established himself in the real estate business and they made this place their home for twenty-five years. They resided in the house on East Court avenue, now occupied by the Ramsey-Richards funeral home. Mr. Cross then went to California, living a few months in Los Angeles and the remainder of the time in Long Beach. Here Mr. Cross was again engaged in the real estate business, until his final illness. The family is now residing at 840 Gaviota Avenue, Long Beach.

Mr. Cross was a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge in Winterset and the Scottish Rite Consistory and Shrine of Des Moines. He leaves his wife and four children; Mrs. Cecile M. Doud of Riverside, Iowa, Curtis R. Cross, Delbert F. Cross and Mrs. Mary Mulvane of Long Beach, California. He also leaves two grandchildren, Barbara Geraldine Beebe and Hubert Myles Doud, his mother, Mrs. Alice M. Cross of Colfax, his brothers, Willis M. Cross of Salome, Arizona, Harry and John Cross of Colfax and two sisters, Mrs. Dota Paulson of Baxter and Mrs. Stella Jontz of Newton.

Funeral services were conducted from the Simson-Dilday Funeral home, Tuesday July 18th at two o'clock, Rev. Mr. Trotter of the First Methodist church officiating. Interment was at Sunnyside Mausoleum at Long Beach.

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