Paul L. Gress

1934 - 2015  (80 years)

• Name	Paul L. Gress
  Born	2 May 1934	Washington, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Jan 2015
  Buried	16 Jan 2015  [1]
  Person ID	I155502	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Peter Anton Gress,   b. 23 Oct 1897, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 22 Apr 1986, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Mathilda Rose Gress,   b. 14 Feb 1906, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 17 Jan 2002, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 95 years)
  Married	24 Nov 1924
  Family ID	F53276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	LaVerne Burkhardt
  Married	19 Apr 1960
  Children	1. Beverly Gress   2. Gress   3. Gress   4. Gress   5. Gress   6. Gress   7. Gress   8. Gress
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F120692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. CENTER — Paul L. Gress, 80, Center, died of complications from influenza on Jan. 13, 2015, at CHI St. Alexius Health, Bismarck. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16, at St. Martin’s Catholic Church, Center, with the Rev. Charlie Heidt celebrating. Cremation has taken place and burial will be at St. Martin’s Cemetery, Center. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today at St. Martin’s Catholic Church with a parish rosary/vigil at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Paul was born May 2, 1934, in Prosser, Wash., to Peter and Mathilda (Gress) Gress. His family moved to North Dakota when he was 3 years old. He attended country school through the eighth grade. Paul completed Auctioneering School. On April 19, 1960, he married LaVerne Burkhardt at Crown Butte. They moved to Center in 1966 and Paul worked as a carpenter for a short time and as a millwright until 1974. He then pursued his passion and began farming and ranching full time. Ranching was his life and he also enjoyed hunting deer and coyotes and watching Fox News. Paul loved family get togethers, his children and grandchildren meant the world to him. A warm and loving man, everyone loved being around Paul and he will be deeply missed by those who knew and loved him. Blessed to have shared his life is his wife of 54 years, LaVerne Gress, Center; his seven children, Leslie (Vivian) Gress, Center, Kelly (Mervin) Emineth, Mandan, Darla (Daniel) Emineth, Bismarck, Russ Gress, Center, Darlene Gress, Bismarck, Brenda (Joey) Nagel, Center, and Kimberly (Justin) Gooden, Bismarck; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; three sisters, Anne Smith, Mandan, Shirley Dowd, Minneapolis, and Mary (Paul) Kottke, Minneapolis; two brothers, Dennis (Dawn) Gress and Frank (Mary) Gress, all of Mandan; and numerous nieces and nephews; and countless friends. Paul was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Beverly; one sister, JoAnne Ackerson; and one brother, Harry Gress. Please go to www.BuehlerLarson.com to share memories of Paul. (Buehler-Larson Funeral Home, Mandan)