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Personal Detail Sheet: Ludowika Kress

ID:
I33603
Full Name:
Ludowika Kress
Sex:
F
Birth:
2 MAR 1931
Death:
22 FEB 2021
Burial:
Woodlawn Cem, Dodge, Georgia, USA
Details:
Dodge: Yes | FaGMem: 223408843
Tombstone Name:
Ludowika K. Whittle
(** Indicates possible name on tombstone (not verified in field or print) and possibly an unmarked gravesite.)

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MRS. LUDOWIKA KRESS WHITTLE, age 89, of Cochran, GA, formerly of Eastman, GA, died Monday, February 22, 2021 at At Home Senior Living in Cochran. Graveside services will be held at 2:00PM Wednesday, February 24, at Woodlawn Cemetery, with Rev. Wayne McDaniel officiating. Mrs. Whittle was born in Munich, Germany and was raised there through her formative years. She met her husband during World War II while he was stationed in Germany and moved with him to the United States to begin her family. She moved several times during her husband’s career in the U.S. Air Force and worked diligently as a homemaker. They settled and made Eastman their home in the 1960s until moving to the Bob Hope Village in Shalmar, Florida in 2011. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Eastman, served as a Meals on Wheels volunteer, and was a hospital auxiliary pink lady for many years. She was an avid gardener and loved keeping her yard immaculate. She enjoyed annual trips back home to Germany to visit with her family, and she enjoyed her time with her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren who affectionately called her “Granny”. She was the daughter of the late Christine Kress and Ludwick Kress, widow of Fred Whittle, and was preceded in death by a Son, Rolland Whittle. She is survived by her 3 Daughters; Son; 4 Grandchildren; 3 Great-Grandchildren; Brother-in-law. The family may be contacted at the residence In lieu flowers, the family requests contributions to First Presbyterian Church, 5334 Oak St, Eastman, GA 31023.