Heaven received a special angel, J. Gail (Cress) Yost, 77, of Tyrone Road, Morgantown, on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, at her home with her husband, Jack, by her side.
Gail was a loving daughter. She was born Sept. 24, 1941, the first of five children of the late Lawrence “Dutch” Cress and Georgia (Molisee) Cress.
She graduated from Valley High School, in Masontown, in 1959 and Morgantown Beauty School in 1960. She was a beautician for 20 years, having owned and operated Gail’s Beauty Shop on Tyrone Road. Gail and her sister, Debby, then started the Diet Center of Morgantown and two Pittsburgh locations. She was a diet counselor at the center for 14 years. She then retired to spend her winter months with her husband, Jack, in Winter Haven, Fla., for the last 20 years.
Gail was very talented in all of her hobbies, which included gardening, crafts, sewing and painting, but most of all, she enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her two sons, of which she was so very proud.
Surviving to cherish her memories are her husband, Jack, of 57 years; two sons, Jeff Yost and wife, Joyce, of Gans, Pa., and Steve Yost and wife, Donna, of Halleck Road; two grandchildren, Amy Yost, of Cheat Lake, and Joey Yost, of Ashland, Va.; three great-grandchildren; one brother, Brent Cress and wife, Judy, of Morgantown; two sisters, Lynn Gribble and husband, Terry, of Morgantown, and Debby Roth and husband, Robert, of Reedsville; two brothers-in-law, Russell Don Yost and Leon Yost and wife, Linda; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Gary Cress; father-in-law, M.H. Yost; mother-in-law, Blendine Yost; and sister-in-law, Loretta Jo Yost.
Friends may call at Field Funeral Home, in Masontown, from 3-8 p.m. Wednesday, and from 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, until the noon service with Pastor Randy Vincent officiating. Interment will follow at Mount Zion Cemetery, in Masontown.
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