Lester Leo GRESS ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

IA, CONSECUTIVE REGISTERS OF CONVICTS, 1867-1970:
Name: Lester Gress
Birth Year: abt 1899
Age: 28
Nationality: American
Religion: Presbyterian
Birth Place: Iowa
Residence Place: Guthrie, Iowa, USA
Maximum Sentence: 1 yr
Admission Date: 28 Sep 1927
Admission Place: Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, USA
Crime: Child Desertion
Expiration: 6-17-28

WWII DRAFT CARDS YOUNG MEN, 1940-1947:
Name: Lester Leon Gress
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 43
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 5 Jul 1898
Birth Place: Elgin, Iowa
Residence Place: Waukon, Allamakee, Iowa, USA
Registration Date: 6 Apr 1942
Registration Place: Waukon, Allamakee, Iowa, USA
Employer: Releasted From Iowa State Penitentiary Apr. 6, 1942
Height: 5 9
Weight: 156
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: Melvia Cline (sister)

IA, DEATH RECORDS, 1880-1972:
Name; Lester L Gress
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 63
Birth Date: 5 Jul 1899
Death Date: 21 Jun 1963
Death Place: Waukon, Allamakee, Iowa, USA
Burial Date: 24 Jun 1963
Burial Place: Waukon
Father: Leon Gress
Mother: Minnie Barker
Certificate Number: 63-12486
Notes: Y

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Lester Leo Gress
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 5 Jul 1899
Birth Place: Fayette County, Iowa, United States of America
Death Date: 21 Jun 1963
Cemetery: Oakland Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Waukon, Allamakee County, Iowa, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Father: Leon Lester Gress
Mother: Minnie Gress
Spouses:
Lorene Catherine Bothel
Laura Olive Riedel
Edith Valborg May
Children:
Beverly Jean Sawvell
Charlotte Evangeline Rasmussen

Lester married Ruby Ellen HEMPHILL, daughter of Valentine HEMPHILL and Clarissa Ellen CHESMORE, about 1948. (Ruby Ellen HEMPHILL was born on 25 Oct 1922 in Toddville, Monroe Twp, Linn Co, IA,^{2 4} died on 13 Sep 1994 in Greentop, Schuyler Co, MO ² and was buried in Shiloh Cem, Hiawatha, Linn Co, IA ².)