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Arrangements are by Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Lincoln. Mr. Cross retired from farming in
the Emden area.
He was born Feb. 23, 1941, in Lincoln to Henry C.
and Margot McCormick Cross. He married Donna Coffey
on June 23, 1962, in Emden.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; two sons,
Daniel (and Angie) Cross of Clarksville, Tenn., and
Scott Cross of Glendale, Calif.; one daughter, Vicki
Johnson of Fayetteville, N.C.; one sister, Anne (and
Richard) Burt of Minier; and seven grandchildren,
Lillian, David, Morgan and Paul Cross, John and
Sarah Cross, and Grant Johnson.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one
son, Galyn Cross.
He was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church of
Emden, where he was a past Sunday school treasurer
and assistant superintendent, council president, and
deacon.
He served as an Orvil Township trustee; trustee
of Emden Fire Department for 31 years and president
of the board; board member for Emden Farmer's Grain
since 1972, serving as vice president from 1986 to
1989 and president from 1989 to 2005; and board
member of Farmer's State Bank of Emden since 1996.
Memorials may be made to the old Bethel Church
fund, St. Peter Lutheran Church or Emden Rescue
Squad.
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