Ruth Avanelle McCurry Gresser

1920 - 2007  (87 years)

• Name	Ruth Avanelle McCurry Gresser
  Born	5 Feb 1920	Eccles, Chariton County, Missouri
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Nov 2007	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	23 Nov 2007	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3659	Rossville
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Walter B McCurry
  Mother	Grace Wasson McCurry,   b. 1 Jul 1891, Frankfort, Pike County, Missouri ,   d. 13 May 1959, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F3612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph M Gresser,   b. 5 Sep 1910, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 18 May 1990, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 79 years)
  Married	13 Jun 1942	Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina
  Children	1. Robert Gresser,   b. 26 Aug 1946,   d. 29 Aug 1946  (Age 0 years)   2. Carolyn Ruth Gresser,   b. 25 Aug 1948 + 3. Catherine Elizabeth Gresser Murphree Barber,   b. 27 Oct 1951, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 9 Jun 2019, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado  (Age 67 years)   4. Michael J Gresser
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2019 01:54:35
  Family ID	F2891	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Obituary- Gresser, Ruth 1 Ruth A. Gresser ROSSVILLE- Ruth A. Gresser, 87, died Sunday, November 18, 2007 at her rural Rossville home. Mrs. Gresser was a homemaker. She was born February 5, 1920 in Eccles, MO., the daughter of Walter B. and Grace Wasson McCurry. She graduated from high school in Salisbury, Mo., and from Missouri Business College in Jefferson City, MO. She married Joe M. Gresser on June 13, 1942 in Chapel Hill N.C. They moved to Rossville in October 1945. Mr. Gresser died May 18, 1990. She was also preceded in death by an infant son Robert Gresser in August 1946. Mrs. Gresser was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Topeka. Survivors include a son, Michael Gresser Ojai, CA; two daughters, Carolyn Gresser, Rossville and Catherine Barber, Colorado Springs, CO; two grandchildren and a great-grandson. Funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. Friday, November 23, 2007 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys. Interment will be in the Rossville Cemetery. Mrs. Gresser will lie in state from 4:00 until 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 21, 2007 and an hour before service time on Friday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heartland Home Health and Hospice and sent in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.pipeifuneralhome.com.
  		Funeral card- Gresser, Ruth 2 In Loving Memory Of Ruth A. Gresser Born: February 5, 1920 Died: November 18, 2007 Funeral Services 2:00 P.M. Friday, November 23, 2007 Piper Funeral Home St. Marys, Kansas Officiating Pastor Eric Dannefer Music By Nancy Rezac Casket Bearers Matthew Barber Don Jacobson Jim Gentry Art Thomas Daryl Olson Bob Parnell Interment Rossville Cemetery Rossville, Kansas Arrangements By Piper Funeral Home St. Marys, Kansas
  		Obituary- Gresser, Ruth 3 Ruth A. Gresser Ruth A. Gresser, 87, died Nov. 18, 2007, at her rural Rossville home. Mrs. Gresser was a homemaker. She was born Feb. 5, 1920, in Eccles, Mo., the daughter of Walter B. and Grace Wasson McCurry. She graduat¬ed from high school in Salisbury, Mo., and from Missouri Business College in Jefferson City, Mo. She married Joe M. Gresser on June 13, 1942, in Chapel Hill, N.C. They moved to Rossville in October 1945. Mr. Gresser died May 18, 1990. She was also preceded in death by an infant son Robert Gresser in August 1946. Mrs. Gresser was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Topeka. Survivors include a son, Michael Gresser of Ojai, Calif.; two daughters, Carolyn Gresser of Rossville and Catherine Barber of Colorado Springs, Co.; two grandchildren; and a great- grandson. Funeral services were held Nov. 23 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heartland Home Health and Hospice and sent in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.piperfuneralhome.com.