Obituary index

 

 

Ruby G. Cross

Send a link to a friend  Share

[May 05, 2015]  EMDEN - Ruby G. Cross, 86, of Emden passed away at 2:30 a.m. April 29, 2015 at Christian Village, Lincoln.

Visitation:  9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, May 4,  prior to service at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Emden.

Service: 11 a.m. Monday at the church.

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln

Obituary

Ruby G. Cross, 86, of Emden passed away at 2:30 a.m. April 29, 2015 at Christian Village, Lincoln.

Ruby was born May 7, 1928 at home in Emden, the daughter of George and Tasie Fink Klokkenga. She married James Russell Cross on September 3, 1950. He preceded her in death on December 22, 2013.

She is survived by three children: Greg (Barb) Cross of San Jose, Joyce (Larry “Moe”) Westen, and Jay (Christy) Cross of Emden; nine grandchildren: Jim, Jennifer, Jean Ann, Joni, Andy, Shane, JoEllen, Andrea, and Adam; six great grandchildren: Kyle, Logan, Dean, Adysin, Madi, and Anna. Her sister, Etta Short, Emden also survives. She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Mary Ann Broughton.

Ruby attended Fairview School and graduated from Hartsburg-Emden High School. She worked briefly at the Garment Factory in Lincoln before her marriage. She was a full time homemaker. She was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church in Emden and was also a member of the Good Samaritan Circle.

Ruby enjoyed vegetable and flower gardening. She loved to bake cookies and make jams and jellies for her grandchildren to enjoy.

Services for Ruby will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 4, 2015 at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Emden with Rev. John Schurter and Ryan Edgecombe officiating. Burial will be in Hartsburg Union Cemetery, Hartsburg. Visitation will be from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Monday prior to service at the Church. Memorials can be made in her memory to Lincoln Christian Nursing Home, Safe Haven Hospice, or St. Peter Lutheran Church. Arrangements were entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.
 

Click here to send a note of condolence to the family of Ruby G. Cross 

Did you know.....

...You can send a condolence note to families via email?

Fricke-Calvert-SchraderPeasley, Quiram-Peasley and Holland Barry & Bennett funeral homes have this option available.

Click on the name of the appropriate funeral home (in the line above) and insert the family name to send a note.

< Obituary index

Back to top