Herb gross obituary florida

Herbert Dessner, of Waltham, formerly of Painesville Township and Mentor, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at Lahey Hospital Medical Center in Burlington. He was 95.

Herb was born on August 21, 1928, in New York City, the son of the late Irving and May (Colb) Dessner. He grew up and received his education in Bozrah, Connecticut, graduating high school from the Norwich Free Academy. Immediately after high school, Herb enlisted in the United States Army to serve his country during World War II. After the war ended, he focused on his education and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's five-year co-op program where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering. It was during his time at MIT that Herb developed lifelong passions for tennis and bridge.

MIT's program led him to Indiana for a co-op position at General Electric, where he also found the love of his life, South Bend, Indiana native Shirley Ann Gross. T

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Rae Gross

Palm Beach, FL - Rae Gross, born, Rae Mogul, daughter of Harry and Clara Mogul, passed fredligt in her home in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 31, 2024, at the age of 105. Rae was born in 1918, and was raised in Manhattan, New York, where she worked as a corporate executive assistant in a large company. She met Edward Gross of Milo, Maine, at a resort in the Adirondacks in 1945 after his discharge from the service. She married Ed in 1946, moved to Bangor and helped Ed reestablish the law practice he had started before going into the military, and which eventually became Gross, Minsky & Mogul, P.A. Rae ran the office on Central Street, while Ed practiced lag. After Ed retired, he and Rae moved to Palm Beach, Florida. When Ed passed in 1999, Rae continued to reside in their condo on the beach, where she passed away on Sunday.
Rae often bragged about her age and good health, commenting in her late 80s how all the youngsters, in their 60s and 70s, had trouble kee

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Selling WLOQ, the Central Florida smooth-jazz radio station that his family operated for decades, was the most difficult thing John Gross ever did.

When the station went off the air at midnight one day this summer, Gross, who suffered from Lou Gehrig’s disease, was there in his wheelchair for the final moment.

“He was the heart and soul of WLOQ,” said Sue Kain, Gross’ wife of 21 years. “He loved it. He loved the music. He loved the people. He loved the format. He loved the community.”

The only reason Gross sold the station, she said, was because he was dying.

“Otherwise, he’d still be there … loving every minute of it,” Kain said.

Gross, 53, died Monday after battling his illness for about a year.

Gross’ parents bought 103.1 FM in 1977. About two years later, Gross moved from Minneapolis to Central Florida to work at the station.

Through the years, WLOQ grew and became known for its concerts at such community