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Robert David 'Dave' Kreitler died on August 5 in his apartment at The Quadrangle at Haverford, PA. He was born November 11, 1909, in Mt. Vernon, NY; he was 99. He grew up in Scranton, PA, where Dave attended Scranton Country Day School and Scranton Central High School before attending Kent School in CT. He later graduated from Princeton University (Class of 1931), and Yale Law School (Class of 1934). For 10 years he served as Secretary of the Class of 1931 at Princeton. In 1935, he joined the legal department of AT&T in New York City. He moved to the legal department of Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1938. During World War II, Dave served in the Navy as a labor relations officer stationed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Houston, Texas. After retiring from Bell Telephone Company as solicitor at the age of 65 he worked for Sun Oil as an independent contractor; and later as labor arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association in Pennsylvania and Delaware and the Pennsylvania Mediation Service. In 1938, Dave was one of the founders of Main Line School Night, a group providing adult education classes in the Main Line area of Philadelphia, and he served this organization in various volunteer capacities for over 55 years. He was married to the late Edith Abigail Wightman, who predeceased him in 2002. He is survived by his three children: Elizabeth Kreitler Singleton Wolf of Loretto, VA; Robert Philip Kreitler of Fairfield, CT; and Charles Wightman Kreitler of Austin, TX; and their spouses. He is also survived by five grandchildren: Christopher Kreitler Kirkpatrick, Charles Francis Kreitler, Paul David Kreitler, Jason Roblee Kreitler and Abigail Wightman Kreitler, two great grandchildren and his longtime partner, Cyrena Gouge. Dave Kreitler maintained a summer home on Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks where he served for many years on the board of the Property Owners' Association. Dave was an active tennis player, squash player and golf member of the Merion Golf Club. There will be a memorial service on August 15, 11:00 am in the Chapel of Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church at 625 Montgomery Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that gifts be given in his memory to the Main Line School Night, 260 Gulph Creek Road, Radnor, PA 19087.

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Robert David Kreitler

November 11, 1909 - August 5, 2009