Graveside Rites To Honor Army Sergeant
Graveside funeral services for Sgt. LeGrande Corwin (Corkey) Cross, who died Feb. 19, 1944, near Naples, Italy, of wounds suffered in action Jan. 8, 1944, will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Salt Lake City Cemetery by Veterans of Foreign Wars. Sergeant Cross was born Oct. 23, 1914, in San Francisco, Calif., a son of Earl and Martha E. Davies Cross, and had resided most of his life in Salt Lake City. He received his education in Salt Lake City schools and was employed by the Holsum Bread Company for 11 years prior to entering the Army in October, 1941. He trained at Camp Roberts, Calif., and while there volunteered for special service with the United States and Canadian paratroopers force. After further training at Helena, Mont., he was sent to Kiska, Alaska, and was transferred to Italy in the fall of 1943. Survivors include his parents, 537 East Third South St., and two brothers, Elmer C., and Don E. Cross, Salt Lake City, and a sister, Mrs. John Rogers, Salt Lake City. (The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1948, p. A9, Col. 1)
Graveside funeral services for Sgt. LeGrande Corwin (Corkey) Cross, who died Feb. 19, 1944, near Naples, Italy, of wounds suffered in action Jan. 8, 1944, will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Salt Lake City Cemetery by Veterans of Foreign Wars. Sergeant Cross was born Oct. 23, 1914, in San Francisco, Calif., a son of Earl and Martha E. Davies Cross, and had resided most of his life in Salt Lake City. He received his education in Salt Lake City schools and was employed by the Holsum Bread Company for 11 years prior to entering the Army in October, 1941. He trained at Camp Roberts, Calif., and while there volunteered for special service with the United States and Canadian paratroopers force. After further training at Helena, Mont., he was sent to Kiska, Alaska, and was transferred to Italy in the fall of 1943. Survivors include his parents, 537 East Third South St., and two brothers, Elmer C., and Don E. Cross, Salt Lake City, and a sister, Mrs. John Rogers, Salt Lake City. (The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1948, p. A9, Col. 1)
Graveside Rites To Honor Army Sergeant
Graveside funeral services for Sgt. LeGrande Corwin (Corkey) Cross, who died Feb. 19, 1944, near Naples, Italy, of wounds suffered in action Jan. 8, 1944, will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Salt Lake City Cemetery by Veterans of Foreign Wars. Sergeant Cross was born Oct. 23, 1914, in San Francisco, Calif., a son of Earl and Martha E. Davies Cross, and had resided most of his life in Salt Lake City. He received his education in Salt Lake City schools and was employed by the Holsum Bread Company for 11 years prior to entering the Army in October, 1941. He trained at Camp Roberts, Calif., and while there volunteered for special service with the United States and Canadian paratroopers force. After further training at Helena, Mont., he was sent to Kiska, Alaska, and was transferred to Italy in the fall of 1943. Survivors include his parents, 537 East Third South St., and two brothers, Elmer C., and Don E. Cross, Salt Lake City, and a sister, Mrs. John Rogers, Salt Lake City. (The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1948, p. A9, Col. 1)
Graveside funeral services for Sgt. LeGrande Corwin (Corkey) Cross, who died Feb. 19, 1944, near Naples, Italy, of wounds suffered in action Jan. 8, 1944, will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Salt Lake City Cemetery by Veterans of Foreign Wars. Sergeant Cross was born Oct. 23, 1914, in San Francisco, Calif., a son of Earl and Martha E. Davies Cross, and had resided most of his life in Salt Lake City. He received his education in Salt Lake City schools and was employed by the Holsum Bread Company for 11 years prior to entering the Army in October, 1941. He trained at Camp Roberts, Calif., and while there volunteered for special service with the United States and Canadian paratroopers force. After further training at Helena, Mont., he was sent to Kiska, Alaska, and was transferred to Italy in the fall of 1943. Survivors include his parents, 537 East Third South St., and two brothers, Elmer C., and Don E. Cross, Salt Lake City, and a sister, Mrs. John Rogers, Salt Lake City. (The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1948, p. A9, Col. 1)
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