Greg Zanis, master carpenter from Illinois who made thousands of crosses commemorating victims of violence in America, has died of cancer at the age of 69.
The master carpenter started making the crosses in 1996, the year his father-in-law was killed in his hometown of Aurora, Illinois.
Greg Zanis of Aurora, Ill., prepares crosses to place at a makeshift memorial for victims of a mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 5, 2019. Zanis, struggling against terminal bladder cancer, died early Monday, May 4, 2020, he was 69 according to a family member. Greg Zanis of Aurora, Ill., prepares crosses to place at a makeshift memorial for victims of a mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 5, 2019. Zanis, struggling against terminal bladder cancer, died early Monday, May 4, 2020, he was 69 according to a family member."I had the privilege of having the prayer coalition come over and help me with my grief," Zanisin February 2019."A few months later there was a 6-year-old killed in Aurora ...
Over the years, Zanis made more than 27,000 white crosses and traveled the country paying his respects to victims of gun violence.Volunteers pray over white handmade crosses memorializing the victims of a mass shooting which left at least 22 people dead on Aug. 5, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. The crosses were made by retired carpenter Greg Zanis, who has made thousands of crosses for victims of mass shootings and disasters.
Volunteers pray over white handmade crosses memorializing the victims of a mass shooting which left at least 22 people dead on Aug. 5, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. The crosses were made by retired carpenter Greg Zanis, who has made thousands of crosses for victims of mass shootings and disasters. A 21-year-old white male shooting suspect was taken into custody in the city which sits along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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