Mrs. Mary B. Kresge
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Mrs. Mary B. Kresge, 95, a resident of Bear Creek Township, died Saturday, April 7, 2012 at her son’s home following a lengthy illness. She had previously been a guest at Wesley Village, Jenkins Township.
Mrs. Kresge was born in Jersey City, N.J., daughter of the late Joseph and Bertha Landers Hargreave and attended GAR High School, Wilkes-Barre. She had resided in Bear Creek Township most of her life and had been associated with her late husband, Carl L. Kresge, in the operation of Carl L. Kresge Plumbing and Heating for many years prior to his death in 1996 after 61 years of marriage.
She had been a faithful member of the former Abbott United Methodist Church, Parsons Section of Wilkes-Barre, and had been a member of its women’s societies, member of the choir, a teacher in the Sunday School and was a member of the Administrative Board of the church for many years. She had also been a member of the former Queen Esther Chapter 170, Order of the Eastern Star, Wilkes-Barre, and of the Wyoming Valley Christian Women’s Club.
In addition to her parents and husband, Mary was also preceded in death by a son, Ira Kresge, and a sister, Mrs. Barbara Lesher.
Surviving are sons Carl K. Kresge and his wife, Sandra; Richard B. Kresge and his wife , Virginia; and Willard G. Kresge and his wife, Betty, all of Bear Creek Township; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; brother, James Leroy Hargreave, Cumming, Georgia, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral will be held Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 11a.m. from the H. Merritt Hughes Funeral Home Inc., a Golden Rule Funeral Home, 451 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, with Pastor Robert Evans, Beaumont Free Methodist Church, Buck Township, officiating. Interment will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call Tuesday, April 10, 2012, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
The family requests that flowers be omitted and that donations in Mrs. Kresge’s memory be made to Hospice Community Care, 601 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, PA 18704.
