to complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Hazel Gross, his wife of 58 years, died March 18, 1999, in Washington, D.C. She was 97 years old. References External links H. R. Gross at ArlingtonCemetery.net, an unofficial website (reprints "The Eternal Flamethrower") 1899 births 1987 deaths American radio personalities People from Union County, Iowa University of Missouri alumni Old Right (United States) Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Neurological disease deaths in Washington, D.C. Deaths from Alzheimer's disease United States Army personnel of World War I Virginia Republicans Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa People from Creston, Iowa 20th-century American politicians