Mr. Ronald Stephen Gross, a Melrose Park native and a 1958 graduate of Cheltenham High School, passed away on Thursday, January 2. He was 84 years old.

Mr. Gross was a football star as a Panther and the top graduate of his Temple University Law School class, his obituary said. He also “pursued a prolific career in real estate excelling in historic restorations, residential and commercial developments.”

Mr. Gross was married to the late Eleanor (Seltzer) Gross for 59 years. They met in 1955 at Elkins Park Junior High School. 

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