Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Gress, Miles B. September 24, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Miller shabodeho@aol.com October 10, 2008, 10:50 pm Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 9/25/2008 Gress, Miles B. Miles B. Gress, 93, of Newmanstown died Wednesday, September 24, 2008, in ECC Retirement Village, StoneRidge Campus, Myerstown, Pa. He was the husband of Verna K. Sonnen Gress, with who he was married to for 63 years. He was born January 15, 1915, in Blainsport, Lancaster County, a son of the late William G. and Mary Bensing Gress. He was employed as a rural mail carrier for the Newmanstown Post Office for 30 years. Miles was a U.S. Army World War II veteran, serving 28 months of duty in India. He was a member of the Elias United Church of Christ in Newmanstown, where he served on the church consistory. He was a member of the Ephrata VFW, Post 3376, and enjoyed gardening, fishing and hunting. Surviving in addition to his wife are children Mary Ann Zimmerman of Newmanstown, Martha Louise Weiman of Harrisburg, Paul W., husband of Carol Gress of Bay Village, Ohio; grandchildren Dawn Weiman, Robert, husband of Rebekah Weiman, Sarah, wife of Matthew Orlousky, Aaron Gress; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by brothers Roy, Mark and Stanley Gress. Funeral service will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the Elias United Church of Christ, North Sheridan Road, Newmanstown, with a viewing beginning on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Interment will be in the Millbach Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Elias UCC, P.O. Box 265, Newmanstown, PA 17073. Clauser Funeral Home Inc. is handling the arrangements. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 9/25/2008 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb