Washoe County NV Archives Obituaries.....Ross, James A. April 11, 1915
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Reno Evening Gazette April 13, 1915
Veteran Engineer Answers Last Call
“Dad” Ross is Dead at Sparks; Funeral Wednesday Will Be at Elks’ Home
There will be a great attendance at the funeral of “Dad” Ross on Wednesday
afternoon.  Every railroad man who can get away from his work and every old time
Elk will make it a point to be at the Elks’ Home to show respect for the memory
of one of the bbest known men on this division.  “Dad” died at his home in
Sparks on Saturday night, where he had resided ever since going on the Southern
Pacific pension roll for long service.  All the Wadsworth people knew him and
hardly anybody in Sparks was not acquainted personally with one of the most
genial, friendly men in the railroad business.
J.A. Ross was a veteran passenger engineer on the Salt Lake division of the
Southern Pacific.  His start in railroading was as a fireman on the Oregon Short
line and his promotion after that was steady.  He was considered during his
active service to be one of the most trustworthy engineers on the road. 
Pennsylvania was his native state and he was 68 years old when he died, with
most of his family of eight children present in his last hours.
The funeral will take place on Wednesday from the Elks’ Home and the services
will be conducted by the Elks and by the railroad men.  He was a member of Ogden
lodge of Elks and of Sparks lodge No. 150 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and the pallbearers will be selected from these two fraternities.

Ross- In Sparks, April 11, 1915, James A. (Dad) Ross. Dearly beloved father of
Joseph of Elgin, Utah, James T. of New York, Egbert P. of Ogden, Frank A. of
Guam, P.I. and Harold Ross of Sparks, and Mrs. Annie M. Howland of Elgin, Utah,
Mrs. Florence Kindstrom of Richmond, Cal., Mrs. Jennie K. Sharp of Angeles,
Cal., a member of Sparks lodge No. 150, B. of L.E., and Ogden, Utah, lodge of
B.P.O. Elks, and Ogden Post, G.A.R.  Aged 67 years, 11 months 25 days.  Native
of Pennsylvania.
Funeral services to be held from the Elks’ Home Wednesday afternoon at two
o’clock under the auspices of Reno lodge No.597, B.P.O.E.  Friends may view the
remains until Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock at the chapel of Groesbeck &
O’Brien.  Interment Mt. View cemetery.


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