Robert Nelson Cressy

1942 - 2021

ROBERT NELSON (BOB) CRESSY passed away on December 26,2021 in St.Augustine, Florida. Bob was born in Utica, New York on April 16,1942. He graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelors of Science degree and joined the U.S. Army in October 1965. After basic training, he graduated as a 2 nd Lieutenant from the Field Artillery & Missile Officers Candidate School in Ft.Sill, Oklahoma and served as an S3 with the 1 st Battalion/79 th Field Artillery on the DMZ in Korea. He was promoted to 1 st Lieutenant and became Commanding Officer when the CO became ill. He was honorably discharged. In 2005 he was inducted into the Honorable Order of St. Barbara in recognition of his service to the Field Artillery and the U.S. Field Artillery Association. After the army, he worked in management for IBM for twenty-five years. He was transferred from up-state New York to the Washington, D.C. area where he lived for fifty-six years. After retiring from IBM in 1992, he became a financial investment advisor and worked for Lombard Securities until his retirement in 2020. Bob dedicated his life to service. He joined Kiwanis, a community service organization that he dearly loved, in 1969 and served many positions including Governor of the Capital District (MD.VA.DE.DC). He served on the District Kiwanis Foundation for eighteen years, was a Legion of Honor, Hixon and Zeller award recipient in addition to many other distinguished awards. For many years, he was the Master of Ceremonies for the Veterans' Day Service in Bethesda. Bob received Citations from President George W. Bush, Senator Chris Van Holland and Maryland Governor Robert Erlich for his community service. Bob will be remembered for his optimistic attitude, his wonderful sense of humor and quick witt , his kindness and willingness to help anyone in need, his love of life, God, country and family. Bob is pre-deceased by his parents, Robert Q. and Dorothy Marron Cressy and his brother Terence Cressy. He is survived by Nancy, his loving wife of twenty-eight years, brother-in-law Bob Puffer (Marion), nephew Mark Puffer, niece Robin Rodgers (Ben), great nephew Curtis, great-niece Ella Rodgers and cousins Sandy Magyar (Mark), Pat Duperre (Lloyd), Jim Cressy and Debbie Anderson. A memorial service will be held on Saturday April 30, 2022 at eleven o'clock a.m. at St.Francis Episcopal Church, 10033 River Road, Potomac, MD. He will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery at a future date. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Inc, Attn: Robert G. Brewer, 7600 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 700, Bethesda, MD 20814-3663 are greatly appreciated. Please sign the Guestbook at www.legacy.com/washingtontimes