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Margaret L. Gressley Obituary

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Margaret L. Gressley

Willoughby, OH

May 6, 1925 - December 6, 2014

Margaret L. Gressley Obituary

Services for Margaret Louise (Davidson) Gressley, 89, of Eastlake, will be at 10 AM on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Davis-Babcock Funeral Home, 4154 Clark Avenue, Willoughby. The Rev. Joseph G. Kovitch will officiate at the service.

Mrs. Gressley passed away Saturday, December 6, 2014 in Willoughby with her grandchildren by her side.

Born May 6, 1925 in Painesville, she was a lifelong Lake County resident.

She was a member of Order of the Eastern Star, Willoughby Chapter 202, a life member of the Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Palmer-Roberts Post 214 in Willoughby, Daughters of the American Revolution and the Grand International Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. She was also a former volunteer at Lake West Medical Center for many years.

Mrs. Gressley was a retired teacher’s aide at North High School in Eastlake in the industrial training center where she worked with special needs children.

Survivors are her daughter, Gail (Bruce) Young of Bradenton, FL; grandchildren, Kim (Michael) Trasente, Greg (Renee) Young, John (Connie) Brinkley, Lori Brinkley and Brian (Julia) Brinkley and eight great-grandchildren. She also leaves many nieces and nephews and their families.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Jack D. Gressley on November 2, 2014. Her daughter, Janet Miller; her parents, Russell Davidson and Myrtle (Buchner) (Davidson) Pursiful and brothers, Russell and Thomas Davidson and sister, Edna Ackroyd, are also deceased.

The family will receive friends from 2-4, 6-8 PM on Friday, December 12, 2014 at the funeral home. Final resting place will be in Whitehaven Memorial Park in Mayfield Village following the service on Saturday.

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