Jennie O. Cresap
Funeral services for Jennie O. Cresap, 95, Brandsville, Missouri, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 30, 2016 in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Cresap passed away at 2:45 p.m., Monday, January 25, 2016 at Ozarks Medical Center.
She was born May 1, 1920, at Holland, Missouri, to Edward Olree and Rosa Howe Olree. In 1940, she was married to Willis “Pete” Cresap, who preceded her in death. She worked at a Shoe Factory at Caruthersville, Missouri and after her marriage she worked alongside her husband in their electrical business, living in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Fairbanks, Alaska before moving to Brandsville, Missouri. Jennie and her husband helped raise their nephews, Tommy and David Tribble. Mrs. Cresap was a member of Brandsville Church of Christ.
She is survived by one step-son, David Tribble; two brothers, Andrew Olree and David Olree; one sister, Judy Robinson; one sister-in-law, Trudy Olree; and several nieces and nephews.
Her parents, husband, step-son, Tommy Tribble, three sisters, Vernell, Naomi and Eleanor and one brother, Harold, precede her in death.
Visitation service will be held from 10:00 until 11:00 a.m., Saturday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Brandsville Church of Christ or a charity of choice, and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Brandsville, Missouri, at a later date.
Norma (Ruthie Barnett) Shirk
April 30, 2016 @ 10:53 am
I remember Mrs. Cresap and her husband quiet well. I must have been in first grade at the Brandsville school about 1948 when they had returned from their work in Alaska. They visited our school with stories about the Eskimo and Alaska. We (the children) were awe struck hanging on to tales of a far away land. To top it all off, we were give Eskimo “candy”,and we got to eat what the Eskimo children ate for candy. It was dried fish. It was really quiet tasty!
Mr. and Mrs. Cresap worked in Alaska during the summer and returned to their home during the winter, I believe. I do not recall what kind of work they did, but they were well thought of. With fond memories of your loved one. May God give you comfort. Norma Shirk