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Fern Evelyn Tomlinson Cress

Birth	:	5 Jul 1911 Allen County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	28 Nov 2009 Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	DeWitt Cemetery, Humboldt, Allen County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.8194008, -95.4922028
Description	:	Published Dec. 2, 2009 - Chanute, KS Fern Evelyn Cress, 98, Humboldt, Kansas, died Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at Arrowood Lane Residential Care Facility in Humboldt, Kansas. Fern was born July 5, 1911, the daughter of John Oliver and Mary Ethel (Blythe) Tomlinson on the family farm east of Humboldt in the Jeddo school district. When she was 5, the family moved to a farm 7 1/2 miles southeast of Humboldt where she attended Prairie View School for 8 years and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1930. On May 28, 1933, Fern married Millard... Read More	Published Dec. 2, 2009 - Chanute, KS Fern Evelyn Cress, 98, Humboldt, Kansas, died Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at Arrowood Lane Residential Care Facility in Humboldt, Kansas. Fern was born July 5, 1911, the daughter of John Oliver and Mary Ethel (Blythe) Tomlinson on the family farm east of Humboldt in the Jeddo school district. When she was 5, the family moved to a farm 7 1/2 miles southeast of Humboldt where she attended Prairie View School for 8 years and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1930. On May 28, 1933, Fern married Millard B. Cress at her parents' home. He passed away on Oct. 25, 2008. Millard and Fern celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on May 28, 2008, with a public reception, before his death. They farmed southeast of Humboldt in Neosho County a year before moving to a farm near her parents. In 1942, they moved to a farm 2 1/2 miles north of Humboldt. In 1955, they purchased land west of Humboldt, built a house and moved there until moving into town in 1975. While on the farm, she raised chickens and would deliver fresh dressed chickens ready to cook to neighbors. She also sold eggs and cream. She took in washings and loved to cook and entertain and could set an elegant table for any number of guests. She often took a three-course lunch to the field for hungry farm hands. Fern and Millard enjoyed camping and spent 16 winters in Texas where she gleaned the fields to get the food they used including oranges, grapefruit, cabbage, lettuce and carrots. She was a member of the Humboldt United Methodist Church where she had served as Sunday School and Bible School Superintendent and sponsored the Senior High Youth Fellowship, the United Methodist Women having served as President, the Mutual Benefit Society for farm women north of Humboldt of which she had served as president, Willing Workers Club for farm women west of Humboldt and South Logan Extension Unit. Survivors include a son, Maynard Cress and wife, Jeanice , Humboldt, KS; a son-in-law, Coy Allen and wife, Jane, Wichita, KS; two grandchildren, Karl Allen and wife, Jill, Humboldt, KS, and Brenda Hicks and husband, Ross, Winfield, KS; and 4 great-grandchildren, Kyler and Kolbyn Allen and Sam and Isaac Hicks. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Gayla Jo Allen; 2 brothers, Johnnie and Ralph Tomlinson; and by 5 sisters, Velva Tomlinson, Minnie Strack, Winnie Palmer, Dorothy Murrow Cook and Katherine Oliphant. Funeral is Thursday, Dec. 4 at Humboldt United Methodist Church with the Rev. Debby Dick officiating. Burial is in DeWitt Cemetery west of Humboldt, Kansas. Memorials are suggested to Arrowood Lane Residential Care Facility or Humboldt United Methodist Church and may be left with the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, Kansas, who in charge of arrangements.

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Fern Evelyn Tomlinson Cress's memorial is located at: DeWitt Cemetery, Humboldt, Allen County, USA.
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Fern Evelyn Tomlinson Cress death on 28 Nov 2009 in Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 37.8194008
Longitude: -95.4922028

Family Members:

Parent

John Oliver “Johnie” Tomlinson

(1886 - 1948)

Mary Ethyl Blythe Tomlinson

(1885 - 1975)

Spouse

Millard B Cress

(1912 - 2008)

Siblings

Velva Mary Tomlinson

(1908 - 1926)

Minnie Clarice Tomlinson Strack

(1909 - 1998)

John Oliver “Johnie” Tomlinson Jr.

(1913 - 1988)

Ralph Earl Tomlinson

(1914 - 1972)

Dorothy Helen Tomlinson Cook

(1916 - 2001)

Catherine Eva Tomlinson Johnson

(1924 - 1975)

Children

Gayla Jo Cress Allen

(1938 - 1994)

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