Obituaries
Mary Lou Field
Apr 17, 2018
Mary Lou Field, 89, passed away April 17, 2018, in her Blue Bell residence.
She was the beloved wife of Robert R. Field, who died November of 2015.
Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Benton and Nellie (Meade) Leinbach.
Mary Lou was a 1946 graduate of West Reading High School.
She is survived by her two daughters, Barbara L., wife...
Eugene H."Poppy" Borkey
Apr 17, 2018
Eugene H. "Poppy" Borkey, 89, of Heritage of Green Hills, passed away April 17, 2018 in the Reading Hospital.
He was the beloved husband for 65 years of Bette J. Borkey, who died December 8, 2017.
Born in Auburn,PA, he was the son of the late Edwin C. and Kathryn E. (Henne) Borkey.
Eugene was a 1946 graduate of Auburn High School and...
Robert J. Gerhart
Apr 16, 2018
Robert J. Gerhart, 58, of West Lawn, passed away on April, 16, 2018, in the Reading Hospital.
Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Melvin and Margaret (Griffith) Gerhart.
He was a graduate of Conrad Weiser High School.
Bob was employed as a line mechanic for Malina Corporation in Womelsdorf from 1977-1985. He went on to work as a maintenance...
Ronald G. Browne
Apr 16, 2018
Ronald G. Browne, 83, died April 16, 2018, in his Temple residence.
His wife, Duraine M. (Sonsini) Browne, died on December 11, 2003. Ronald married his high school sweetheart and the love of his life on September 29, 1956.
He was a graduate of Reading High School in 1952; Kutztown State Teacher's College in 1961 and Temple University.
He was a U.S. Army...
Sara T. Jockel
Apr 15, 2018
In Memory of
Sara T. Jockel
Sara T. Jockel (Santa Tendra Giamo), 97, of Spring Township, closed her eyes and went to the Lord on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at Country Meadows of Wyomissing.
She was a member of St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church, Whitfield.
Sara was the wife of Harold P. Jockel, who passed away on March 22, 2015.
Born on March 26,...
Sidney M. Modesto
Apr 15, 2018
Sidney M. Modesto Jr., 39, of Reading, passed away April 15, 2018, in the Reading Hospital.
Born in New York City, NY, he was the son of Sidney M. Sr. and Marilyn (Modesto) Blum, Hartford, CT.
Sidney was employed by Age in Place Home Care, Hamburg as a home care aide and Viwinco Windows as a lead on the production .
He enjoyed...
Donald M. Wilson
Apr 13, 2018
Donald M. "Wink" Wilson, Jr., 64, of Temple, passed away peacefully in his residence after a lengthy illness on April 13, 2018.
He was the beloved husband of Maryann T. (Bumeder) Wilson. They were married in October of 1994.
Born in West Reading, he was the son of Donald M., Sr., and Norma M. (Kantner) Wilson.
Wink was a 1971 graduate of Muhlenberg...
Edmund Kurowski
Apr 12, 2018
Edmund Walter Kurowski, "Edgu," April 4, 1925-April 12, 2018 passed peacefully at home from this life to eternal life.
He was the loving husband of Bernice Gerlach Kurowski, and loving father and grandfather to his son Michael and his wife Monica; granddaughters Nicole Montgomery, wife of Sam and Kaitlyn Kurowski and her partner Jeff Barry.
Ed was pre-deceased by his first wife...
Cindy Lou Schaeffer
Apr 12, 2018
Cindy Lou (Bradford) Schaeffer, 57, Reading, passed away on April 11, 2018, in the Reading Hospital.
She was the loving wife of 26 years to Frank A. Schaeffer.
Born on February 26, 1961, in Bethlehem, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Barbara A.(Weierbach) Bradford.
Cindy received her Associates in Computer Science at R.A.C.C. She furthered her education at the age...
Robert C. Stewart
Apr 12, 2018
Robert C. Stewart, 78 of Windsor Township died April 12 th , 2018 in his residence. Robert was the husband of Mary Lou (Andrews) Stewart.  He was born in Windsor Township and was the son of the late Charles T. Stewart and Bertha (Benjamin) Stewart of Bern Township. Robert served his country as a United State Marine. He worked for...
