"The Record", Stroudsburg, PA, Tuesday, 5 September 1950:
Mrs. Lessig, 85, Dies In East Borough
Mrs. Mary E. Lessig, widow of Joseph H. Lessig, 111 Ridgeway St., East Stroudsburg, died at her home Saturday at 10:45 p.m. at the age of 85 years, 4 months and 21 days. Her husband preceded her in death a month after they had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Jan. 20, 1946.
Mrs. Lessig was a native of Monroe county, and had spent her whole life in East Stroudsburg. She was ill for a number of years and seriously ill since last Wednesday.
A member of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran church, East Stroudsburg, and one of the early members of the Monroe County Garden Club, Mrs. Lessig had a wide circle of friends.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Bessie Small, at home, and by six grandchildren: Richard Lessig and Mrs. John Reilly, Philadelphia; Benjamin Small, Staten Island, NJ; Mrs. Paul Granacher, Norristown; Joseph H. Small, East Stroudsburg; Mrs. Joseph Ferenc, South Stroudsburg. Also surviving are seven great-grandchildren and a niece and nephew.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Lanterman funeral home with Rev. William F. Wunder officiating. Interment will be made in a crypt at the Stroudsburg mausoleum. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Mary is buried in the mausoleum in Stroudsburg Union Cemetery. She left a will which mentions her daughter, Bessie (Lessig) Small, and the Small grandchildren. (Monroe Co. estate file #4466, will book 20, pg. 163)
Mrs. Lessig, 85, Dies In East Borough
Mrs. Mary E. Lessig, widow of Joseph H. Lessig, 111 Ridgeway St., East Stroudsburg, died at her home Saturday at 10:45 p.m. at the age of 85 years, 4 months and 21 days. Her husband preceded her in death a month after they had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Jan. 20, 1946.
Mrs. Lessig was a native of Monroe county, and had spent her whole life in East Stroudsburg. She was ill for a number of years and seriously ill since last Wednesday.
A member of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran church, East Stroudsburg, and one of the early members of the Monroe County Garden Club, Mrs. Lessig had a wide circle of friends.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Bessie Small, at home, and by six grandchildren: Richard Lessig and Mrs. John Reilly, Philadelphia; Benjamin Small, Staten Island, NJ; Mrs. Paul Granacher, Norristown; Joseph H. Small, East Stroudsburg; Mrs. Joseph Ferenc, South Stroudsburg. Also surviving are seven great-grandchildren and a niece and nephew.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Lanterman funeral home with Rev. William F. Wunder officiating. Interment will be made in a crypt at the Stroudsburg mausoleum. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Mary is buried in the mausoleum in Stroudsburg Union Cemetery. She left a will which mentions her daughter, Bessie (Lessig) Small, and the Small grandchildren. (Monroe Co. estate file #4466, will book 20, pg. 163)
"The Record", Stroudsburg, PA, Tuesday, 5 September 1950:
Mrs. Lessig, 85, Dies In East Borough
Mrs. Mary E. Lessig, widow of Joseph H. Lessig, 111 Ridgeway St., East Stroudsburg, died at her home Saturday at 10:45 p.m. at the age of 85 years, 4 months and 21 days. Her husband preceded her in death a month after they had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Jan. 20, 1946.
Mrs. Lessig was a native of Monroe county, and had spent her whole life in East Stroudsburg. She was ill for a number of years and seriously ill since last Wednesday.
A member of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran church, East Stroudsburg, and one of the early members of the Monroe County Garden Club, Mrs. Lessig had a wide circle of friends.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Bessie Small, at home, and by six grandchildren: Richard Lessig and Mrs. John Reilly, Philadelphia; Benjamin Small, Staten Island, NJ; Mrs. Paul Granacher, Norristown; Joseph H. Small, East Stroudsburg; Mrs. Joseph Ferenc, South Stroudsburg. Also surviving are seven great-grandchildren and a niece and nephew.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Lanterman funeral home with Rev. William F. Wunder officiating. Interment will be made in a crypt at the Stroudsburg mausoleum. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Mary is buried in the mausoleum in Stroudsburg Union Cemetery. She left a will which mentions her daughter, Bessie (Lessig) Small, and the Small grandchildren. (Monroe Co. estate file #4466, will book 20, pg. 163)
Mrs. Lessig, 85, Dies In East Borough
Mrs. Mary E. Lessig, widow of Joseph H. Lessig, 111 Ridgeway St., East Stroudsburg, died at her home Saturday at 10:45 p.m. at the age of 85 years, 4 months and 21 days. Her husband preceded her in death a month after they had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Jan. 20, 1946.
Mrs. Lessig was a native of Monroe county, and had spent her whole life in East Stroudsburg. She was ill for a number of years and seriously ill since last Wednesday.
A member of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran church, East Stroudsburg, and one of the early members of the Monroe County Garden Club, Mrs. Lessig had a wide circle of friends.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Bessie Small, at home, and by six grandchildren: Richard Lessig and Mrs. John Reilly, Philadelphia; Benjamin Small, Staten Island, NJ; Mrs. Paul Granacher, Norristown; Joseph H. Small, East Stroudsburg; Mrs. Joseph Ferenc, South Stroudsburg. Also surviving are seven great-grandchildren and a niece and nephew.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Lanterman funeral home with Rev. William F. Wunder officiating. Interment will be made in a crypt at the Stroudsburg mausoleum. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Mary is buried in the mausoleum in Stroudsburg Union Cemetery. She left a will which mentions her daughter, Bessie (Lessig) Small, and the Small grandchildren. (Monroe Co. estate file #4466, will book 20, pg. 163)
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