Helen Louise Press

1906 - 1999  (92 years)

• Name	Helen Louise Press  [1]
  Birth	27 Oct 1906	Cawker City, Mitchell, Kansas   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	14 Feb 1999	Jamestown, Cloud, Kansas   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Jamestown Cemetery , Jamestown, Cloud, Kansas   [4]
  Person ID	I66477	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Charles Edward Press,   b. 6 Oct 1884, Postville, Allamakee, Iowa d. 21 Oct 1959, Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Dellwertt H. Skinner,   b. 28 Jul 1887, Austin, Freeborn, Minnesota d. 5 Apr 1973, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1905	Cawker City, Mitchell, Kansas   [1, 2, 6]
  Family ID	F31117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Willis Trussell,   b. 2 Oct 1906, ..., Jewell, Kansas d. 18 Oct 1971, Kansas (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	28 Jul 1932	Ellsworth, Ellsworth, Kansas   [1, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F31118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Find-a-Grave JAMESTOWN -- Helen Louise Trussell, 92, Jamestown, died here Sunday, Feb. 14, 1999, at a nursing home where she had been since Feb. 14, 1995. She was born Oct. 27, 1906, in Cawker City, to Charles and Dellwert Skinner Press. She spent her early life in Mankato and graduated from Mankato High School in 1924. She worked at Putt's Store in Mankato. In later years, she lived in Superior, Neb., and then at Good Samaritan Village in Hastings, Neb. She was a volunteer in the library at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Superior, Neb., and was active in Bible study groups in Superior and Hastings, Neb. She married Willis E. Trussell in July 1932 in Ellsworth. They lived in Burr Oak and later in Stella, Neb., and the Kackley community southwest of Belleville. He died Oct. 18, 1971. Survivors include sons, Charles Trussell, Grand Junction, Colo., and Larry Trussell, Louisville, Neb.; daughters, Judy Moore, Superior, Neb., Mary Lou Gorden, Lisle, Ill., and Betty Vandiver, San Diego, Calif.; a brother, Harold Press, Manhattan; a sister, Doris Breault, Concordia; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22741] Descendants of Squire Hascall and Elizabeth Chandler/Russell, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S75984] Bible of George Washington Skinner. [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index. [S54844] Cemetery index, Jamestown Cemetery , Jamestown, Cloud, Kansas, (Find-a-Grave). [S54845] Obituary, Find-a-Grave, Helen Louise Trussell. [S11843] Correspondence with Linda Stengele.