Esther A. Cuifici

Esther A. Cuifici, 94, formerly of Chestnut Street, West Reading, died March 14 at 2:20 p.m. in Green Hills Manor, where she had resided since February 2001.

Her husband, Nicholas Cuifici, died Feb. 24, 1997.

Born in Lebanon, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Clara (Eckert) Lehman.

Cuifici had been employed as a sewing machine operator by H. Oritsky Inc., Reading, retiring in 1970.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, West Reading.

Cuifici is survived by a son, Nicholas, Apple Valley, Calif., and three daughters: Jean (Cuifici) Zielinski, Mount Penn; Jacqui (Cuifici) Monroe, Auburn, Schuylkill County; and Janice (Cuifici) Daubert, West Reading.

Other survivors include a sister, Ruth (Lehman) Klein, Lebanon.

There are also eight grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church. Entombment will be in Gethsemane Cemetery Mausoleum, Laureldale. Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading, is in charge of arrangements