Lorna Marilyn Case^[1]

1931 - 2012  (80 years)

• Name	Lorna Marilyn Case
  Born	1 Aug 1931	Fort William (Thunder Bay) Thunder Bay District, Ontario   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lorna Marilyn Cress
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-342256
  Died	31 May 2012	Thunder Bay (Fort William), Thunder Bay District, Ontario   [2]
  Buried	Stanley Hill Cemetery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I342256	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Robert Samuel Cress,   b. 12 Jun 1923, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Feb 1998, Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1954
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F249179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lorna Marilyn Cress (nee Case) Lorna Cress in her 81st year, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at St. Joseph's Hospital after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. She was born August 1, 1931 in Fort William to Olive and Norman Case. She grew up in Franz, Ontario on the Algoma Central Railway. She moved with her parents to Kakabeka Falls in 1947. She attended Fort William Collegiate High School in Fort William. She worked at the former hotel by Kakabeka Falls. She attended Port Arthur Business College and worked for the Ontario Department of Mines in the court house in Port Arthur. While at St Joseph's Hospital she joked that she was back where she started as she overlooked the court house. After a 5 year courtship, she married Robert Cress on April 24, 1954 at Trinity United Church. They lived in Port Arthur before moving to Kelly, a section on the C.N.R. In 1958 they moved to Kawene where she was the post mistress. In 1959 they moved to Mebella and then back to Kawene in 1960. She worked as an assistant cook at Quetico Centre. In 1969, they moved to Thunder Bay. She worked at the Telstar Motel and Happyland Trailer Park. She enjoyed travelling and her trips included Chicago, Montreal, California, Reno, BC, Southern Ontario, and New Orleans. She enjoyed the outdoors and loved to fish, ski, snowshoe and hunt. Her claim to fame was when she caught a 56 inch sturgeon in Rainy River. She recently received her 30 year WI pin. She is survived by son Dana (Barb Garton), daughter Lori (Howard Advent), grandson Andre DePlonty, granddaughter Roberta DePlonty, long time friend Art Dupuis, and sister-in-laws Doris Cress, Jackie Cress, Dorothea Case, and Berniece Cress, as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Robert Cress, her parents Olive and Norman Case and brothers Norman and Kenwood and brothers and sister-in-laws Irma Case, Don Cress, Jean and George Kargus, Mary Louise and Jack Bartlett, George Cress, Grace and James Baird, Mildred and Lorne Hannusch and Phillip Cress. Funeral services for the late Lorna Marilyn Cress will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 11: 00 a.m. at Jenkens Funeral Home with The Rev. Jan Stevenson officiating. Interment to follow at Stanley Hill Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be held one hour prior to time of service. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St Joseph's Hospice or the Northern Cancer Research Foundation. On line condolences at: www.jenkens-funeral.ca" Cress, L. (2018). View Lorna Cress's Obituary on chroniclejournal.com and share memories. Legacy.com. Retrieved 10 November 2018, from https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chroniclejournal/obituary.aspx?n=lorna-cress&pid=174238183&fhid=12304

  
  

• Sources

  [S2405] News - ON, unattributed newspaper, Obituary of Robert Cress - 1 Feb 1998. [S3231] Find A Grave, (2018). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 10 November 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158894661/lorna-m-cress.

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 31 May 2012 - Thunder Bay (Fort William), Thunder Bay District, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth