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John Z. Lucash
Mar 26, 2016
John Z. Lucash, 93, formerly of Stony Creek Mills, passed away,Saturday, March 26th, 2016 in Above and Beyond Assisted Living-Allentown. He was the widower of Mary S. (Hammas) Lucash. Born in Audenried, PA, he was a son of the late John L and Alexandria (Clay) Lucash. John was a United States Army veteran of World War II serving in the...
Sallie Orth
Mar 26, 2016
Sallie A. Orth, 72, of Lower Alsace Township, passed away Saturday, March 26th, 2016 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. She was the wife of Kirk W. Orth. Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Joseph D., Sr. and Florence L. (Willoughby) Quinton. Sallie was a graduate of Central Catholic High School. She was an active...
Margaret Wise
Mar 23, 2016
Margaret A. Wise, 77, of Exeter Township, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. She was the widow of Clarence R. Wise who passed away February 17, 2015. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John and Margaret H. (Spatz) Sellers. Margaret was a member of Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church. She...
Ethel Adams
Mar 23, 2016
Ethel M. Adams, 91, formerly of St. Lawrence passed away Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016 in Symphony Square, Bala Cynwyd. She was the loving wife of James I. Adams who passed away 11/22/05. Born in Reading she was a daughter of the late Walter and Nora (Hagenman) Gable. Ethel was a Charter Member of Community U.C.C. of St. Lawrence where she...
Gayle Kutz
Mar 21, 2016
Gayle L. Kutz, 79, of St. Lawrence, passed away on Monday, March 21, 2016 in her residence. She was the widow of Edwin L. Kutz, Jr. who passed away in 2003. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Warren and Janet (Pfleifly) Eshelman. Gayle was a member of Schwarzwald United Church of Christ.-Jacksonwald. She was the bookeeper...
William R. Galvin
Mar 20, 2016
William R. Galvin, 78, of Mohrsville, passed away Sunday, March 20th, 2016 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. Born in New York City, he was a son of the late William J. and Edith (Grace) Galvin. William was a graduate of RACC with an associates degree in Business. He was a diehard L.A. Dodgers and Oakland Raiders Fan. William...
Elizabeth Adams
Mar 16, 2016
Elizabeth “Betsy” Shields, 51, of Fleetwood, passed away in early March. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Jeanne (Aicher) Shields. Betsy is survived by her daughter: Lauren Rumsey, of Ft. Collins, CO; as well as babycat, Sophie and grandcat, Lenny. Betsy is also survived by many beloved family members including One Brother: William Shields...
Heidi Gaugler
Mar 10, 2016
Heidi L. Gaugler, 55, of Exeter Township, passed away,Thursday, March 10th, 2016 in Reading Hospital and Medical Center . She was the wife of Jay L. Gaugler and the mother of Landon Albert Gaugler. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Robert and Arlene (Quaintance) Patton of Sinking Spring. Heidi was a graduate of Wilson High School and was...
Jeanne Arnold
Mar 8, 2016
Jeanne E. Arnold, 90 ,of Leesport, passed away,Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 in the Berks Heim. She was the widow of Herbert Heinz Arnold. Born in South Temple, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Ella (Auerswald) Drechsel. Jeanne was a graduate of Muhlenberg High School in 1944. She loved animals and had many in her life. Jeanne was...
Samuel Kemp, Jr.
Mar 6, 2016
Samuel M. Kemp, Jr.., 84, formerly of Reading, died at the home of his daughter in Birdsboro in the presence of his loving family after a courageous battle with cancer. He was the husband of Anna E. (Denunzio) Kemp whom he married on September 8, 1954. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Samuel M., Sr. and...
Anna Hill
Mar 6, 2016
Anna V. Hill, 97, of Lower Alsace, passed away Sunday, March 6th, 2016 in her Residence . She was the widow of the late Martin W. Hill who passed away 9/8/2013. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John J. and Anna (Brophy) Nowatarski. Anna was a faithful member of St. Catharine of Siena RCC and was...
Richard Rothenberger Sr
Mar 4, 2016
Richard D. Rothenberger Sr. 83, of West Lawn, passed away, Friday, March 4th, 2016 in Berks Heim . He was the loving husband of Ruth V. (Reifsnyder) Rothenberger . Born in Reading , he was a son of the late William and Pearl (Hassler) Rothenberger. He was a member of Kenhorst Blvd. Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Richard was a short order...
Barbara Nissley
Mar 4, 2016
Barbara A. (Zawaski) Nissley, 79, formerly of Mount Penn, died peacefully in her sleep Friday March 4, 2016, at home. She was the wife of Charles A. Nissley, who died January 25, 2011. Born in Pottstown, she was a daughter of the late Custer and Mildred (McCann) Zawaski. Barbara was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...
Virginia Snyder
Mar 3, 2016
Virginia L. (Moyer) Snyder Virginia “Ginny” Snyder, 68, of Lower Alsace passed away on March 3rd, 2016 at Reading Hospital surrounded by her family after a courageous five year battle with cancer. She was the beloved wife of Charles J. Snyder for 48 years, and the only daughter of the late Ralph S. and Iva J. (Daub) Moyer of Fredericksburg,...
Keith Richards
Feb 29, 2016
Keith G. Richards, 70, of Exeter Township, passed away Monday, February 29th, 2016 in Reading Hospital and Medical Center. He was the husband of Marie E. Huyett Richards. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Stephen G. and Edna M. Strause Richards. Keith was a graduate of Exeter High School in 1963, Temple University, and the Culinary...
Cherryle Patton
Feb 22, 2016
Cherryle D. Patton, 72, of Reading , passed away Monday, February 22 2016 in her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was the devoted wife of Patrick C. Patton. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Clyde A. and Mary Jane (Strause) Fegley. Cherryle was a proud member of the United States Marines as well as...
Tammy Leibig
Feb 19, 2016
Tammy A. Leibig, 55, of Exeter Township, passed away on Friday, February 19, 2016 in Penn State Health-St. Joseph Medical Center. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Shirley (Reisch) Concordia. She is survived by One Son and Two Daughters: Nathan W., Natalie N. wife of Raymond Conrad and Tiffany M. all of Northampton and...
Robert Adams
Feb 18, 2016
Robert W. Adams, 88, of Reading, passed away Thursday, February 18, 2016 in Berkshire Commons, Exeter. He was the husband of Josephine "Josie" C. (Ciemiega) Adams . Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Charles J. and Edith (Yeich) Adams. Bob was a proud member of the United States Navy and St. Catharine of Siena where he...
Anna Kercher
Feb 16, 2016
Anna C. Kercher, 89, of Exeter Township, passed away Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 in Berkshire Center. She was the wife of Frederick R. Kercher. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Carrie (Fichtorn) Fahr. Anna was a graduate of Reading High School in 1944 and was a looper for Noldy and Horst and Camp Hoisery...
M. Hess
Feb 13, 2016
M. Arlene Hess, 93, of St. Lawrence, passed away Saturday, February 13th, 2016 in Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center. She was the widow of C. Robert Hess. Born in Exeter Township, she was a daughter of the late Lester H. and Eva M. (Pott) Quinter. Arlene was a 1940 graduate of Mt. Penn High School. After high school,...
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