Jereld "Jerry" Allen Cross

Jerry Cross, 50, died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at his Chancellor, South Dakota Home, while under hospice care, from complications of brain cancer. Jereld "Jerry" Allen Cross was born on August 15, 1962 at Dell Rapids, South Dakota, the son of Jesse James and Clarice (Ochocki) Cross. He grew up in the southwest Minnesota area, graduating from Westbrook High School in 1980. Following graduation he served in the U.S. Navy for two years until his honorable discharge. He made his home in Minneapolis and worked in photo processing and briefly in the dry cleaning business where he met his future wife, Susan. . On July 21, 1984 Jerry was united in marriage to Susan Elizabeth Hann, formerly of Bowling Green, OH, at Loring Park in Minneapolis. The couple lived there and Jerry began his carrier in sales and customer service with the Trane, Corp. (heating and cooling). The couple moved to Chancellor, SD in 2010, when Jerry transferred to the Sioux Falls branch of Trane. Jerry was a long time member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis and a regular attender at Central Baptist Church in Sioux Falls. He had served as a Cub Scout Leader and continued through the Scouting ranks with his son, Ian eventually becoming a Scout Master for the Boy Scouts. Jerry loved the outdoors. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, target shooting and camping, especially Winter camping. He loved to ride motorcycles and was an accomplished breeder of lizards and ball pythons. He took pride canning, cooking and making smoked jerky. Jerry was preceded in death by his grandparents and his father. Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Susan Cross; son, Ian Cross, Minneapolis, MN; his mother, Clarice Haugen, Currie, MN; two brothers: James Allen Cross, Alvarado, TX and Michael Lawrence (Jolyne) Cross, Apple Valley, MN; nine nieces and nephews, one grand niece; mother-in-law, Emma Hann, BG, OH, brother-in-laws: Alexander (Monika) Hann, BG, OH and Randolph (Pamela) Hann, Weston, OH; sister-in-law, Christine Hann, Kalamazoo, MI; and other relatives and a host of friends. Services will begin at 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 29 at Central Baptist Church, Sioux Falls, with burial in Worthing Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, at Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home with the family present from 2 to 4 p.m. Online go to dindotklusmann.com

Jereld "Jerry" Allen Cross

August 15, 1962 - October 21, 2012

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