Gospel Herald - Volume XLV, Number 5 - January 29, 1952 --- page 119 Cressman, --Alson Cressman, was born in Woolwich Twp., Ont., April 4, 1885; died in the Cressman Mennonite Church, Breslau, Ont., shortly after the close of the service on Christmas Day, 1951; aged 66 y. 8 m. 20 d. Dec. 5, 1906, he was married to Barbara Randall, who predeceased him Dec. 27, 1926. He leaves his son (Horace, Waterloo, Ont.), his mother (Mrs. Jacob Cressman, Bloomingdale, Ont.), 4 brothers (Herbert, Breslau, Ont.; Jacob, Kitchener, Ont.; Ivan, Bloomingdale; and Samuel, Preston, Ont.), 4 sisters (Mrs. Leslie Witmer, of Preston; Mrs. Eugene Brubacher, Kitchener; Mrs. Howard Stevanus, Bloomingdale; and Viola, also of Bloomingdale.), and 4 grandchildren. Two sisters predeceased him. In his youth he accepted Christ as his Saviour. March 11, 1934, he was ordained deacon for the Cressman congregation and served faithfully the rest of his life. The funeral was held Dec. 28 at his late home near Waterloo, Ont., and at the Cressman Church. Burial was made in the adjoining cemetery, B.B. Shantz and Oscar Burkholder officiated. Text: II Cor. 8: 12.
Gospel Herald - Volume XLV, Number 5 - January 29, 1952 --- page 119 Cressman, --Alson Cressman, was born in Woolwich Twp., Ont., April 4, 1885; died in the Cressman Mennonite Church, Breslau, Ont., shortly after the close of the service on Christmas Day, 1951; aged 66 y. 8 m. 20 d. Dec. 5, 1906, he was married to Barbara Randall, who predeceased him Dec. 27, 1926. He leaves his son (Horace, Waterloo, Ont.), his mother (Mrs. Jacob Cressman, Bloomingdale, Ont.), 4 brothers (Herbert, Breslau, Ont.; Jacob, Kitchener, Ont.; Ivan, Bloomingdale; and Samuel, Preston, Ont.), 4 sisters (Mrs. Leslie Witmer, of Preston; Mrs. Eugene Brubacher, Kitchener; Mrs. Howard Stevanus, Bloomingdale; and Viola, also of Bloomingdale.), and 4 grandchildren. Two sisters predeceased him. In his youth he accepted Christ as his Saviour. March 11, 1934, he was ordained deacon for the Cressman congregation and served faithfully the rest of his life. The funeral was held Dec. 28 at his late home near Waterloo, Ont., and at the Cressman Church. Burial was made in the adjoining cemetery, B.B. Shantz and Oscar Burkholder officiated. Text: II Cor. 8: 12.
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