Gross, Damian Anthony (1951 - 2019)

GROSS, KAUFMAN, ERLBACHER, LEUSCHEN, LOUMANN, FILBEY, LAPKE, GROTHE

Posted By: Denise Wurner, Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/16/2019 at 13:16:28

Name of deceased: Damian Anthony Gross

Aged: 67 yrs, 6 mo, 3 days

Residence: Logan, Harrison County, IA

Born: Aug. 26, 1951; Earling, Shelby County, IA

Died: March 1, 2019; Logan, Harrison County, IA

Funeral services: Friday, March 8, 2019; St. Joseph Catholic Church, Earling, IA

Survived by: Sons, Mathew (spouse, Jamie) Gross of Woodbine, IA, Martin (spouse, Rachael) Gross and Michael (spouse, Sara Sales) Gross, all of Ames, IA; 4 grandchildren; step-daughters, Molly, Megan and Jenna; 10 step-grandchildren; mother, Lavina (nee Kaufman) Gross of Earling, IA; siblings, Joan (spouse, Bill) Erlbacher of Earling, IA, Kathleen Leuschen (spouse, Michael Loumann) of Flower Mound, TX, Duane (spouse, Liz) Gross of Omaha, NE, Dean Gross of Cedar Rapids, IA, Declan (spouse, Gayla) Gross of Earling, IA, David Gross of Des Moines, IA, and Jeanne (spouse, Tom) Filbey of Omaha, NE; brother-in-law, Edward Lapke of Dunlap, IA; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Father, Alban Gross; sister, Mary Ann Lapke; nephew, Chad Erlbacher; brother-in-law, Tom Leuschen

Education: Attended grade and high school at St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Earling, IA, and graduated from Harlan (IA) High School with the Class of 1970; he then attended Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs and completed his Associates of Arts Degree in Auto Mechanics

Religious affiliation: Member, St. Anne Catholic Church, Logan, IA; member, Knights of Columbus and was recently granted his Fourth Degree Knighthood

Military service: Iowa Army National Guard

Marriage: Judi Grothe; Dec. 18, 1976; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA

Employment: Owned and operated the Gross Skelly Gas Station in Logan, IA; he then owned Midwest Iowa Realty and Midwest Builders and built custom homes. He also built the Logan Carwash and operated Tri M, a dumpster roll-off business, and stayed busy with several rental properties.

Hobbies/Interests: Was actively involved in Boy Scouts and had served as a Scoutmaster at the National Jamboree; loved to hunt and fish, enjoying an annual fishing trip with his brothers, and later with his sons, to Northeast Iowa for over 40 years; loved riding his Harley; enjoyed making sausage and jerky; watching his sons’ sporting events

Sources: harlanonline.com; foutsfuneralhome.com