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Gorham Lamont CROSS, Jr.

Male 1929 - 2021  (92 years)


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  • Name Gorham Lamont CROSS 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Nickname Jerry 
    Birth 19 Jul 1929  Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Aug 2021  Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I21359  bmds
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2022 

    Family Joan Wells FELTON,   b. Abt 1932, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 2020, Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1952 
    Age at Marriage Gorham : ~ 22 years old | Joan : ~ 20 years old. 
    Notes 
    • WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., June 15--Announcement has been made by Mr. and Mrs. Frederic L. Felton of Wellesley Hills, and Newagen, Me., of the engagement of their daughter, Joan Wells, to Gorham Damont Cross Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Cross of Cambridge and Marion, formerly of this community. (Source: The New York Times, June 16, 1951)
    Children 1 son and 2 daughters 
    +1Male. John CROSS
    +2Female. Jennifer CROSS
    +3Female. Heather CROSS
     
    Family ID F7595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Jul 1929 - Massachusetts
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Aug 2021 - Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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    1. [S4] Obituary.
      Gorham Lamont “Jerry” Cross Jr. of Needham, formerly of Weston, passed away on August 25, 2021.
       Born in 1929, he was the son of Gorham Lamont Cross and Margaret Warren Cross. He is survived by his children and their spouses, John Cross (Peggy), Jennifer Peterson (Curt), and Heather Woodworth (Charlie), his grandchildren, Ted and Charlie Cross, Heather and Erik Peterson, and Emily and Henry Woodworth, his great granddaughter, Olivia Cross, his brother-in law, John Felton (Judith), his devoted caregiver, Nasib Sabil, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brothers Theodore and Warren “Red”, and his sister, Margaret “Possum”.
       Jerry grew up in Wellesley, where he met his one true love and wife of 68 years, Joan, who predeceased him in December 2020. They spent many happy years in Vermont, Boca Grande, Florida and Woods Hole. He attended the Wellesley Public Schools, and was a graduate of Noble and Greenough School and Amherst College. Jerry had a long career in printing and publishing, first as the president of Nimrod Press, and later in the family publishing business, Warren, Gorham and Lamont. He was, perhaps, more proud of his farming career, which started at age twelve, when he raised 200 chickens in a backyard coop. When a health inspector informed him that he was not allowed to have so many birds, he asked her, “Don’t you know there is a war on?” He kept the chickens. Jerry loved nothing more than tending his vegetable garden, talking to and playing music for his plants. Careful studies proved Maria Muldaur’s “Midnight at the Oasis” to be an effective stimulator of corn growth.
       Jerry will be remembered most for his irreverent sense of humor, his interest in others, his love of all dogs, but especially English Setters, his insatiable appetite for vanilla frappes, and his extreme generosity. He was loved by many and will be sorely missed.
       A celebration of life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Greater Boston Food Bank, 70 South Bay Ave. Boston, MA 02118.