Armin B. A. Rhauda

Armin B. A. Rhauda, MD, 67, of Robeson Township, passed away Friday, November 19, 2010, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is survived by his loving wife of 19 years, Patricia Rhauda, MD.

Dr. Rhauda was born in 1943 in Berlin, Germany. He was the son of the late Hermann and Irene (Witt) Rhauda. Armin and his parents immigrated to the United States in 1954, when his father took a job with an American Company. They settled in Queens, NY.

Dr. Rhauda graduated from Temple University in 1981. He completed medical school in 1988, graduating from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara Facultad de Medicina in Guadalara, Mexico. He completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, PA., followed by a Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at Temple University in 1994. He served on the staff of the Coatesville VA Hospital and The Reading Hospital and Medical Center and Lancaster General Hospital. He was currently a partner with Pulmonary Associates of Lancaster, last working July, 2010.

Dr. Rhauda had many and varied interests including racing Alfa Romeos, collecting books and German toys, all things related to his beloved Spring Mt. Farm and Robeson Township, and collecting tractors.

He was fluent in German, French and Spanish. Armin especially enjoyed traveling and listening to the classical music of the Reading Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Dr. Rhauda was elected Supervisor of Robeson Township in 2007 and was also a member of the Planning Commission.

Armin is also survived by his stepson, Todd Gripp of Milwaukee, WI his sister-in-law Anne Phillips and brother-in-law Daniel Phillips, both of Berkeley CA. He is also survived by his cousin Günther, his wife Marina Rhauda, their daughter Ginette Rhauda and her finance Enrico Eisenblaetter, all of Pottsdam, Germany.

His passion for practicing medicine, his laugh, love of life and sense of wonder will be missed by all who knew and loved him.

Memorial Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in Christ Episcopal Church, 435 Court St., Reading, PA 19601. Friends may call Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. in the church. Contributions may be made to Adopt-An-Acre, P.O. Box 251, Wernersville, PA 19565 or Reading Symphony Orchestra, 147 North 56th St., Reading PA 19601. Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, Inc., West Reading is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be recorded at www.kuhnfuneralhome.com.