Mary Ellen Cross

Mary Ellen Cross, 76, of Orwigsburg, passed away Monday at home after a 6 ½ year battle with Alzheimer’s

She was born November 11, 1944 in Pottsville, a daughter of the late Steve and Josephine Narog Guzley of Cumbola

Mary Ellen was a 1962 graduate of Nativity BVM High School.

She worked for the Pottsville Area School District prior to retiring to in 2006.

Mary Ellen was a member of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville.

Surviving are her husband of 56 years, Lou Cross; a daughter, Marlo Lipko and her husband David; Orwigsburg; a grandson Blake Lipko.

Service and interment are private.

The family would prefer remembrances in the form of contributions in memory of Mary Ellen be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 237 Court St, Reading, PA 19601, or www.alz.org. Arrangements are under the care of James B. Humphrey, Funeral Director, James E. Humphrey Funeral Home.

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