1900 Census, 21st Ward, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.
William Conrad, Head, Head, b Sep 1855, 44, marr 20 yrs, Carpenter, b Pa., parents b Ger
Barbra, Wife, b Oct 1858, 41, 11 children/7 living, b Pa., parents b Ger
William H., Son, b Aug 1881, 18, Clerk, b Pa
Harry W., Son, b May 1884, 18, Clerk, b Pa
Adella P., Dau, b Oct 1885, 14, at school, b Pa
Antoinetta A., Dau, b June 1887, at school, b Pa
Maree A., Dau, b May 1891, 9, b Pa
Edward A., Son, b Mar 1893, 7, b Pa
Clarence P., Son, b July 1897, 2, b Pa

Nurse Adella Philomena Conrad of Kedron Street was listed as "Delia Conrad" in some of the Pittsburgh City Directories (1909, 1910, 1916).

At the time of the 1910 Federal Census, Adella P. Conrad, Nurse, was working in private practice. She was living with her family on Kedron Street, Pittsburgh.

Her mother, Barbara (Puder) Conrad, died in 1911.

Still on Kedron Street in 1920, Adella P. was living with her father, her sister Nettie, and two brothers, Clarence and Edward. Also in the home were 4 grandchildren of William Conrad. Adella was not employed as a nurse.

Adella married Joseph Kress after 1920. Daughter, Kathleen, was born in 1925. Their son, Joseph, Jr., was born in 1926. In 1930, Joseph and Adella Kress were the owners of the former Conrad family home on Kedron Steet. The 1930 census also indicates that Adella was 38 years old when she got married.

Adella's father, William, died in 1925. Both parents are buried at St. Marys Cemetery, Pittsburgh.

Adella "Delia" Philomena Conrad Kress, born October 1, 1885, died on April 28, 1961 of breast cancer. She is buried at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Pittsburgh.

DAUGHTER'S OBITUARY-- Kathleen K. Schramm, 84, of Penn Township, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, in Excela Health, Westmoreland Hospital. She was born Feb. 15, 1925, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late Joseph and Adella (Conrad) Kress. She was the co-owner of Schramm Farms, in Penn Township. She was a member of St. Barbara Church, in Harrison City. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene H. Schramm, in 2005; and a brother, Joseph Kress Jr. She is survived by three sons, Eugene H. "Hill" Schramm and wife, Martha, John P. Schramm and wife, Carrie, and Ralph E. Schramm and wife, Kathleen, all of Penn Township; a daughter, Kathleen N. Young and husband, William, of Penn Township; 10 grandchildren, Matthew, Jennifer, Carolyn, Diane, Barbara, Kate, Zachary, Tyler, Wyatt and Sawyer; eight great-grandchildren, Stephen, Nicholas, Daniel, Mary, Rebekah, Saige, Logan and Selma. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, with additional visitation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, in the JAMES E. LINDSAY FUNERAL HOME INC., 3343 Route 130, Harrison City. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Saturday in St. Barbara Church, Harrison City, with the Rev. Kenneth G. Zaccagnini as celebrant. Interment will follow in Twin Valley Memorial Park, Delmont. -- Published in Greensburg Tribune Review on Feb. 19, 2009