Memorial
Lois Mae Cross, 79, of Cedar Rapids went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 6, 2014 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Visitation will be held on Monday, June 9, 2014 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 10:30 AM, with a visitation beginning an hour prior, at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Entombment will be held at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Harry Leonard Cross of Cedar Rapids; 5 children, Bruce (Linda) Cross M.D. of Clovis, New Mexico; Timothy (Betty) Cross M.D. of Mason City, Iowa; Mark (Sally) Cross of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Cindy (David) Thiede of Cottage Grove, Minnesota; Julia (David) Ferris of Grand Rapids, Michigan; 13 grandchildren, Kelley Kennedy, Nicholas, Kimberley, Benjamin and Andrew Cross, Jason and Brian Cross, Zachary Cross, Matthew, Daniel and Sarah Thiede, Spencer and Bailey Ferris; 4 great grandchildren, Nicole and Nathan Kennedy, Benson and William Cross; 3 sisters, Kay Beth (Larry) Wichmann of Cedar Rapids; Suzanne (Thomas) Radeke of Boise, Idaho; and Georgia (Steve) Decker of Winthrop, Iowa.
Lois Mae Cross was born on September 22, 1934 in Marengo, Iowa the daughter of Orland and Evelyn Heller Fiser. She married Harry Leonard Cross on July 25, 1953 in Marengo, Iowa. Lois was a rock to her family and a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She was a loving and caring person, who will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
Memorials in Lois’s honor may be directed to the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center in Cedar Rapids or Hospice of Mercy.