--Services for Cecil B. Dress, 69, Peru, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ron Shaner officiating. He died Tuesday, July 6, 1982, at Dukes Memorial Hospital, after a three-year illness.
--He was born in Cass County Dec. 24, 1912, to Berchard and Bertha Townsend Cress. He lived in this area all his life. He was married to Isa See June 6, 1937, she survives.
--Also surviving are four sons, James of Daytona Beach, Fla., Charles of Conroe, Texas, John Joseph of Joplin, Mo., and Jerry of Peru; two sisters, Carol, wife of Marvin Snyder, Brighton, Mich., and Joyce, wife of Bill Degunya, Peru; two brothers, Henry, Greenville, S. C., and Calvin, Peru; one sister, Evelyn Allison, Seaford, Va.; and 17 grandchildren.
--Mr. Cress was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of the American Legion.
--Burial will be in Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Cass County.
source : 47183440
--Services for Cecil B. Dress, 69, Peru, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ron Shaner officiating. He died Tuesday, July 6, 1982, at Dukes Memorial Hospital, after a three-year illness.
--He was born in Cass County Dec. 24, 1912, to Berchard and Bertha Townsend Cress. He lived in this area all his life. He was married to Isa See June 6, 1937, she survives.
--Also surviving are four sons, James of Daytona Beach, Fla., Charles of Conroe, Texas, John Joseph of Joplin, Mo., and Jerry of Peru; two sisters, Carol, wife of Marvin Snyder, Brighton, Mich., and Joyce, wife of Bill Degunya, Peru; two brothers, Henry, Greenville, S. C., and Calvin, Peru; one sister, Evelyn Allison, Seaford, Va.; and 17 grandchildren.
--Mr. Cress was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of the American Legion.
--Burial will be in Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Cass County.
source : 47183440
Family Members
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Vernice J. Cress Marks
1905–1976
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Mildred Nettie Cress
1907–1914
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Gertrude Bertha Cress Leedy
1909–1972
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Lillian Pearl Cress Taylor
1911–1975
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Evelyn Sue Cress Allison
1916–1990
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PFC Henry Russell Cress
1918–1973
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Betty Lou Cress Spellman
1921–1977
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Pvt Callvin Warren Cress
1923–1984
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Wilma Jean Cress Marks
1926–1982
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