Lenore Gross, the mother of former Florence Melton Adult Mini-School director Teri Gross, died in Mandeville surrounded by family members on Saturday, November 30.
Gross, a former resident of Cranston, RI, later moved to Madison, AL, a small town in the Huntsville area. She was a member of Temple B’nai Shalom in Huntsville and was a lifetime member of B’nai B’rith Women’s Organization.
Gross is survived by her husband Paul B. Gross; her daughters Teri (Michael Hertzig) and Beth Gross-Santos; her son Fred Gross (Yvonne); six grandchildren; and a sister Shirley Shapiro.
Graveside services were held on December 2, at 2:30 p.m. at Pinecrest Memorial Gardens, 2260 West 21st Avenue in Covington. Rabbi John Nimon officiated. A reception followed at the home of Gross and Hertzig in the Meadowbrook subdivision in Mandeville.
Shiva was observed in their home from Monday through Thursday, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Memorial donations are suggested to the National Parkinson Foundation, the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Foundation, Temple B’nai Sholom, 103 Lincoln St SE, Huntsville, AL or The Northshore Jewish Congregation, 1403 North Causeway Boulevard, Mandeville, LA 70471. For more information call NJC at 985-951-7976.
