At West Hazleton, aged 68 years, on October 29, 1918. Funeral private Friday at 2 p.m. Interment in Mountain View Cemetery. Please omit flowers. Benjamin Reese, aged 68, treasurer of the borough of West Hazleton and former Councilman, died at 10:36 this morning from complications. He came to Hazleton from Pottsville from where he moved to West Hazleton twenty-five years ago. He was a mine foreman years ago for the late Ario Pardee at Hazleton No. 1 and was engaged in the same capacity with the Cranberry Creek Coal Co. when he was stricken ill. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Red Men of this city. He is survived by his wife [second wife, Anna Reese] and the following children: Mrs. Phillip Schwartz of Pottsville; Benjamin Jr. of Cape Charles, VA; Mrs. Otto Volke, Everett, Ohio; Mrs. Joseph McCracken of Philadelphia and Amos Reese of Hazleton. The following step-children survive: Mrs. Edward Brill, of Philadelphia; William, George, Harry and Ida Krapf, of West Hazleton. One brother, John Reese, of West Hazleton, also survives.
Arrived in Amercia circa 1866.
Arrived in Amercia circa 1866.
At West Hazleton, aged 68 years, on October 29, 1918. Funeral private Friday at 2 p.m. Interment in Mountain View Cemetery. Please omit flowers. Benjamin Reese, aged 68, treasurer of the borough of West Hazleton and former Councilman, died at 10:36 this morning from complications. He came to Hazleton from Pottsville from where he moved to West Hazleton twenty-five years ago. He was a mine foreman years ago for the late Ario Pardee at Hazleton No. 1 and was engaged in the same capacity with the Cranberry Creek Coal Co. when he was stricken ill. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Red Men of this city. He is survived by his wife [second wife, Anna Reese] and the following children: Mrs. Phillip Schwartz of Pottsville; Benjamin Jr. of Cape Charles, VA; Mrs. Otto Volke, Everett, Ohio; Mrs. Joseph McCracken of Philadelphia and Amos Reese of Hazleton. The following step-children survive: Mrs. Edward Brill, of Philadelphia; William, George, Harry and Ida Krapf, of West Hazleton. One brother, John Reese, of West Hazleton, also survives.
Arrived in Amercia circa 1866.
Arrived in Amercia circa 1866.
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