Joseph W. Atkinson Jr., 60 died Jan. 26 in his home in Shoemakersville. He was born in Pottsville and was the son of the late Joseph W. Sr. and Helen M (Simchena) Atkinson. Joseph was a member of St. Luke's Church Shoemakersville and a 1967 graduate of Hamburg Area High School. He was a former coach of the Shoemakersville Babe Ruth team for many years and an avid Phillies fan. Joseph is survived by two sisters, Sally L., wife of David L. Smith, Mount Laurel, N.J. and Addie Atkinson, Muhlenberg Park; one brother, Robert A., husband of Darel Atkinson, Windsor Township; several nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Schuylkill Valley EMS, 26 E. Wall St., P.O. Box 625, Leesport, PA 19533 or Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 225 City Line Ave., Suite 104, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. Funeral services will be private. Burial will be in St. Luke's Cemetery Shoemakersville, Pa. The Burkey & Driscoll Funeral Home Inc., Hamburg, is in charge of arrangements.
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