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Nancy Cross

September 12, 1928 — June 27, 2018

Nancy M. Cross, age 89, of Erie died Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at LECOM Senior Living.   She was born in Erie, a daughter of the late Marshall R. and Lena Jensen Merrick.

She graduated from Strong Vincent High School and Erie Commercial College.   She was a secretary at Lord Corp. and for several Erie attorneys.   She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant and sang in the church choir in addition to the Erie Philharmonic Chorus and the Chautauqua Regional Choir.   She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and PEO Chapter Q.  She was very crafty and enjoyed making Christmas cards. Traveling in the motor home was a treat as they traveled around the country.  She was kind and loving whose priority was her family.

Nancy was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, M. Robert Cross, her brother Thomas Merrick and sister Dorothea Merrick.

She is survived by two sons, Robert Marshall Cross and his wife Nancy of Oil City, PA and Timothy Christopher Cross of Erie.  He is further survived by the grandchildren: Sara (Michael) Billman, Charles (Melissa) Cross and Elizabeth (Robert) Jaeger, and great grandchildren, Max, Piper and Jack Billman and Mason A. Cross.

Friends may call at the Burton Westlake Funeral Home, 3801 W. 26th Street (at Powell Ave) on Sunday from 12:00 p.m. until the time of the memorial service at 2:00 p.m., with Rev. Chris Weichman officiating.  Inurnment in Erie Cemetery

Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, 250 West 7th Street, Erie PA 16501.  Send condolences at www.Burtonfuneralhome.com.

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Sunday, July 1, 2018

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3801 West 26th Street, Erie, PA 16506

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