Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kress, George H. 1980
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, November 12, 1980

George Kress, 77, of 533 High St., died Tuesday afternoon at Butterworth 
Hospital in Grand Rapids.  He was born Aug. 31, 1903 in Saginaw, the son of 
Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Kress, and married Opal H. Silvernail Jan. 17, 1929 in 
the Ionia First United Methodist Church Parsonage.  

He resided in Ionia all of his married life.  He was a Juvenile officer in 
Probate Court for 15 years, retiring in 1969.  Prior to that, he worked in the 
Ionia County Social Services for 15 years.  Mr. Kress was a member of the 
Ionia First United Methodist Church; Ionia Masonic Lodge, of which he was a 
past Grand Master; Order of Eastern Star; and the Royal Archmasons.

He is survived by his wife, Opal; two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Jeanne) Bond of 
Grand Rapids and Miss Joanne M. Kress of London, England; two brothers, 
Clarence Kress of Litchfield, Mich. and Lawrence Kress of LaCrosse, Wisc.; 
four sisters, Mrs. Ernest (Amelia) Gordon of Ionia, Mrs. Ralph (Thelma) Osborn 
of Sparta, Wis., Mrs. Elmer (Isabel) Geik of St. Joseph, and Mrs. Thomas 
(Alice) Sullivan of Belmont; and three grandchildren, Andrea, Laura and 
Carleton George.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the First united Methodist Church, 
with the Rev. Carl Hausermann officiating.  Special organ music will be played 
by Richard M. DeVinney of Grand Rapids.  Masonic services will be at 7:30 p.m. 
Thursday in the Myers-Roetman Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Balcom 
Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, and 2 to 4 and 7 to 
9 p.m. Thursday.  A memorial has been established for the First United 
Methodist Organ Fund. Donations may be left at the funeral home.


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