Esther M. Augustine Mendelsohn

Esther M. Augustine Mendelsohn, 89, formerly of Cecil Avenue, West Lawn, died Feb. 16 in Berks Heim.

Her first husband, William Augustine, died April 30, 1948. Her second husband, Jacob Mendelsohn, died Oct. 24, 1971.

Born in Ruscombmanor Township, she was a daughter of the late Joshua and Gertrude (Houptley) Conrad.

She was employed for many years as a border and seamer at Berkshire Knitting Mills, Wyomissing. Mendelsohn was last employed as a waitress at the Penn Cecil House, West Lawn, until her retirement in 1975.

She was a member of West Lawn United Methodist Church.

Mendelsohn is survived by two sons, William Augustine and Louis Augustine, both of Fleetwood; and two daughters, Gloria (Augustine) Beamesderfer, West Lawn, and Blubella (Augustine) Degler, Sinking Spring.

There are nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be Thursday at 10 am. in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton. Memorial services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in West Lawn UMC. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading, is in charge of arrangements.