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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Cress, Walker Two-year-old
Walker Cress apparent drowning victim.
Walker Cress, 2-year-old son of Brandon and Carrie Cress of rural Burns, was pronounced dead late Saturday, Jan. 24, at a Wichita hospital, officials said.
Walker was discovered in Cedar Creek, which flows near his grandparents' home six miles south of Cedar Point, Saturday afternoon. Chase County dispatch was notified at approximately 1:30 p.m., said Chase County Sheriff Gerald Ingalls.
Both Chase County EMS and the Florence ambulance service responded to the emergency call.
The Florence service transported Walker to the hospital in Marion. From there he was transported by LifeWatch Helicopter to a Wichita hospital. Efforts to resuscitate him failed. He was pronounced dead later in the day, officials said.
Walker was with his family at his grandparents', Everett and Janet Cress, home, Ingalls said. He apparently found a way out of the house. The family began searching for him when they discovered he was missing. They found him in Cedar Creek.
Walker had a sister, Montana age 7, and a brother, Hunter age 5. Services will be held on Jan. 29 at 2 p.m. at the Christian Church at Florence. A full obituary appears below.
Walker Cress, 2, of Burns died Jan. 24, 2004, at Wesley Medical Center at Wichita, following an accident in rural Chase County.
Walker, the son of Brandon and Carrie Cress, was born Jan. 23, 2002, at Newton.
He is survived by his parents; a sister, Montana Cress of the home; and a brother, Hunter Cress, of the home; grandparents,
Everett and Janet Cress of Cedar Point and Connie Wedell of Girard; great-grandparents, Elda Farmer of Carthage, Mo., Beauanna Wood of Lamar, Mo., Bud and Darlene Wood of Lamar; Mo. and Lorene Whitcomb of Marquette. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, James Farmer.
Visitation was Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. with
family greeting friends at the Zeiner Funeral Home, 104 West 5th, Florence.
Funeral services will be Thursday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m. at the Christian Church at Florence with Pastor Paul Andrews officiating. Burial will be in Griffith Cemetery rural Cedar Point.
Memorials may be made to the Walker Cress Memorial.
Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Jan. 29, 2004.
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