Bertha (Pearson) Kressler (1918 - 2006)

Born 28 Jan 1918 in Richlandtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Nov 2006 at age 88 in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Bertha (Pearson) Kressler, 88, of Belle Haven Nursing and Convalescence Home, Quakertown, formerly of Detweiler Avenue, Hellertown, died Tuesday, November 14, 2006^[1] in her residence.

She was the widow of Robert H. Kressler (1915 - 1972). Born in Haycock Township, Pa. on January 28, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Erwin and Amanda (Martin) Pearson.

Bertha was a domestic worker for Kemmerer Museum, Bethlehem, for several years. She was a member of First United Church of Christ, Hellertown, Sunday school teacher for 40 years, Board of Christian Education and various groups within the church.

Survivors: Two sons, Robert R. and his wife, Elizabeth,, Richard R. and his wife, Charlotte,; two brothers, Edward Pearson and his wife, Dorothy, of Springtown, Russell Pearson and his wife, Janet, of Lehighton; four grandchildren, Marcia, Robert Jr., Jill, Michael; five great-grandchildren, Sara, Kevin, Robert, Erik, Emma . She was predeceased by son, James Donald, sisters, Lucy Kressler, Mary Frankenfield and Anna Kattner.^[2]

She is interred in the Union Cemetery, Hellertown, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States of America^[3]

Census

1920 Haycock, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States^[4]

1930 Haycock, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States^[5]

1940 Penn Forest Township, Carbon, Pennsylvania, United States^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3YV-N47 : 19 May 2014), Bertha Kressler, 14 Nov 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ Morning Call on Nov. 16, 2006
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #16675403
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFBX-PKF : accessed 21 October 2017), Bertha Pearson in household of Erwin Pearson, Haycock, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 26, sheet 1B, line 70, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1542; FHL microfilm 1,821,542.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH8C-NZF : accessed 21 October 2017), Bertha Pearson in household of Erwin Pearson, Haycock, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 1A, line 28, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2007; FHL microfilm 2,341,741.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQH7-VR9 : accessed 21 October 2017), Bertha Kressler in household of Erwin Pearson, Penn Forest Township, Carbon, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-52, sheet 1B, line 54, family 11, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3461.