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Joyce V. Baker Gross |
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August 20, 1928 ~ January 29, 2018 |
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January 30, 2018 |
Joyce V. Baker Gross passed away January 29,
2018, in the ECF wing of Boundary Community
Hospital, surrounded by her family. Funeral
Services will be held at Mountain Springs Church
at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, February 3, with Justin
Gibbons officiating.
Joyce was born August 20, 1928 in Stanford,
Montana, to Alfred and Ora Glea Baker. When she
was four months old, with her parents and nine
siblings, she moved to Porthill, where she
attended school at the Lindbergh School. She
attended Boundary County Schools and graduated
from Bonners Ferry High School in 1946.
She married Edwin Gross on August 6, 1947, in
Newport, Washington. She and Edwin had five
daughters. Edwin worked construction here and in
several different western states, but after the
girls started school, they returned to and lived
the rest of their lives in Bonners Ferry.
Joyce was active in the American Cancer Society
for 25 years, was a 4-H and Brownie Scout
Leader; she attended sports activities for
grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was
very vocal and enjoyed attending those games
even when using her walker.
She was particularly avid at crocheting and
embroidering, gardening and water aerobics. She
loved attending grandchildren’s and great
grandchildren’s birthday parties and babysitting
for several generations of children.
She crocheted ponchos, embroidered blankets and
made patchwork quilts for grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. She was a mother and
“grandma” to many children outside her own
family. We are all so blessed to have had her in
our lives; she filled our home with loving
kindness and laughter.
Joyce was preceded in death by her husband Edwin
Gross, grandsons Dean Owens and Jeremy Witt and
granddaughter Michelle Owens.
She is survived by daughters Edwina Owens,
Candice Gross- Smith, Sharlene Krohmer (Roy),
Connie Smith (Earl), and Penny Fairchild, 13
grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren and 12
great-great grandchildren.
“Grandma” Joyce Gross will be missed by all her
family and friends. |
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