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Parader, 54, collapses, dies
A Bellemoor Heights man marching in the Wilmington Labor Day parade collapsed near 8th and Market Sts. about 10:40 a.m. and was dead of arrival at Delaware Division. Officials said George O. Gross, 54, of 222 Reamer Ave., taking part in the
parade as a member of Painters Union Local 100, had a history of heart trouble.
[The Morning News, Wilmington, DE,
04 Sep 1973, Tue, Main Edition, Page 2]
George O. Gross
Services for George Oliver Gross will be Friday afternoon at 2 in the Tyson Funeral Home, Rising Sun, Md.
Mr. Gross, 54, of 222 Reamer Reamer Ave., Bellemoor Heights, collapsed Monday while marching with Painters Union Local 100 in the Wilmington Labor Day parade.
Mr. Gross, who had a history of heart trouble, was dead on arrival
at Delaware division [of the Wilmington Medical Center.]
He was born in York, Pa., and was a member of the Richardson Park Methodist Church.
Mr. Gross is survived by his wife, Mrs. Naomi Tyson Gross; three daughters, Mrs. Emily Turner, Newcastle; Mrs. Betty Travers, Columbus, Ohio, and Miss Caroline of Wilmington, and a son, Robert of Wilmington.
Friends may call at the funeral funeral home tonight from 7 to 9. Interment will be tomorrow at the Hopewell Cemetery, Port Deposit, Md.
[The Morning News, Wilmington, DE, 06 Sep 1973, Thu, Main Edition, Page 49]
Correction
a story in Tuesday's Morning News
incorrectly said that George O. Gross. who collapsed and died during
Wilmington's labor Day parade, had a history of heart trouble.
His widows says the man had no such trouble. The erroneous
information came from the Wilmington Medical Center. [The Morning News, Wilmington, DE,
07 Sep 1973, Fri, Main Edition, Page 2] |
George O. Gross registered
for the draft ca. 1940. He enlisted in the Army on 7 November
1942.
PRIVATE GEORGE O. GROSS is now a member of the
parachute infantry after having won his wings as a United States parachutist. He is now in combat training at Camp Mackall, N. C. He is the son of Mrs. A. M. Gross of 115 Westmoreland Avenue. Bellemoor. He
attended Wilmington High School and was employed by the E. L. Jones Company before entering the Army.
[The Morning News, Wilmington, DE, 03 Aug 1943, Tue, Page 9]
Pfc Gross was wounded in
action in France on 24 June and again on 15 July 1944. This
National Jewish Welfare Board record reflects the fact that his name was
included on a War Department release dated 10 September 1944 although it
does not state which event was reported. The family, of course,
had been notified of both instances much earlier.
Pfc Gross was discharged
on 13 October 1945.
His military decorations include the Purple Heart with 1 Oak Leaf
Cluster as well s he Combat Infantryman Badge and Bronze Service
Arrowhead device, both awarded for participation in Normandy assault.
He is buried in Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, Woodlawn
(Cecil county, Maryland. |
