St. Clair County Obits

Orville Nelson Ross

Clinton Daily Democrat
March 1994
Orville Nelson Ross, son of Tom and Lena (Woods) Ross was born July 19, 1910 in Medford, North Dakota, and passed away March 16, 1994 at Golden Valley Hospital, at the age of 83.
Orville will be remembered as a devoted husband and father. He was loving and generous to his children and very proud of his grandchildren and great-granddaughter. He was recognized as being a patient man and a kind man.
Orville served on the White Oak Church board for many years and on the REA board for many years. He loved farming, raising cattle and associating with many friends.
You and I and many others have enjoyed sharing his life. Orville was a man of strong faith. We take comfort knowing he is with his Lord for eternity.
Orville was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, T. J. Ross. He is survived by his wife, Lottie; two sons, Paul Ross and Phil Ross, both of Clinton; one daughter, Sharon Contantini, Colorado
 Springs, Colorado; one brother, Charles Ross, Clinton; four sisters, Lena Jeffress, Colorado Springs, Dorothy Aylsworth, Platte City, Elizabeth Moore, Plainsfield, Ind., and Hallie Hilty, Clinton; seven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Funeral services were at Vansant-Mills Chapel Monday, March 21, 1994. Burial was in Englewood Cemetery