Ferree C. Grossman, Jr.

Ferree C. Grossman, Jr., 91, formerly of Christiana, passed away on Friday, March 19, 2010 at the Masonic Villages in Elizabethtown. He was the husband of the late Mary Jane Summers Grossman who died in 1983. Born in Parkesburg, he was the son of the late Ferree C. and Mary Paxon Grossman. An area resident most of his life, Ferree enlisted in the US Army in 1941 and served with the US 1st Armored Div. as a tanker. In 1943 he was wounded and captured defending the Kassarine Pass in North Africa. After two long years, Ferree was discharged in 1945 as a Staff Sergeant.
After the war, Ferree was employed as a carpenter by White Brothers retiring in 1983. He was a 50 year member of the Keystone Masonic Lodge F& AM of Parkesburg now the Brandywine Goddard Lodge of Coatesville, Life member of the American Ex-Prisoners of War, the Coatesville Royal Arch, Chapter #267 of Coatesville, the Centennial Commandery #55, Knights Templar of Coatesville, the Carpenters Union of Harrisburg and the Leola United Methodist Church.

He is survived by one daughter Susan R., wife of Jeffery S. Moyer of Leola, and one grandson Joseph Lerch. He was preceded in death by a daughter Sally Grossman in 1976 and two siblings; Richard Grossman and Martha Cox.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 11:00am from the Wilde Funeral Home, 434 Main St. Parkesburg followed by interment, with military honors, at the Upper Octorara Cemetery, Parkesburg. Family and friends are also invited to attend the viewing at the funeral home from 10:00am to the time of the service. Masonic services will be conducted at 10:45am.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Masonic Villages,  One Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2199.

Online condolences can be posted at www.wildefuneralhome.com