Nira Marie Christian French Gross passed away on March 11, 2022. Nira was born near Mt. Dora, Union County, New Mexico, on November 12, 1933, to Sam and Victoria Durbin Christian. Nira attended elementary school at the Otto Community School west of Clayton, and later Clayton High School. After graduation in 1951, she worked for D.D. Monroe at the Union County Title Company.
Nira married Melvin French on December 11, 1952, and to this union were born two children: daughter, Lynn, and son, Brian. Melvin and Nira farmed and ranched in the Coldwater Community. Melvin passed in 1985 and Nira moved to Dalhart in 1988.
Nira and Roy Gross married in Dalhart in 2003.
Nira was preceded in death by her parents, nine siblings, and both husbands.
Survivors include brother, Gail Christian of Amarillo; daughter Lynn Sample, and her husband, Jerry of Fredericksburg; son, Brian French, and his wife Barbara of Coldwater Community; and grandson, Nathan French of Lakeway, Texas.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the Dalhart Senior Center, 610 Denrock Avenue, Dalhart, TX 79022, or a charity of your choice.
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Services
Graveside Service
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Memorial Park Cemetery
101 Cherry
Dalhart, Texas 79022
