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Alice Lee Cross

[December 15, 2011]  MOUNT PULASKI -- Alice Marie Lee Cross, 79, of Mount Pulaski died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at 7:50 a.m. at her residence.

Visitation will be 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with Norman McCormick officiating.

Burial will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski.

Mrs. Cross was a registered nurse. She was the former director of nursing at Vonderlieth Living Center in Mount Pulaski and school nurse at Mount Pulaski Grade School.

She was born on Aug. 25, 1932, to Walter and Linda Mooney Warren in Milmine. She married Robert S. Lee on June 7, 1953, in Mount Pulaski. He preceded her in death on June 24, 1985. She married Dr. Leland Cross on June 25, 2005, in Lincoln. He survives.

She is also survived by four daughters, Theresa (and Norman) McCormick of Decatur, Debby (and Larry) Evans of Flanagan, Carolyn (and Dave) Frank of Arenzville and Laura Lee of Mount Pulaski; six stepchildren, Laurel Cross of Washington State, Maribeth (and Ted) Bergstrom of Walla Walla, Wash., Lavonne (and Andrew) Cross of Beaverton, Ore., Andrew (and Barb) Cross of Portland, Ore., Janine (and Colin) Saxton of Newberg, Ore., and Teresa Cross of Williamsburg, Va.; one brother, John (and Marilyn) Warren of Duluth, Minn.; three sisters, Anna (and Paul) Quandt of Cocoa, Fla., Betty (and Keith) Marlow of Albuquerque, N.M., and Pansy Drake of Colliersville, Tenn.; six grandchildren; nine stepgrandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.

She was a volunteer for the Mount Pulaski Historical Museum, Mount Pulaski Grade School and the American Red Cross. She was also affiliated with the Mount Pulaski Christian Church and Mount Pulaski St. John's Lutheran Church.

She graduated from Decatur Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.

Memorials may be made to Vonderlieth Living Center or the Michael J. Fox Parkinson's Research Foundation.

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