Eric Gross Obituary

Mis más sinceras condolencias por la prematura partida de Eric. Fue muy impactante recibir la noticia de su fallecimiento. Sin embargo ante lo irremediable debemos armarnos de fortaleza para sobrellevar la pena y por mi parte, aun cuando físicamente no lo pueda yo percibir más, su presencia espiritual quedará indeleble en mi recuerdo y oro para que su alma pueda encontrar rapidamente el camino correcto.

Eric, amigo, que el Todopoderoso te guie.

Sinceramente.....AnTonio.

Stop all the clocks,

cut off the telephone,

Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,

Silence the pianos and with muffled drum,

Bring out the coffin,

let the mourners come.



Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead

Scribbling on the sky the message

He is dead,

Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,

Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.



He was my North, my South,

my East, my West,

My working week and my Sunday rest,

My noon, my midnight,

my talk, my song;

I tought that love would last forever: I was wrong.



The stars are not wanted now,

put out every one;

Pack up the moon and

dismantle the sun;

Pour away the ocean and

sweep up the wood.

For nothing now can ever come to any good.

- W.H. Auden



God bless Eric and his family during this difficult time. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

To The Gross Families;

We are all so deeply sorry to hear of Eric’s passing. It stunned us all; there are no words to express our sorrow. We’d like to offer our most sincere condolences to his entire family; you’re all in our prayers. He was a great friend and his smile will be forever remembered. We will cherish the memories we share to this day of our grade-school blunders together at St. Lad’s. Listening to Mrs. Leticia Gross tell us stories of Eric, Patrick and Lety during lunch still brings back fond moments. Eric went on to Lane Tech with most of us and proudly graduated with the class of 1997. Later some would see him at school at U of I and then Wright College. He always had a kind greeting and a wise remark to make you laugh. Will miss you, keep on smiling you will not be forgotten.

Class of 1993

St. Ladislaus School

Kathy Zajac, Kristy Maher, Anna Szybinska, Piotr Kleszcz, Maciej Kozlowski

Dear Gross Family - I am deeply sorry for your loss. I will keep you in my prayers.

God be with you.

Pat and Jean, I'm sorry we could not be there in person to express our sympathy. We can not imagine what pain you are going through at this time. We are thinking of you both, Pat, Lety, and Sara. We are praying for you all. Please let Leticia know we are also praying for her. Love Janice and Greg

We are praying for your family.