Ellen Ida Gross

Ellen Ida Gross

Ellen Ida Gross, 71, of Palmyra, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Ellen was born on May 20, 1938, in New York. She was an active member of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church at Lake Monticello.

She is survived by her husband, Norman J. Gross of Palmyra, Virginia; three sons, Michael and his wife, Linda, and their children, Molly and Jillian of Springfield, Virginia; Norman A. and his wife, Victoria, and their son, Drew of Shelby, North Carolina; and Tim and his wife, Sherri, and their daughter, Savannah of Bridgeport, West Virginia; two daughters, Belinda Carniglia and her husband, Bruce, and their children, Christopher and Kelsey of Duluth, Georgia, and Debra Gross and her daughter, Krista, of Springfield, Virginia.

A wake will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, September 25, 2009, and from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Saturday, September 26, 2009, with mass to follow at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Palmyra, Virginia, with Father Alan Lipscomb officiating. Interment will be held 2 p.m. at Saint George's Catholic Church Cemetery in Scottsville, Virginia.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The American Life League, P.O. Box 1350, Stafford, Virginia 22555.

Sheridan Funeral Home of Kents Store, Virginia, is in charge of arrangements.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.