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The Mt. Adams Sun, Bingen, WA., June 29, 1961, page 5

DEATH SUMMONS JOHN A. CRESS, 1888 PIONEER

Funeral services for John Alfred Cress, 92, White Salmon, were held at 10:30 a.m. Friday June 23 at Gardners Chapel. Rev. Homer Coulson of Husum officiated. Burial was at Mt. Adams cemetery, Glenwood.
Casket bearers were Elfred J. Trout, Darrell Couch, O.P. Kreps, Jr., Lloyd Hickey, Talmadge Albert and William J. Wells.
Mr. Cress, son of John Alexander and Elizabeth Ann Cress, was born July 7, 1868 in LaFayette, Iowa and came to Klickitat County in 1868 when Washington was still a territory.
In 1889 he was 21 years old and cast his first ballot when Washington was admitted to the Union. He was always proud of his having voted in every presidential election in this state until 1960.
When Mr. Cress first came to Klickitat County he homesteaded near Centerville where he served in Company C of the State Militia under Captain Geo. Billington for three years.
Later he moved to the present site of Roosevelt and helped lay out the streets when the town was being built.
He was one of the first to take bands of sheep to summer range around Mt. Adams. This was when some Indians were very hostile to anyone bringing sheep into this area.
In 1909 he moved to Clark County near Vancouver and then near LaCenter until he moved to Husum in 1951. He was a member of the Camas Prairie Pioneer Association of Glenwood.
Mr. Cress died Tuesday, June 20 at Skyline hospital, White Salmon. He was the last of 14 children; a brother, Elmer, sister, Ida May, and 12 step-brothers and sisters.
He is survived by his widow Lucy of Husum whom he married on June 1, 1907 at Salinas, Kansas. To this union was born one daughter, Lourina Trout of Husum.
He is also survived by a son, Douglas A. Cress of Portland, Oregon and a daughter, Golda Tobin of Centerville, children of his prior marriage.
He was preceded in death by a son Lloyd and a daughter, Gaurdie.
Eight grand-children also survive: Keith and Dale Cress in the armed forces, Mrs. Gene Burke of White Salmon, Jack Tobin of Klickitat, Lyle Tobin of Centerville, and Steve, Mike and Stanley Trout of Husum.

The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., June 22, 1961, page 1

SERVICES FRIDAY FOR JOHN CRESS

Mr. John A. Cress of Husum who has been ill in Skyline hospital, passed away June 20th. He was an early pioneer of Klickitat and was 92 years old when he died.
Funeral services will be Friday at 10:30 at Gardners Funeral Chapel with burial at Glenwood Cemetery.

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JOHN CRESS DIES

John Alfred Cress was born July 7, 1868 at LaFayette, Iowa and passed away June 20 at Skyline Hospital at the age of 92 years.
He is survived by his wife, Lucy, of Husum whom he married June 1, 1907 at Salina, Kan. To this union was born one daughter, Lourina Trout, of Husum, and by a former marriage he is survived by a son Douglas of Portland, a daughter, Golda Tobin of Centerville. He was preceded in death by a son, Lloyd, and a daughter, Gaurdie.
He is also survived by eight grandchildren, Keith and Dale Cress, in the armed forces; Mrs. Gene Burke, White Salmon, Jack Tobin, Klickitat, Lyle Tobin, Centerville, and Steve, Mike and Stanley Trout, Husum.
He was the sone of John Alexander d Elizabeth Ann Cress and had one brother, Elmer, and a sister, Ida May. He also had 12 step-brothers and sisters. He was the last of all these children.
Cress came from Iowa to Klickitat County in 1888 when Washington was a territory. The following year, in 1889 he was 21 years old and voted when Washington was voted as a state.
When Mr. Cress first came to Klickitat county he homesteaded near Centerville. He belonged to the state militia there for three years.
Later he moved to the site of the present town of Roosevelt and helped measure off the streets for this town when it was being built.
He was one of the first to take bands of sheep to summer range around Mt. Adams. This was at the time when some of the Indians were very hostile to anyone bringing sheep into this area.
In 1909 he moved to Clark county near Vancouver, and then near LaCenter where he lived until 1951 when he moved to Husum.