Montgomery County IL Archives Obituaries.....CRESS, Helena (SCHERER)  CRESS March 19, 1902
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Montgomery County News
obituary Cress, Helena [Scherer] Mar 21, 1902, Montgomery News, Pub. 
Hillsboro, IL, Pg. 6

Mrs. Helena Cress, the wife of Jacob Cress, Jr. died at her home, 2 1/2 miles 
northwest of Hillsboro, Illinois, March 19, 1902.  She had been in very feeble 
health for several months and her death ws not unexpected.  She was not 
afflicted with any particular ailment, but died from weakness incident to old 
age.

Helena Scherer was born in Pendleton county, Virginia, October 8, 1818.  she 
was the daughter of Rev. Daniel Scherer, who came with his family to this 
county at an early day.  When about three years of age she removed to Cabarrus 
County, North Carolina, and in the spring of 1832, came to Montgomery County, 
Illinois.  On January 23, 1840 in Hillsboro, she was married to Jacob Cress, 
Jr. and for more than sixty years she and her husband have lived on the farm 
where she died.

Mrs. Cress was the mother of eleven children, seven of whom are living.  They 
are Alexander Absalom, John Melanchton, deceased; Jacob Daniel, a farmer in 
Dinuha, California; William Springer, who is living on the old homestead; 
Samuel Edward, a hardware merchant and banker of Sorento, Illinois; Benjamin 
Lewis, who is deputy United States mineral surveyor of Red Cliff, Colorado; 
Sophia Lucretia, who is the wife of Orville B. Blackman, of Dixon, Illinois; 
Joseph Elijah, a farmer living in Romona, South Dakota; Thomas Jefferson, 
deceased; and two that died in infancy: James Henry Cress (b. 2 Sep 1858, d. 
21 Nov 1862) and Mary Illinois Cress (b. 4 Apr 1861, d. 5 Mar 1862).

On the 23rd of last January Mr. and Mrs. Cress celebrated the 62nd anniversary 
of their marriage an account of which was given in the News at that time.

The deceased was a member of the Lutheran church of Hillsboro and she was a 
devoted self sacrificing Christian.  She was an affectionate and dutiful wife 
and a loving, helpful mother.  She will be missed not only by her children but 
by a large circle of friends who had learned to love 'Aunt Helena' as a 
mother.  Her aged companion and the rest of her family have the sympathy of 
the whole community.

The funeral services will be held at the residence with Rev. Ezra Keller 
officiating.  The interment will be at the Lutheran cemetery [Cress Hill Cem.].

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