Alvin Rudy Gross

After complications following surgery, Alvin Gross passed away on April 09, 2026. He was predeceased by his wife, Jacquie Gross in January 2026, and his parents, Ida and Rudolf Gross. He is survived by his daughter Naomi, (Jesus), grandson Logan, son Trevor, (Jean) and grandsons Barrett and Brady, sister Gladys (Jim), brother Richard (Loy), his sister-in-law Leona (Terry) and numerous nephews, nieces, grand nephews, grand nieces, and grand-grand nieces and nephews and cousins.

He was born in Edmonton, Alberta and was raised on a farm in Bloomsbury near Barrhead. He started his career working for the Royal Bank in Edmonton, ran the farm while his father recovered from TB, and then spent three years working on the Mid-Canada Radar Line in Isle La Cross Saskatchewan as an inventory manager, followed by a 1.5 years as a civilian employee on an air force base in Dawson Creek, BC. Returning to Barrhead, he then was the accountant and business manager for Doherty Motors, the local GM dealership, for 22 years. He then went on to support his wife as she returned to teaching, taking on the main responsibilities of cooking, cleaning, and raising his school-aged children.

He was elected six times (from 1976 to 1991) to the Board of Education for the County of Barrhead as the town representative and was chair of the Yellowhead Regional Library Board for six years.

He was also the local Commissioner of Oaths and officiated at 412 weddings from 1986 to 2006. He was proud to officiate at the weddings of his son and his niece and worked to make each ceremony special. He had many great happy stories to tell of this time, including one time when he performed 7 weddings in a single day.

He was a member of the Barrhead Rotary Club for 15 years, was a founding member of the executive of the Barrhead Rotary Music Festival, and was active in the Lutheran Church, serving on the Western Canada Synod Board for the LCA (now ELCIC) for 6 years.

He enjoyed being a part of the community at Klondike Place and more recently at Hillcrest.

A Memorial Service will be held at Rose Garden Chapel, Barrhead Alberta, Monday April 20, 2026, at 1:30 pm., Rev. Dr. James Hendricksen, ELCIC presiding, followed by a lunch at the Senior’s Centre. Donations can be made in his memory to the Barrhead Public Library. Arrangements under the direction of Rose Garden Chapel, Barrhead, Alberta.