Sallie Ann Skrocki
Apr 10, 2018
Sallie Ann (Jones) Skrocki, 66, passed away on Tuesday, April 10, at her home in Muhlenberg Township, surrounded by her loving family. She was the beloved wife of John S. Skrocki and they would have celebrated 45 years of marriage in August. She and John truly enjoyed traveling and together hiked in over 40 national parks.
Born June 24, 1951 in...
Geraldine R. Tennerella
Apr 10, 2018
Geraldine "Geri" R. Tennerella, 87, formerly of West Reading, passed away on April 10, 2018, in Columbia Cottage of Wyomissing.
Born on April 3, 1931, in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Salvatore and Magdaline "Ann" (Stralo) Tennerella . She is also predeceased by two sisters and a brother.
Geri graduated from Reading High School in 1948.
She was employed as...
Alicia Caceres
Apr 9, 2018
Alicia Caceres, 85, of Reading, PA peacefully passed away, Monday, April 9, 2018 at Reading Hospital. She is survived by her children, Alicia Hernandez; Angel L. (Susan) Gomez, both of Reading; Maria (Theodore) Knesek, Chicago; Roberto (Rebecca) Pichardo of York, PA; 9 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great grandchildren. She has one surviving sister, Milagros Perez, Reading.
Alicia was born in...
Roy F. Koppenhofer
Apr 9, 2018
Roy F. Koppenhofer, 79 of Wyomissing, died at Manor Care Sinking Spring on April 9, 2018. He was a patient there for two days.
Born in Garden City, N.Y., Roy was the son of Jacob and Dora (Steffens) Koppenhofer. He is survived by his wife Betty (Leslie-Weik) Koppenhofer. Roy was pre deceased by his first wife Ellen (Stubenvoll) Koppenhofer in October...
Joseph A. Spangler
Apr 9, 2018
Joseph A. Spangler, 79, of Millmont died on Monday, April 9 in Reading Hospital following a lengthy illness. Born April 29, 1938 in Reading, Joe was a son of the late Harrison and Julia (Marciniak) Spangler.
A Reading High School graduate, Joe served his nation valiantly in the US Army during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He will be buried with full...
June A. Yohn
Apr 8, 2018
June A. (Cummings) Yohn, 87, formerly of Kenhorst, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 8 in Berks Heim.
Born June 22, 1930 in Reading, June was a daughter of the late James and Violet (Eaches) Cummings.
June was the loving wife of Jardell W. Yohn, Sr., who passed in 2012. Family always came first for June, and she devoted her life to...
Patrick R. Westley
Apr 8, 2018
Patrick R. Westley, 61, passed away April 8, 2018, at his Brookhaven, PA residence.
Born in Reading, he was a son of Ann (Puwalski) Westley, Wyomissing and the late Ronald J. "Buck" Westley.
Patrick was a 1976 graduate of Holy Name High School, where he was a member of the varsity basketball team.
He was employed for over 40 years in Philadelphia by...
Elliott S. Barnett
Apr 6, 2018
Elliott S. Barnett, 77, passed away peacefully, on Friday, April 6, 2018, in The Reading Hospital.
He was the beloved husband of Gloria Luella (Ludwig) Barnett.
Born in Reading PA, Elliott was the son of the late Dr. Thomas and Natalie (Salas) Barnett.
He was a 1958 graduate of Reading High School.
Elliott was a member of The Wyomissing Church of the Brethren where...
Ann C. Hafer
Apr 5, 2018
Ann C. Hafer, 77 of Hamburg died April 5 th in St. Joseph's Hospital, Bern
Township. Â Â Â Â She was the wife of Charles J. Hafer to whom she was married for 55
years. Â Â Â Â Ann was born in Pottsville and was the daughter of the late Elmer and Marian R. (Cooper) Longhenry. Â Â Â Â Ann graduated from St. Clair High School in 1958 and was a...
Ethel Mae Blecher
Apr 4, 2018
Ethel Mae (Feltenberger) Blecher, 101, formerly of West Lawn, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 in her Phoebe Berks, Wernersville residence. Born November 1, 1916 in Reading, Ethel was a daughter of the late Monroe and Marie (Fretz) Feltenberger, and the loving wife of Donald Blecher, who passed in 2003. They truly celebrated 68 years of marriage together,...
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