Donald Cressman^[1]

1926 - 1965  (39 years)

• Name	Donald Cressman
  Born	4 Jan 1926  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-25053
  Died	30 Oct 1965  [2, 3, 4]
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I25053	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Cressman,   b. 30 Nov 1887, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Mar 1981, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Lavina Cressman,   b. 18 Apr 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Nov 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F6396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Shirley Mader
  Children	1. Raymond Harold Cressman,   b. 12 Oct 1948,   d. 15 Jul 2010  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F256220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Probe Not Decided In Gravel Pit Death It has not been decided whether an inquest will be held into the death of Donald Cressman, 39, of RR 2, Preston, who was killed Saturday when his front-end loader overturned in a gravel pit on the farm of Alfred Schnaeringer, RR 2, Breslau. A post-mortem was conducted Saturday. Mr. Cressman, who was found by Mrs. Rex Weber, was pinned beneath the rear wheels of the tractor. The pit is operated by brothers Rex and Paul Weber, through R.and P. Weber Concrete Products Ltd. Mr. Cressman was born at Breslau Jan 4, 1926, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cressman of Kitchener, A resident of the Breslau area all his life, he was employed at R. and P. Concrete Products, RR 2, Breslau. He was a member and trustee of Breslau United Missionary Church. Surviving besides his parents are his wife, the former Shirley Mader; two sons, Raymond and Terry, both at home; one daugh- ter, Peggy, also at home; two brothers, Willard Cressman, Hanover, and Leonard of Edson, Alta.; and three sisters, Mrs. Gordon (Verda) Lichty, Hespeler, Mrs. Harold (Erla) Brubacher, Waterloo, and Mrs. Roy (Florence) Kreider, serving as a missionary in Israel. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until Wednesday at 11 a.m. when removal will be made to Breslau United Missionary Church where friends may pay their respects until the service at 3 p.m. Rev. Harold Boadway, minister of the church, will have charge of the service. Interment will be in Cressman Mennonite cemetery, Breslau. Donations to the Women's Missionary Society of Breslau United Missionary Church will be accepted as expressions of sympathy.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of Orville Harold Mader - Jan 4 1978 pg 25. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, B., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, B. (1926). Donald Cressman (1926-1965) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 20 March 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36522117. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obit of Seleda Heckendorn - June 11, 1974. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Jacob Cressman - April 21, 1981.

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth