JUNE CROSS

LAMAR- Services will be held at 11 a.m. today Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church for June Nettie Cross, 92, Lamar, who died Sunday morning, Dec. 17, 2017, at Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Lockwood. Burial will be in Memory Gardens.

Visitation will be held prior to the service, beginning at 10 a.m., at the church.

Arrangements are under the direction of Daniel Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Lockwood American Legion, Lamar VFW Auxiliary or Grace Lutheran Church, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences and memories may be shared at www.danielfuneralhome.net.

Survivors include her son, Norman Schipull and wife Rhonda, Lamar; her daughter, Joann Myers and husband David, Republic; a brother, Clifford “Hooley” Huehn, Luverne, Minn.; six grandchildren, Stacy, Jason, Jennifer, Stephanie, Andrew and Sarah; seven great-grandchildren, Katelund, Brenton, Joshua, Kaleb, Alex, Tristan and Molly and a large extended Huehn, Schipull and Cross family.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Alvin Huehn; a sister, Laurene Kroeger; a sister-in-law, Lorraine Huehn; a grandson, Brandon Peel; a niece, Elaine Huehn and a nephew, Bruce Huehn.

Mrs. Cross was born June 30, 1925, in Dickinson County, Iowa, to Norman and Minnie (Rust) Huehn. She moved with her family to Minnesota, where she graduated from Round Lake High School in 1943. Immediately after graduating, she went to work at a defense plant in Wisconsin to support the troops in World War II. On March 6, 1949, at Round Lake Lutheran Church, she married Walter Schipull. They made their home and farmed near Brewster, Minn., for a short time before moving to Missouri, where they farmed near Walnut Grove and later Golden City. Her husband Walt died Jan. 14, 1974 and she settled in Lockwood where she worked as a CNA at Good Shepherd Nursing Home. She married Dean Cross on Aug. 9, 1981, and they enjoyed traveling and visiting family in California and Arizona. After his death on June 4, 1987, she continued to spend winters in Arizona and summers in Missouri for the next 10 years. In 1997, she moved to an apartment in Lamar to be near family.

She met every challenge in her life with an indomitable spirit, a positive attitude and a wonderful smile. With determination and a depression era work ethic, she farmed, raised large gardens, managed her household and was always ready to share with anyone in need. Active in her community, she was a member of Lockwood American Legion and Lamar VFW Auxiliary, and enjoyed the fellowship of her friends in Fiber Art Guild. She had been a faithful member of Lutheran churches everywhere she lived and worshipped at Grace Lutheran Church in Lamar as long as her health permitted.