1863 - 1965

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• Title	Doctor
  Birth	1863	Michigan
  Gender	Female
  Died	1965
  Person ID	I523421706	Eby/Aebi Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2008
  Father	Aaron Eby,   b. 17 Jan 1836, Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
  Mother	Hannah J Burkhart,   b. Oct 1838, Ohio
  Family ID	F510648187	Group Sheet
  Family	Daniel Hartman Kress,   b. 27 Jun 1862, Canada
  Married	09 Jul 1884
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2008
  Family ID	F8034009797	Group Sheet

• Histories	Lauretta Eby Kress Status: Located. Short Bio on Dr Lauretta Eby Kress found in th following link: http://www.wm.gc.adventist.org/Pages/women_distinguished_service.html

• Notes

  1910 Census Wheaton, Montgomery, Maryland Mrs. Kress studied nursing under Dr. Kate Lindsay at Battle Creek and then she and her husband went on to graduate from medicine at the University of Michigan. At Battle Creek Sanitarium one of their patients was Mrs. S.M.I. Henry. The Kresses pioneered Adventist medical work in England. Later they gave seven years of mission service to Australia and New Zealand before returning to the United States. When the Washington Sanitarium and Hospital opened, her husband was the first medical director and Dr. Lauretta was the first surgeon. She is said to have delivered more than 5,000 babies during her career.