Theresa Trudell

Long Beach resident Theresa Trudell, 78, died November 26, 2007 at a Long Beach health care facility. She was born in Prosser, WA on August 7, 1929; one out of seven children born to Frank and Felicia (Koffler) Gress. Theresa attended school in Prosser. She met James Trudell and later married on March 14, 1947 in Coeur D'Alene, ID. The couple established their first home in the Yakima Valley while James worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad. In 1960, they moved to Escondido, CA until his retirement, and then they moved to the Long Beach peninsula. Theresa was a pharmacy clerk at Thrifty Drug, now Rite Aid. Theresa and James enjoyed their journeys around the world together. They also enjoyed raising their three children. Theresa is survived by her husband James of Long Beach; her brother Eugene Gress of Spokane, WA; sister Frances Lester of Moses Lake, WA; and children Tom Trudell of Long Beach, Danielle Trudell-King of La Selva Beach, CA, Genevieve Trudell of Belgium; five grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements are by Penttila's Chapel By The Sea. Please share a memory or sign the guestbook.