Erma L. Gross 1921 - 2005

GROSS, SMOTHERS, PETTY

Posted By: Connie Swearingen -Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/22/2019 at 18:13:06

Sioux City Journal
6 April 2005

Erma L. Gross, 83, of Sioux City died Sunday, April 3, 2005, in Le Mars, Iowa.

Services will be 1 p.m. today at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel in Sioux City. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Erma was born July 11, 1921, in Castana, Iowa, to Clyde and Winnifred (Smothers) Petty. She grew up and attended school in the Ute and Charter Oak, Iowa, area.

On April 22, 1949, she married Phillip E. Gross in Denison, Iowa. She was a homemaker and mother in the early years of their marriage until the children were nearly gone. She then began working at St. Vincent's Hospital as a nurses aide for several years.

She enjoyed many things in her life, like sewing, but her real joy was spending time with her loving husband and family. The couple were members of Bethany Lutheran Church.

She is survived by her children and spouses, Richard and Jeri Golden of Hercules, Calif., Gary and Juanita Golden of El Toro, Calif., Ken and Lynda Gross of Dakota City, Ramona and John Tremmel of Sioux City, and Rhonda and Gary Shatto of San Bernardino, Calif.; 16 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Shirley Gamble of Kelling, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Phillip on Oct. 3, 2004; a son, Cleo; six sisters; and three brothers.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be given to Brentwood Good Samaritan Alzheimer Care Unit, 1140 Lincoln, St. NE, Le Mars, IA. 51031.