Catharine A. Geissler

Catharine A. Geissler, 87, formerly of Wyomissing Hills, died June 6, 2012 in Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation Center, Reading.

Her husband, Francis G. Geissler, died July 7, 1999.

Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late William A. and Rosie (Umbenhauer) Ripple.

She was a graduate of Reading High School in 1942.

Catharine was first employed by Berkshire Knitting Mills and later by R.M. Palmer Co.

She was a member of Peace Lutheran Church, Reading.

Catharine was a member of the Wyomissing Hills Recreation Board; she also served as a Den Mother for Wyomissing Hills Cub Scout Pack #437.

She is survived by four children: Michael F., husband of Candy, Wyomissing; Jonathan W., widow of Ginger, Wyomissing; Kathleen M., wife of Joseph Marone, Shillington and Ginger M. Geissler, Phoenix, AZ. There are two brothers, Milton Ripple, Muhlenberg Twp., and Karl Ripple, Reading. Six grandchildren, Michelle (Geissler), wife of Greg Clark, Lodi, CA; Jessica Geissler, West Reading; Jennifer (Marone), wife of Nate Blanski, Lincoln Park; Michael Marone, Shillington; Steven Marone, stationed in South Korea with the US Army and Christopher Geissler a student at Wyomissing; and three great-grandchildren, Ethan and Andrew Clark and Nicholette Bukovsky also survive her.

She was predeceased by six siblings: Elizabeth Werner, William, Robert, George and Virginia Ripple and Karlene Miller.

Services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. in Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, Inc., West Reading. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 1 to 1:30 p.m. in the funeral home. Online condolences may be recorded at www.kuhnfuneralhome.com.