Arthur Lee Kresge
1874 - 1942 (67 years)-
Name Arthur Lee Kresge Born 11 Aug 1874 Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male Census 1930 Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Census 1940 Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Died 25 May 1942 Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania [3, 4, 5] Buried West Pittston Cemetery, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania [3] Person ID I1505 Hedges Last Modified 28 Apr 2023
Father Isaiah Kresge, b. 26 Feb 1849, Pennsylvania , d. 13 Mar 1921, Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (Age 72 years) Mother Hannah Hufford, b. 3 Jun 1851, Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania , d. 5 Nov 1923, Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (Age 72 years) Married 3 Jun 1851 [5] Family ID F1256 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lucy Parthena Hedges, b. 9 Feb 1890, Tooele County, Utah , d. 14 Oct 1941, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Age 51 years) Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F358 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 11 Aug 1874 - Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania 
Census - 1930 - Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 
Census - 1940 - Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 
Died - 25 May 1942 - Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 
Buried - - West Pittston Cemetery, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - LKH note: Arthur Lee Kresge had a first marriage to Emily (b. 1876, England) and they had two children. She died in 1920 and is buried with Arthur and his parents in West Pittston Cemetery.
[6] - Arthurs L. Kresge Called By Death
Death of Arthur L. Kresge, 77, occurred last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert B. Mitchell, 39 Swallow street, Pittston, following a lingering illness.
Mr. Kresge was born near Stroudsburg on August 11, 1874, and moved to Pittston with his parents when a small boy. The family home for many years was on Parsonage street and later the family moved to a farm in Duryea, the site of which is not the Kresge drift of the Kehoe-Berge Coal Company.
Deceased was engage in the livery business for many years and was widely known and respected in the Greater Pittston area. His first wife, Emily Sweet Kresge, died in 1920 and his second spouse, Lucy Boyd Kresge, passes away last October. He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Pittston.
Surviving are two children: Mrs. Mitchell, Pittston; Harold J. Kresge, Bridgeport, Conn.; two grandchildren, Harold Mitchell and Billy Kresge and a brother, Howard N. Kresge of Bridgeport, Conn.
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Tuesday, 26 May 1942.
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- LKH note: Arthur Lee Kresge had a first marriage to Emily (b. 1876, England) and they had two children. She died in 1920 and is buried with Arthur and his parents in West Pittston Cemetery.
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