Robert W. Kress, 79

Robert W. Kress, 79, of Gainesville, VA passed away on April 17 at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Bob was born and raised in Noank, CT. He graduated from Fitch High School and received civil engineering degrees from Yale University in 1961 and 1964. He and his family moved to the Princeton NJ area in 1977. Bob was employed by Princeton University as a facilities construction manager until his retirement in 2009. In 2016 he and his wife relocated to VA to be closer to family.
Bob is survived by his wife, Kathleen Nicholson Kress, his daughters and sons-in-law Julie K. and Jeffrey Becker currently residing in Prague in the Czech Republic, and Joann K. and Michael Hardy of Clifton, VA, and his grandchildren, Ryan Becker, Nicholas Hardy and Lily Hardy who will always be PopPop’s eternal lights and love of his life. In addition he is survived by his cousins Irene McDonough and Marie Craddock of Stonington CT and New London CT respectively, his sister-in-law and brother-in-law Karen and Robert Wardrop of Newington CT and his nephew James Wardrop of Cromwell CT.
Burial services will be private.