John William Gross, Jr

1922 - 2017  (95 years)

• Name	John William Gross
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	15 Feb 1922	Emigsville, York County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	World War II Bomber Pilot
  Death	2 Mar 2017	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Burial	Rolling Green Memorial Park, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I5056	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Dickinson, Lamm
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	John William Gross,   b. 24 Jul 1899, East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Dec 1996, York County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 97 years)
  Mother	Alice Catherine Golden,   b. 16 Jul 1902, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Apr 1990, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1921
  Family ID	F3063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arlene M Lamm,   b. 18 Aug 1925, Pennsylvania, USA d. 13 Jul 2014 (Age 88 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F1289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  John W. Gross, Jr., 95, entered the kingdom of our Lord at home March 2nd surrounded by family. John was born in a farm house in Emigsville, Pa. to Alice (Golden) and John W. Gross Sr., later relocating to Wernersville Pa, where he attended High School. In 1942 while attending Muhlenberg College, he enlisted to join the fight in Europe. After completing officers training, he became a B-17 pilot and served in the 95th Bombardment Group. He successfully completed 35 missions before returning home to his pre-war sweetheart, Arlene M. Lamm. They wed in 1948. In 1950, after relocating to Harrisburg Pa., John and his father began distributing Maxwell House coffee from their Harrisburg apartment. Sixty-seven years later, John Gross & Co. of Mechanicsburg remains a locally owned, 4th generation family business, providing foodservice products to restaurants and institutions throughout the mid-state. John remained active in the business until the time of his death as a "29-year-old man with 66 years of experience". John's life was the business and his family was the business. Arlene proceeded him in death in 2014. They are survived by their two daughters and a son, Kaye and Dean Sensenig of Sinking Spring, Diane and Jim LaRocca of Mechanicsburg, and Brian and Edie Gross of Orrstown, 11 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. John was an active member of Grace Lutheran Church of Camp Hill, a member of the Zembo Shrine and West Shore Country Club where he had enjoyed his golf. Visitation is planned for Friday, March 10th from 5:00 - 8:00pm at Christ Community Church, 1201 Slate Hill Road, Camp Hill. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, March 11th at 11 o'clock at Grace Lutheran Church, 1610 Carlisle Road, Camp Hill. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be directed to the Grace Lutheran Church Kitchen Remodeling Fund. www.pennlive.com/obits Published on Pennlive.com and in The Patriot-News on Mar. 5, 2017

  
  

• Sources

  [S138] Ancestry.com, Website: Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) (Reliability: 0). [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177127313/john-william-gross.