Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Reading, Berks County, PA & Surrounding Areas
Eleanor Rissmiller
Mar 20, 2017
Eleanor A. Rissmiller, 87, of Exeter Township, passed away Monday, March 20, 2017 in Penn State Health- St. Joseph Medical Center. She was the widow of Bruce H. Rissmiller who passed away March 1, 2002. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Leon and Mary (Czarnecki) Parslar. Eleanor was a graduate of Central Catholic High School in...
Brian P. Ramsey
Mar 18, 2017
Brian P. Ramsey, 57, passed peacefully on Saturday, March 18, at his home in Pennside in the loving embrace of his wife and children. He was the husband and best friend of Deborah M. (Zatratz) Ramsey. They were married June 8, 1985. Brian was the proud father of Brian R. and Allyson M. Brian most wanted to be remembered as...
Mary Reyes
Mar 17, 2017
Mary D. (Snyder) Reyes, 83, of Exeter Township, passed away, Friday, March 17, 2017 in the Reading Hospital Medical Center. She was the widow of Dr. Renato H. Reyes. Born in Pottsville, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Elizabeth (Gumeniski) Snyder. Mary earned her Master's Degree from St. Joseph's University and was a graduate of St. Joseph...
Jean Michalak
Mar 15, 2017
Jean M. (Kennedy) Michalak, 71, of Reading and Savannah, GA, passed away, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in the Keystone Villa, Douglassville. She was the widow of Robert Michalak. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Ruth (Hoyer) Kennedy. Jean was a graduate of Reading Central Catholic in 1963 and was also a member of...
Stanley E. Boyer
Mar 14, 2017
Stanley E. Boyer, 90, formerly of Mt. Penn, died Tuesday, March 14, 2017 in Elmcroft of Reading where he resided since 2011. He was the husband of Diane M. (Brookes) Boyer who passed away in 1990. Born in St. Lawrence PA, on October 21, 1926, Stanley was a son of the late Floyd and Anna (Snyder) Boyer and stepson of...
Florence Glowacki
Mar 12, 2017
Florence B. Glowacki, 87, formerly of Reading, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017 in the Park House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Royersford, PA. She was the widow of Eugene A. Glowacki . Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Susan (Stoyak) Yesenochin. Florence was a graduate of St. Peter's High School and a member of...
Bernard W. "Bernie" Miller
Mar 9, 2017
Bernard W. "Bernie" Miller, 86, formerly of Pennside, and most recently of the Keystone Villa at Fleetwood, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 in Penn State Health- St. Joseph Medical Center. He was the husband of Dolores E. (Zondlo) Miller. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late William T. and Mary C. (Goncher) Miller. Bernie was a...
Tyler Jacob Zamorski
Mar 8, 2017
Tyler Jacob Zamorski, 8 day old infant son of George R. Zamorski and Chrystal L. Betcher, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. He was born in West Reading on February 28, 2017. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his sister, Lily J. Betcher; paternal grandmother, Brenda S. Moore; maternal grandmother,...
Paul Robert Schaefer
Mar 5, 2017
P. Robert Schaefer, 85, of Exeter Township, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017 in the Berks Heim. He was the widower of Elizabeth A. "Betty" (Salada) Schaefer who passed away December 29, 1998. Born in Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Paul and Augusta H. (Hengen) Schaefer. Bob was a graduate of Drexel University and was a member...
Betty Krick
Mar 5, 2017
Betty P. Krick, 96, formerly of Mount Penn, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017 in Kutztown Manor. She was the widow of Kendrick C. Buck and her second husband, Elwood J. Krick. Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Warren P. and Catharine U. (Miller) Ruth. Betty was a knitter for Camp and McGinnis and later was...
Nancy Buck
Mar 4, 2017
Nancy R. Buck, 88, of Exeter Township, passed away Saturday, March 4, 2017 in the Reading Care and Rehabilitation Center, Exeter. She was the widow of Donald Buck who passed away in 2007. Born in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Verna (Rinker) Grater. She was a graduate of Reading High School and a member of...
Lee R. Steigerwalt
Feb 25, 2017
Lee R. Steigerwalt, 80, of Mount Penn, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017 at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. He was the husband of Phyllis N. (DeLong) Steigerwalt with whom he would have celebrated his 58th wedding anniversary on March 1, 2017. Born in West Reading, he was a son of the late Alfred W. and Edith A. (Shearer)...
Michael T. Stoudt
Feb 24, 2017
Michael T. Stoudt, 62, of Reading, passed away Friday, February 24, 2017. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Sterling S. and Doris L. (Huseman) Stoudt. Michael was a graduate of Reading High in 1972 and a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He is survived by his daughter, Stephanie R. wife of Eric Baxter of...
Andrew M. Martin
Feb 23, 2017
Andrew M. Martin, 52, of Robeson Township, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2017 in his residence. Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, he was a son of Mary Christine (MacDougall) Flanagan of Douglassville and the late Frank R. Martin, husband of Bea A. Martin of Ormond by the Sea, FL. Andy loved fishing, loved playing and listening to music, was a true...
Robert A. Deach
Feb 21, 2017
Dr. Robert A. Deach, 92, of Exeter Township, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. He was the husband of Jane E. Kauffman-Deach. He was pre-deceased by his first wife, Virginia E. (Woerle) Deach who passed away in 1965 and his daughter, Andrea Zebert. Born in Freeland, PA, he was a son of the...
Barbara Sigal
Feb 20, 2017
Barbara A. Sigal, 82, of Exeter Township, passed away Monday, February 20, 2017 in Elmcroft Senior Living. She was the widow of Michael R. Sigal who passed away November 28, 2002. Born in Trenton, NJ, she was a daughter of the late Karl R. and Sara (Fahrenbach) Friedmann. Barbara was a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts, was very...
Randall D. Shirey
Feb 17, 2017
Randall D. Shirey, 76, of Oley, passed away, Friday, February 17, 2017 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center . He was the husband of Alice J. (Miller) Shirey. Born in Oley , he was a son of the late Frederick and Helen (Snyder) Shirey. Randy was a member of Friedens U.C.C. Church in Oley, the POS of A, Limekiln,...
Carol Schoener
Feb 15, 2017
Carol Lee Schoener, 74, of Muhlenberg Township, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in her residence. She was the widow of Robert W. Schoener who passed away January 8, 2011. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Dorothy A. (Levick) Miller of Temple and the late David W. Miller. Carol was a graduate of Muhlenberg High School and the...
James M. Strunack
Feb 15, 2017
James M. Strunack, 56, of Birdsboro, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in his residence. He was the husband of Sandra A. (Stewart) Strunack. Born in Pottstown, he was a son of the late Robert Strunack and Nancy (Shunk) Casner. James was a United States Army Veteran and was employed as a machine operator for Davlyn Manufacturing Company in Spring...
Russel B. Hasson
Feb 15, 2017
Russel B. Hasson, 87, formerly of Lincoln Park and most recently of Country Meadows-Wyomissing, passed away,Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. He was the widower of Miriam M. (Stick) Hasson who passed away March 17, 2005. Born in St. Lawrence, he was a son of the late Charles H. and LaRue M. (Weidner) Hasson. Russel...