The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday March 1, 1961 Kross Funeral Will Be Today. Services for Benjamin KROSS, 78, 320 Topeka, will be at 11 a.m. today in the Penwell-Gabel Chapel. He died Tuesday in a Kansas City hospital. Born in Poland, Mr. KROSS operated a grocery at 120 E. 4th for 35 years before he retired. He was a member of Congregation Beth Sholom and the Topeka branch of B'nai B'rith, and a charter member of the Topeka War Dads. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Anna KROSS of the home; a son, Sid Kross of Mission; a daughter, Mrs. Nathan Persky of Independence, and four grandchildren. Burial will be at 3 p.m. today in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Kansas City. The body will lie in state at the funeral home until service time.