- CRESSMAN, Kenneth Willard Born February 10, 1935 inWilmotTownship, passed away suddenly on January 10, 2014 atage78. He was the son of Zenas Cressman (1994) andMabelHannah Burkhart (1946). Remembered by his wife, HelenRuthBurkholder, children Kevin, Sheila, Denise (Mao)andStephanie (Charles), and stepmother Eloise Cressman.Alsosurvived by six grandchildren, Sophia, Bianca andAvaleneFraresso and Jessamine, Rose-Hélène and Benjamin Le.Missedby sisters and brothers Jean Swartzentruber, Joyceand KayeCollard, Glen and Ruth Cressman, Lyle and KarenCressman,Eileen and Willis Freeman. Ken taught secondaryschool forover thirty years in Campbellford, Simcoe andParis,Ontario. Following retirement, he did substituteteachingin Paris, Stratford, Kitchener-Waterloo andCambridge. Healso did volunteer work at Waterloo-Oxford DSSnear Badenfor a number of years. Ken was active in teachingadultSunday school in his home church and took coursesatConestoga College. At the age of 75, he graduated withaMasters of Theological Studies from the UniversityofWaterloo, to go alongside his Masters of Geographydegree.Visitation will be held at the Mark Jutzi FuneralHome, 291Huron Street, New Hamburg on Wednesday, January 15from 2to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. The funeral will takeplaceat Nith Valley Mennonite Church on Thursday, January16 at3 p.m., followed by food and fellowship. Privatefamilyinterment in Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery.Donations maybe made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation orthe MennoniteCentral Committee (school kits). Onlinecondolences anddonation information availableatwww.markjutzifuneralhomes.ca
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