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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.
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