Arthur Lee Kresge
1874 - 1942 (67 years)
Generation: 1
1. Arthur Lee Kresge was born on 11 Aug 1874 in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; died on 25 May 1942 in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; was buried in West Pittston Cemetery, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Other Events:
- Census: 1930, Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
- Census: 1940, Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Notes:
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.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28298762/arthur-lee-kresgeFamily/Spouse: Lucy Parthena Hedges. Lucy (daughter of David Teager "Tea" Hedges and Margaret Melcena Miller) was born on 9 Feb 1890 in Tooele County, Utah; died on 14 Oct 1941 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried on 17 Oct 1941 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]