Daughter of Peter Ewalt Sr. and
his second wife Mary Caroline Steeb.
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Bessie was born in Oronoko Township
(near Berrien Springs),
Berrien County Michigan.
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m. # 1. Dellwood (Dell) Hull, on
5 April 1916, in Cuyahoga, Ohio.
(Marriage Cert. # 107577)
Dell is the son of Morton Hull
and Clara Unruh.

d. Dellwood and Bessie Hull
divorced 23 October 1917.
(Divorce Record # 3237)
Issue State: Michigan

Divorce record indicates that
Bessie was award custody of
their child.
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Bessie and Dell Hull had a son:

Robert D. (Hull) Kreps.
Note: He might have been adopted by
Bessie's second husband, because he
apparently changed his name to "Kreps".
b. 10 June 1916, in Ohio.
m. Eileen Hoyland, on 26 November 1938.
Robert served in the U.S. Army in WWII.
d. 30 March 2002, in
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County Indiana.
Buried: Saint Joseph Valley Memorial Park.
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m. # 2. "Bessie Hull" was married
to Harold Kreps, on
19 July 1919, in
ST Joseph, Berrien County Michigan
(Marriage certificate # 699).
Harold is the son of William Kreps
and Alta Berl Whiteman.
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Bessie and Harold Kreps had a son:

James Harold Kreps.
b. 24 April 1920, in Indiana.
m. # 1. Edith Eileen Curtis.
m. # 2. Irene Evinger (1909-1976).
d. April 5, 1985, in Arizona.
Buried: Sunland Memorial Park,
in Sun City, Maricopa County Arizona.
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Bessie attended the
River Park United Methodist Church,
in South Bend, Indiana.
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Her residence in 1970 was:
2606, Pleasant Street,
South Bend, Indiana.
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Bessie died in the Memorial Hospital,
in South Bend, Indiana.
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Bessie's obituary was published
in the "South Bend Tribune" newspaper,
in South Bend, Indiana,
on 31 May 1970, page 45,
and in the
"Journal Era" newspaper, in
Berrien Springs, Michigan, on
3 June 1970, page 2, column 4.
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An obituary for her husband Harold Kreps,
was published in the "Journal Era"
newspaper, in Berrien Springs, Michigan
on 27 November 1968, page 6, column 3.
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Baby photo courtesy of
family historian Susan Armour.
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