Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Bernice Scott Gress
Washington Times-Herald
April 18, 2006
11:53 am - Bernice Scott Gress, 81, 17 Lynwood Dr.,
died at 10:43 p.m. Saturday at Daviess Community. Born July 21, 1924,
in Daviess County, she was the daughter of Philip Fred and Leona (Smith)
Schnarr. A 1942 graduate of Alfordsville High School, she also attended
Lockyear Business College and Vincennes University. She retired from
J.C. Penney as office and personnel supervisor in 1977 after 30 years
of service. She was employed as tenant services coordinator for the Washington
Housing Authority from 1978 to 1981 and previously served as the director
from 1966 to 1977. She served two terms (1985-1992) as Daviess County
Treasurer. She was a member of Otterbein United Methodist Church, Otterbein
United Methodist Women and the Golden Rule Sunday School class. She served
on various committess and had taught a youth Sunday school class for
several years. She was a patroness of Delta Theta Tau sorority and a
member of the Alumnae Chapter. She was a member and past president of
Monday Afternoon Club and a member of Vincennes University Foundation
and Alumni Association. She was also a member of Eastern Star No. 210,
former board member of Daviess County Red Cross, and 20-year member of
Daviess County Cancer Society, serving two years as treasurer. She was
a member of Washington Garden Club, a RSVP volunteer and member of the
American Legion Auxiliary. Active in Republican politics, she served
as vice-precinct committeewoman of Washington’s fifth precinct since
1984 and served as a delegate to Republican State Convention in 1988
and 1990. She was a member of Daviess County Republican Women and served
as a delegate to Indiana Republican Women’s Convention in 1989 and 1991.
She had served on the Washington Zoning Board since January 1993. She
is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Philip F. and Brenda Scott
of Bedford; grandchildren, Jessica and Jonathan Hendrix, and twins, Abigail
and Catherine Scott; and sisters, Ruth Kail and Dorothy Essig, both of
Washington. Her first husband, Lloyd W. Scott, whom she married Nov.
3, 1946, died Nov. 5, 1968. Her second husband, Clyde W. Gress, whom
she married Nov. 29, 1980, died Dec. 26, 1984. Two brothers, Clyde W.
and Leland J. Schnarr, are also deceased. The funeral will be at 11 a.m.
Wednesday at Otterbein United Methodist Church, with Revs. David Breidenbaugh
and Curtis Hurley officiating. Burial will be in Sugarland Memory Gardens.
Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Gill Chapel, with a Delta
Theta Tau service at 6 p.m., and after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church.
(April 15, 2006)
Contributed by: Sandra Hedrick Allen