Albert C Ross, 71, of Knox died Tuesday of last week in Holy Family Hospital following a six-month illness.
He was born in Lombard, Ill., Feb 14, 1886 and lived in Knox for the past 35 years, coming here from Elmhurst, Illinois.
Mr. Ross was a retired carpenter.
He was married July 4, 1911 in Elmhurst to Eva Fay Gibbs. Surviving are the widow; six sons, Bill and Albert Jr., both of Knox; Earl, of Kingsford Heights; Glen and Bob, both of Union Mills and Kenny of Hamlet; four daughters, Mrs. Beulah Fagan of Knox; Mrs. Clara Hanselman, of Hamlet, Mrs. Florence Wallace, of Union Mills, and Mrs. Dora Fay Edmiston, of Beecher, Ill.; 24 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two brothers Edward and Ernest Ross both of Chicago; two sisters, Mrs Ida D. Stebbin and Mrs. Tillie Aschy, both of Chicago.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday in the Harry Price Funeral Home in Knox with the Rev. Harold Weaver officiating.
Burial was in the Lerch Cemetery at Knox.
From the North Judson News July 30, 1959.
Albert C Ross, 71, of Knox died Tuesday of last week in Holy Family Hospital following a six-month illness.
He was born in Lombard, Ill., Feb 14, 1886 and lived in Knox for the past 35 years, coming here from Elmhurst, Illinois.
Mr. Ross was a retired carpenter.
He was married July 4, 1911 in Elmhurst to Eva Fay Gibbs. Surviving are the widow; six sons, Bill and Albert Jr., both of Knox; Earl, of Kingsford Heights; Glen and Bob, both of Union Mills and Kenny of Hamlet; four daughters, Mrs. Beulah Fagan of Knox; Mrs. Clara Hanselman, of Hamlet, Mrs. Florence Wallace, of Union Mills, and Mrs. Dora Fay Edmiston, of Beecher, Ill.; 24 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; two brothers Edward and Ernest Ross both of Chicago; two sisters, Mrs Ida D. Stebbin and Mrs. Tillie Aschy, both of Chicago.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday in the Harry Price Funeral Home in Knox with the Rev. Harold Weaver officiating.
Burial was in the Lerch Cemetery at Knox.
From the North Judson News July 30, 1959.
Family Members
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Earl Carl Ross
1913–1984
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Walter Ernest Ross
1915–1922
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Clifton Ross
1917–1917
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Florence Audrey Ross Carpenter
1918–1989
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Warren Glynn "Glen" Ross
1920–1987
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Iona Pearl Ross
1922–1925
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Dora Faye Ross Rhineheimer
1923–2000
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William Gibbs "Bill" Ross
1926–1992
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Robert Wayne "Bob" Ross
1927–1996
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Clara Deanne Ross Hanselman
1929–1988
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Beulah June Ross Fagan
1931–2007
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Albert Carl Ross Jr
1934–1999
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Kenneth Elmer Ross
1937–2016
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