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Norman Ross, age 48 of Elburn, IL died tragically Monday evening,
June 16, 2003 of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident involving both him and his beloved wife, Denise.
Truly loving and totally devoted to his family, Norm was the kind of
husband and father everyone longs to have and the kind of son, every parent prays their child will grow up to be.
Norm was born April 22, 1955, the only son of Richard and Dorothy (Barta
) Ross. Born with a mechanic's hands and an engineer's mind, Norm began taking apart engines as a youth. He earned his engineering degree from the University of Illinois,
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Visitation
Visitation will be held Monday, June 23, 2003 from 2-6pm, at Cornerstone United Methodist Church, 41W170 Russell Rd.,
Plato Center. Early evening funeral services will follow at 6pm. Rev. Paul Meyer, pastor of the Cornerstone UMC and Rev. Bill Obalil and Rev. Melissa Earley of the
Geneva United Methodist Church. A private family committal service will later be held at Blackberry Cemetery, Elburn.
Directions
The address of the church is 41W170 Russell Rd., Plato Center. Those coming from the east should take Randall Road to
Bowes Road (west). Follow Bowes Rd. to Muirehead (a sharp 90 degree right hand turn as Bowes "T"s into Muirhead). Follow Muirhead north to Russell. Turn right on
Russell about 100 yards to church drive.
Those coming from the West should take Rt. 47 to Plato Road. Plato road to Rippburger Road. Left on Rippburger to
Russell. Right on Russell to the church.
The new Cornerstone Church is right across the street from the Plato Cemetery and diagonally across from the former
Plato Center Methodist Church (a small white frame building).
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Memorials and Tributes
A memorial fund to benefit his wife and family has been
established at Bank One, Batavia, IL. Checks should be made out to the Ross Family Fund and mailed to:
Ross Family Fund
Bank One
Att: Sue Barret
5N.Randall Rd.
Batavia, IL 60510
Memorial donations and personal remembrances may also be mailed direct to the family in care of P.O.
Box 66, Elburn, IL. Tributes and e-mail may be forwarded to the family through:
Conley Care Funeral Home.
Arrangements
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Conley Funeral Home, Elburn, IL. For more information call
1-800-8-CONLEY.
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married his high school sweetheart, Denise Lynn Hubbell and began working for Fiat Allis in Beardstown, and later in
Wichita, KS. In 1983, Norm returned to Amboy to join his father-in-law in business as the Hubbel and Ross garage. In 1997, Norm and his "girls" joined together to build the present family home near Elburn. For the
last ten years he was employed with the Navistar (International Harvester) Corp. where he helped design the first camless diesel truck engine and was honored in New York City as well as in national trade journals.
For all of his achievements, however, Norm Ross was all wrapped up in his love for his wife and four daughters. He and Denise were foster parents to as many as ten children before they were blessed with
Jessica, Amanda, Ashley and Stephanie. Four super-daughters whom Norm proudly said he would never trade for a son.
Norm always had a project on his mind and a smile on his face. He was outgoing as a member of the
Amboy Lion's club for many years and was recently honored for some fifteen years as the Saturday morning radio host for the Lee County Tourism program on WSDR Radio.
Through the years he was also an active member of
the Geneva United Methodist Church the Cornerstone United Methodist Church, Plato Center and R.E.A.C.H., a Christian Youth Work Camp.
At home, Norm owned the bragging rights on the
best pumpkin pie in the world. He also owned enough cotton candy and pop corn supplies to retire as a full time "Carni", a "someday-dream" he often spun for his daughters. Although he left this world far to soon
, those who knew him best are sure that he is re-engineering heaven and inventing a way to turn the clouds into a sky-full of cotton candy.
Survivors
In addition to Denise, his wife of twenty-five
years, Norm leaves four daughters -
Jesisca (20), Amanda (14), Ashley (12) and
Stephanie (9);
• his parents, Richard and Dorothy (Barta)
Ross, Amboy, IL,
• one brother-in-law, Marvin (Deanna)
Hubbell of Springfield, IL;
• one sister-in-law, Connie (Roger) Young
of Woodstock, IL;
• several nieces, nephews and cousins;
• and countless friends across the country.
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