Class of 1950
1950 Maroon Spotlight
Sherry Cress
Band 47-49, Junior Play 48-49, Senior Honor Society 48-49, Teen Town Council 48-50, Y—Teens 47-48, Home Room Parliamentarian 46-47, Annual Staff 46-47, Library Staff 49-50, Football Queen Attendant 47-48, Football Queen Manager 46-47.
1950 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
One of the most active students in student affairs at Perry high school during the past four years was Sherry Cress, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Cress, 802 Delaware street. Among her activities at the school were playing in the Maroon band from 1947 – 49, being a member of the Teen town council for two years, on the student council in 1945-46, on the staff of the school annual, a member of the Y-teens, and among the cast member in the junior-senior class plays. Following her graduation, she plans to enroll at Oklahoma university in Norman. She was born Feb. 8, 1932, in Perry and has always attended Perry schools.
Sherry Marie Cress
February 8, 1932 – April 21, 1977
Sherry Marie Cress, 45, 1709 North Eleventh Street, died at 3:45 a.m. Thursday at Presbyterian hospital at Oklahoma City.
Born Feb. 8, 1932, in Perry, Miss Cress was the daughter of Mrs. And Mrs. Paul W. Cress, 1709 North Eleventh. She was a Perry high school graduate and attended the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City University.
Miss Cress was an active member of the United Methodist church of Perry. She also was active in the local Camp First program, having served as civic camp director in 1952, Camp fire registrar and an executive director.
She was employed at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Oklahoma City, 1951-52 and served as a volunteer occupational therapist at the Veterans Administration hospital at Oklahoma City in 1951. Miss Cress was employed as a social director at Green Valley convalescent center from 1967-73.
She was a certified water safety instructor and was a tennis instructor in the Perry community. Miss Cress was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1965, she was recognized in the Outstanding Women of America publication.
Among survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cress, and her grandmother, Mrs. P. W. Cress, 1715 Parklane.