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Rescher, Arthur

Male 1914 - 2001  (86 years)


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  • Name Rescher, Arthur  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Born 20 Dec 1914  New York, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Gender Male 
    Residence Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Grandson  [11
    Died 2 Aug 2001  Washington, District of Columbia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12
    Buried 8 Aug 2001  Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Crownsville, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9, 13
    Person ID I22785  Our Family
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2024 

    Father Rescher, Abraham,   b. 4 Jan 1885, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1928, Queens, Queens, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Stone, Elsie Ruby,   b. Abt 1889, New York, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 10 Nov 1957  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 24 Dec 1912  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15, 16
    Family ID F8655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 [Rescher], Lee 
    Married 1970  [12
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2024 
    Family ID F8659  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lucas, Claire Martha,   b. 14 Nov 1919, Soroksar, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 2007  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 5 May 1943  Marion County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18
    Divorced Y  [12
    Married 5 May 1943  Marion, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Rescher, Douglas
     2. Rescher, Barbara Lynn
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2024 
    Family ID F8660  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Arthur Rescher

      Company Executive

      Arthur Rescher, 86, a Washington area resident since the 1950s who was a retired vice president for sales of the Pennsylvania-based WRS Motion Picture & Video Laboratory, died Aug. 2 at Washington Hospital Center after surgery for a heart ailment. He lived in West River.

      Mr. Rescher, a former Alexandria resident, was born in New York and helped make training films and documentaries as an Army sound engineer during World War II. In the early 1950s, he traveled the world as a sound engineer with journalist Drew Pearson. Later in the 1950s, he became a founder of the old Capital Film Lab and then worked for Byron Film Lab here before joining WRS, where he worked from 1971 to 1999.

      He was a life member of the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers and a life member and director of CINE (the Council of International Nontheatrical Events).

      Mr. Rescher's hobbies included sailing.

      His marriage to Claire Rescher ended in divorce.

      Survivors include his wife, Lee Rescher, whom he married in 1970 and who lives in West River; two children from his first marriage, Douglas Rescher of Alexandria and Barbara Perry of Rockville; two stepdaughters, Sandra Stewart of Lexington, Ky., and Sharri Riva of Scottsdale, Ariz.; and a grandson.

      William J. Lawlor

  • Sources 
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      Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014


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      Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001


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      1930 United States Federal Census


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