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108-year-old who swore by Coors Light dies
Not many people live to be a centenarian, but Alberta Krieg has held that honor, with a little help from Coors Light.
Krieg was 108 when she passed away Thursday morning at Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre.
Krieg had frequently credited drinking Coors Light as the key to her longevity.
“Coors Light keeps me young,” she said in a previous interview with The Citizens’ Voice.
Coors Light was first brewed in 1978, when Krieg was 79. The Coors brewery opened in 1873, just 26 years before Krieg was born.
She was born on Oct. 30, 1899, in Wilkes-Barre, a daughter of the late Henry and Frank Becker Armbruster, and was a 1917 graduate of Wilkes-Barre High School. After graduation, she worked at Nersner’s Store and Kelly’s Five and Dime Store.
Diane Drank of Wapwallopen, Krieg’s granddaughter, remembers her grandmother telling her about riding the trolleys in Wilkes-Barre. But Krieg wasn’t living in the past.
Drank said her grandmother always kept up with the times, especially the styles. When they went shopping together, Krieg would offer fashion advice, sometimes telling her, “What are you buying that for? That’s not in style.”
In October 2007, she had celebrated her 108th birthday with a party at the Heritage House with her family and friends.
“She had a very good life, she was never in the hospital. She was a very healthy person all her life,” Drank said. “She was a very loving and caring person, always there for me and everybody.”
