The Rev. William Kirk Cresap, retired priest of the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, died Nov. 19 in Columbia, MO. He was 79.

Fr. Cresap was born in Baltimore, MD. He was educated at Johns Hopkins University and Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained priest in 1945. He served parishes in Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; Glenburn, PA; Wilmington, NC; Richmond, VA, Macon, MO; and Selingsgrove and Northumberland, PA. Fr. Cresap was an instuctor of church history in the Polish National Catholic Church. He was a member of executive council and the board of examining chaplains for the Diocese of Bethlehem. He retired in 1981. Fr. Cresap was preceded in death by his first wife, Helen. He is survived by his wife, Claire.