Lawrence James Gross Jr.

a husband, father, grandfather, brother, and devoted friend to many. God called him home on

August 29, 2021. He left behind a daughter and son in-law, Alisha and Eric Foore, Brother-in-law Mark Palmerino, Stepchildren, Keith and wife Teresa. Giovanni, Anthony, and Patricia. He is

preceded in death by his father Lawrence and mother Elfrieda.

Larry was 71 years old and lived in Parrish, FL with his wife of 21 years, Donna. They had

plans to travel the country to visit national parks and enjoy their retirement together. Sadly, 6

days after Larry passed, Donna also passed. They had a life of love and adventure together.

Traveling with the kids to various destinations over the years and Larry would say " We're never

doing that again", which we all would laugh and say, "Ok, dad" and we would plan our next

trip.

Born in Baltimore, MD to Lawrence and Elfrieda (Weiss) Gross on August 24, 1950, at Sinai

hospital. He had a younger sister Sue. They shared a close relationship and enjoyed being silly

together. Sue followed Lawrencie, (as Sue called him) in death on September 15, 2021.

He was a much loved "poppy" to his grandchildren Ashley and Zach, and step grandchildren

Lindsey, Sophia, and Lincoln. He also became a great grandfather to Mya in July of 2020. His

grandchildren were his happiness and he enjoyed spending as much time with them as he

could. He was looking forward to watching them grow.

Larry graduated from Mergenthaler Vocational Technical School in 1968. Community College of

Baltimore from 1970 - '71 for Drafting Technology. Essex Community College 1979 - '80 for

Industrial Management, and Dundalk Community College for Micro Computer Application.

In November 1968 Lawrence joined the United States Air Force. He was an Aircraft

Maintenance Specialist for reciprocating engine aircrafts at Sheppard AF base, Texas. He also

was certified in Technical Publications at Sheppard Technical Training Center in Hurlburt, FL.

Unfortunately, due to family emergency, Lawrence was granted an Honorable discharge from

the Airforce in November 1970.

He had a career working for the paint company Bruining Paint in Baltimore as a plant manager,

where he made lifelong friends. He left Baltimore and moved to Florida to work for Scott Paint

which is where he stayed until he retired.

A favorite hobby and sport of Larry's was golf. He had a group of friends that he enjoyed going

on golf trips with to many courses along the east coast and was said to have an impressive

swing. He had a passion for sports cars and fast driving. He drove his Porsche at Sebring, FL

and even won a few ribbons.

Being with family and enjoying the holidays together meant more to him than anything else.

He touched many hearts and will be deeply missed by many.