HUMBOLDT — The Annual Cress Reunion was held July 15 at the Humboldt United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall hosted by Chris and Carol (Cress) Bauer.
Fifty family and friends dined at noon on pulled pork sandwiches, salads and chips. Dessert was a decorated cake marking the 140th year of the William Henry and Esther (McCool) Cress family moving to Council Grove from West Milton, Ohio.
After lunch, Brenda (Allen) Hicks presented a PowerPoint program on the known history of the Cress family, from Jacob Cress’s arrival in America in 1752 by ship from Germany at Philadelphia, to the Johnnie Ahiga Cress family arriving in Humboldt in 1920.
Information came from her extensive research combined with that of previous relatives, including her mother, Gayla Jo (Cress) Allen.
A revised 2023 edition of the Cress Family Cookbook complied by Carol (Cress) Bauer was made available to this year’s reunion attendees. “The New Cress Family Cookbook 2023” included the recipes from the 1994 edition compiled by Mary Ann (Cress) Cunningham and recently added family contributions.
Next year’s reunion will be hosted by a Ross Cress family member, at a date and place to be decided and announced later.
