Obituaries

Jul 31, 2017

Richarda L. "Ricci" Banks, 59, of Sinking Spring, passed away on Monday, July 31, 2017 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center after a six year battle with metastatic breast cancer. She was surrounded by those she loved most. Ricci was born on January 14, 1958 in Fort Eustis, Virginia to the late Richard L. Sr. and Elisabeth (Russ) Wiswesser....

Jul 29, 2017

George Ernest Giles, 88, of Wyomissing, passed away Saturday, July 29, 2017 in Columbia Cottage. He was the husband of Joan D. (Mohring) Giles. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late George W. and Ethel (Deysher) Giles. George was a graduate of Reading High School and Bucknell University with degrees in Psychology and Economics. In college, he...

Jul 20, 2017

Wendi L. Pettinato, 51, of North Heidelberg Township, passed away Thursday, July 20, 2017 in Penn State Health- St. Joseph Medical Center. She was the wife of Daniel P. Pettinato, Jr. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Clair M. Bieber of Oley and Elaine J. (Snyder) wife of Maynard B. Koch of West Lawn. Wendi was a graduate...

Jul 14, 2017

Blanche Marie Carpenter, 93, of Lower Alsace Township, passed away Friday, July 14, 2017 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. She was the widow of George B. Carpenter who passed away November 25, 1987. Born in Kutztown, she was a daughter of the late Frank Schunk and Clara Mae Pauley. Blance worked in production for Luden's Candies for many...

Jul 13, 2017

Todd M. Solley, 55, of Reading, passed away Thursday, July 13, 2017 in his residence. Born in Reading, he was the son of Beverly A. (Solley) Rubright and step-son of Carl Rubright of Reading. Todd was employed as a truck driver for various companies throughout the Reading area and he loved fishing and the Washington Redskins. Services and interment private...

Jul 13, 2017

Franklin G. Stufflet, 82, of Amity Township, passed away Thursday, July 13, 2017 in his residence. He was the widower of Esther Marie (McMullen) Stufflet who passed away only four days before on July 9, 2017. Frank just did not want to live without her. That's love. Born in Walnuttown, he was a son of the late Frank Stufflet and...

Jul 12, 2017

Gary M. Jackson, 61, of Exeter Township, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Penn Hospital-Philadelphia, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of Susan M. (Reber) Jackson. Born in Johnstown, Pa, he was a son of the late Matthew "Stoney" and Elizabeth "Betty" (Good) Jackson. Gary was a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and was...

Jul 9, 2017

William A. "Bill" Simcik, 73, of St. Lawrence, passed away Sunday, July 9, 2017 in his residence. He was the husband of Ann M. (Dehoff) Simcik. Born in Hazleton, he was a son of the late William J. and Magdalen B. (Jenco) Simcik. Bill was a graduate of Central Catholic High School and Kutztown University. He was a former member...

Jul 4, 2017

Margaret T. Schade ,91, formerly a resident of Scared Heart Villa, passed away,Tuesday, July 4th, 2017 in Exeter Greens Care & Rehabilitation Center. Born in West New York, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Margaret (Hart) Schade. Margaret worked as an Executive Secretary with Groove Pin in New Jersey for many years until her retirement....

Jul 4, 2017

Barbara A. Deibler Bertolet, 80, of Bernville, passed away, Tuesday, July 4, 2017 in her home . She was the loving wife of John R. Bertolet Sr. with whom she celebrated 34 years of marriage. Born in Pine Grove Pa, she was a daughter of the late Amos and Bertha (Wert) Krammes. Barbara was a graduate of Pine Grove High...

Jul 2, 2017

Robert Eagle Harper, 96, of Douglassville, passed away, Sunday, July 2, 2017 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. He was the loving husband of Mary L. (Hartman) Harper with whom he celebrated 66 years of marriage. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Richard and Jennie (Hinnershitz) Harper. Bob was proud to serve in the United...

Jul 2, 2017

Jul 1, 2017

Dr. Luciana Maria (Wertheimer von Ranshofen) Meyer, late of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, and Largo, Florida, died July 1, 2017, at age 96 in Largo. Widow of Dr. Richard Hemmig Meyer, a Reading native. Born in Schloss Ranshofen, Branau-am-Inn, Austria, only child of Baron Egon F. and Mathilde (Junger) Wertheimer von Ranshofen. With her economist husband, pursued professional lives in New York,...

Jun 30, 2017

William A. Gill, Jr., 81, of West Lawn, passed away June 30, 2017 in his residence. Born in Jersey City, NJ, a son of the late William A., Sr. and Mary (Higgins) Gill and the husband of G. Henrietta Gill. Lutz Funeral Home, Inc., Mount Penn in charge of arrangements. For online condolences, please visit www.LutzFuneralHome.com

Jun 28, 2017

Dennis L. Kirn, 65, of Alsace Township, passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2017 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. He was the husband of Patricia A. (Ellingsworth) Kirn. Born in Exeter Township, he was a son of the late Henry G. andJean M. (Fenstermaker) Kirn. Dennis was a graduate of Exeter High School and was a member of Bethany...

Jun 27, 2017

John C. Ream, Jr., 71, of Exeter Township, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Born in Elverson, he was a son of the late John C., Sr. and Ada (Strock) Ream. John was the loving father and grandfather of three daughters, Joy L. wife of Gerald A. Boyer, Jr. of Birdsboro, Monna J....

Jun 25, 2017

Cary G. Whitman,77, of St Lawrence, passed, Sunday, June 25, 2017 in Penn State Health-St. Joseph Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Judith A. (Schmoyer) Whitman with whom he celebrated 54 years of marriage. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Robert H. and Margaret E. (Gillmor) Whitman. Cary was a...

Jun 24, 2017

Alice J. Reist, 57, of Birdsboro, passed away, Saturday, June 24, 2017 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. She was the wife of Rev. Michael L. Reist. Born in Gibraltar, she was a daughter of the late Paul M. and Edith A. (Killian) Brooke. Alice was a member of Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stony Creek and was an...

Jun 22, 2017

John A. Didyoung, 90, of Temple, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 22, 2017. He was the widower of Adelaide L. (Youse) Didyoung who passed away May 17, 2017, and with whom he celebrated 70 years of marriage. Born in West Reading, John was the son of the late John J.W. and Elfrieda E. (Boldt) Didyoung. John was a graduate...

Jun 21, 2017

Dorothy J. (Dot) Ginader, 90, formerly of Exeter Township, passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017 in the Keystone Villa-Douglassville. She was born on October 28,1926 in Reading, PA to Ellen T. (Griener) and Curtis R. Tomlinson. She was a graduate of Mt. Penn High School and the Reading Hospital School of Nursing. Her final six months of nurse's training was...