VENANGO — Orville C. Gross, 90, of Venango, formerly of Union City, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, at Cordia Commons, Meadville. He was born Jan. 16, 1915, in Union Township, the son of the late William H. and Grace Adelaide Nickerson Gross. He was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a roundhouse operator at Wayne Street, Erie, and also employed by MFG Co. of Union City, and the former Cherry Hill Division of Ethan Allen Furniture Co., Union City. He was a member of the Senior Center at Cambridge Springs and also attended Venango United Methodist Church. He was a World War II veteran serving in the U.S. Army, Company A., 424th Infantry Division. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Elma Williams Gross, in August 1984; and his second wife, Mildred Sorger Gross, in September 2004. Survivors include a daughter, Jane Rowland and her husband, LeRoyce (Chuck), of Union City; three sons, Richard Gross and his wife, Cynthia, of Tucson, Ariz., Keith Gross and his wife, Rita, of Waterford, and Russell Gross and his wife, Nancy, of Union City; 12 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and 10 stepchildren. Friends are invited to call at Glenn Funeral Home, 62 S. Main St., Union City, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and may attend the funeral there Friday at 10 a.m. The Rev. Larry Corner of Venango United Methodist Church will officiate, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Union City.