Joyce Cross
March 25, 1923 - April 26, 2006
WILLMAR -- Joyce Cross, 83, of Willmar died Wednesday at her home in Willmar after a 10-month battle with cancer.
The service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at United Methodist Church in Willmar. Burial will be at Cloverleaf Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Harvey Anderson Funeral Home in Willmar and for one hour prior to the service at the church.
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She was born March 25, 1923, in Edwards Township, Kandiyohi County, to Henry and Johanna (Rademacher) Freese. She grew up in rural Raymond and graduated from Raymond High School in 1941. She worked at Condon's Grocery Store in Raymond.
She married Leland Cross on Dec. 7, 1944, in Raymond. They lived in the Raymond area until 1948, when they moved to Willmar. She worked at Allstate Hatchery, R&M Variety, and retired from Chet's Grocery Store in 1977.
She was a member of United Methodist Church in Willmar and was a Sunday School teacher, Wesley Chorister mom, member of the memorial committee and was a volunteer for the church paper. She was also a Brownie leader, 4-H leader and room mother.
She is survived by her husband; daughters: Sandra (and Jerry) Rustad of Idyllwild, Calif., Marilyn (and Hubert) Wieberdink of Prinsburg; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and her sister: Vivian Larson of Willmar.
