Obituaries
Patricia R. Jablonski
Sep 3, 2015
Patricia R. (Owens) Jablonski, 78, of Cumru Township, passed away September 3, 2015 at Reading Hospital.
She was the wife of Edward T. Jablonski.
Born in West Wyomissing, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Katherine (Way) Owens.
She was a 1955 graduate of Wilson High School.
Patricia was secretary for 16 years in the admissions office at Alvernia University, retiring in...
Ellsworth P. Glass
Sep 3, 2015
Ellsworth P. (Ed) Glass, 70, of Spring Township, passed away September 3, 2015, at Reading Hospital.
He was the husband of Kathleen L. (Linderman) Glass; they were married for 52 years.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Amos J. and Mary I. (Santoro) Glass.
He was a 1963 graduate of Wilson High School.
Ed was a member of Sacred Heart...
Alexander J. Neal
Sep 1, 2015
Alexander J. Neal, 88, passed away September 1, 2015 in Manor Care, Sinking Spring.
Born in Lucca, Italy, he was the son of the late Elbert and Albertina (Bernardini) Neal.
Alexander was a U.S. Army veteran.
He worked as a margin clerk on Wall Street first working for Laird then later at American Express.
After retiring, he pursued his love of painting especially water...
Thomas L. Hafer
Aug 31, 2015
Thomas L. Hafer, 47, was called home on August 31, 2015, after a courageous ten month battle with a rare bile duct cancer, in his Douglassville residence.
He was the husband of Kathleen (Conrad) Hafer, whom he married February 5, 1993.
Born in Reading, he was a son of Earl Hafer, Douglassville and the late Joan (Reed) Hafer.
He was a 1986 graduate...
Louise I. Allen
Aug 31, 2015
Louise I. "Bobbi" Allen, 90, formerly of Mohrsville died in Reading Hospital & Medical Center, August 31st, 2015, surrounded by her loving family. Two husbands, Arlan G. Yerger on November 22, 1967 and Bernard Allen preceded her in death on August 26, 1984. "Bobbi" was born in Sugar Hollow, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Frank S. and...
Dorothy G. Kegerise
Aug 29, 2015
Dorothy G. Kegerise, 89, formerly of Kenhorst, passed away August 29, 2015, in Manor Care Sinking Spring.
Her husband, Paul C. Kegerise, passed away November 17, 2005.
Born in Huntington, she was a daughter of the late Marshall and Madeline (Smith) Simpson.
Dorothy graduated from Shillington High School in 1944.
She was employed by Sears for twelve years and later worked for Wachovia Bank...
Herbert J. Rausch
Aug 28, 2015
Herbert J. Rausch, 83, of Hamburg died August 28th in his home surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Ruth M. (Epting) Rausch to whom he was married nearly 53 years. Herbert was born in Windsor Township and was the son of the late Samuel and Mamie (Mengel) Rausch. He was peacetime U.S. Navy veteran. Herbert drove...
Aldo Ciotti
Aug 24, 2015
Aldo Ciotti, 88, died on August 24, 2015, in his home.
Born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, he was the son of the late Guido and Domenica (Batista) Ciotti. Aldo was a resident of Spring Township for the past 48 years and a member of St. Ignatius Loyola Church, Whitfield. He was predeceased by his wife, Mary A. (Flowers) Ciotti who died...
John Morgan Nees
Aug 23, 2015
John Morgan Nees, Sr., 91, of Wyomissing, passed away August 23, 2015 at the Mifflin Center.
He was the loving husband of Christine (Costello) Nees for 65 years.
Born in Pittsburgh, he was the son of the late Chalmer C. and Belle (Morgan) Nees.
He was a 1946 graduate of Purdue University with a degree in Metallurgical Engineering and was associated with the...
Emily M. Balthaser
Aug 23, 2015
Emily M. Balthaser, 85 of Hamburg died in The Reading Hospital & Medical Center Sunday evening, August 23, 2015. Her husbands, Wilbur D. Bailey on June 4, 1961 and Harold C. Balthaser, February 27, 2013, predeceased her. Emily was born in Shoemakersville and was the daughter of the late John W. and Mary L. (Adam) Sonon. Emily was a 1947...
Raymond W. Rader
Aug 21, 2015
Raymond W. Rader, 85 of Sinking Spring, passed away August 21st at Manor Care Sinking Spring.
He was predeceased by his first wife of 28 years, Virginia Orrs and his second wife of 25 years, Madeline Stanislaw whom he called his little angels.
Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Raymond F. and Ethel (Reinohle) Rader.
Raymond was an Army...
Mary Ellen Brown
Aug 20, 2015
Mary Ellen Brown, 82, of Shillington, passed away on August 20, 2015, in her daughter's residence.
Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Willard E. and Mary (Hilgert) Oplinger.
Mary Ellen was a 1950 graduate of Wyomissing High School.
She was a claims processor for Teamsters Health & Welfare Fund Local 429 retiring in 1990.
Mary Ellen is survived by her...
Rose S. Seelig
Aug 18, 2015
Rose S. Seelig, 91, formerly of Country Meadows and Wyomissing HIlls, passed away on August 18, 2015, in Oak Leaf Manor North, Landisville.
She was the widow of Oliver N. Seeling.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Anthony and Mary (Grudza) Woytko.
Rose was a graduate of Reading Catholic High School.
She was employed by the former Narrow Fabric for...
Mark D. Minot
Aug 18, 2015
Mark D. Minot, 46, Reading, passed away August 18, 2015 in the Reading Hospital.
Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Francis Minot and Margaret B. Boehmler, Cumru Township.
Mark was employed by Boscov's in the Loss Prevention and Security Department.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his siblings, Marianne Strunk, Lisa Marnet, Monica Canelliere, Joseph Minot...
Robert C. Schwenker
Aug 18, 2015
Robert C. "Bob" Schwenker, 91 of Shillington, passed away August 18, 2015.
He was the husband of the late Jane Ann (Aebli) Schwenker who died June 2014.
Born in Scranton, he was the son of the late Fred and Charlotte (Graf) Schwenker.
Bob was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II.
He was a manager at Eugene Jacobs Clothier from 1970 to 1990...
Margaret A. Koch
Aug 16, 2015
Margaret A. Koch, 71, passed away August 16, 2015 at the Reading Hospital.
Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late William and Edith Huber.
Her husband, Donald R. Koch, died in 2008.
Margaret was formerly employed by Baldwin Brass and more recently by R.M. Palmer Corporation.
She is survived by her children: Sharon, wife of Irvin Gorey, Schuylkill Haven; April Koch,...
Mildred M. Common
Aug 16, 2015
Mildred M. (Miller) Common, 95, of Wernersville, passed away August 16, 2015, at the Reading Hospital. She formerly resided in Spring Crest Court in Springmont.
She was the widow of Theodore B. Common.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of the late Samuel J. and Mildred (Cope) Miller.
She was a 1938 graduate of Myers High School, Wilkes-Barre.
Mildred was also a member...
Amelia G. Davies
Aug 16, 2015
Amelia G. "Millie" Davies, 95, of Wernersville, passed away August 16, 2015 in the Health Care Center of the Phoebe Berks Village where she resided since 2007.
The wife of the late William T. Davies, who passed away in August 1996, and the daughter of the late Edna M. and George P. Kleitz, she was born in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County...
Raymond J. Jackson
Aug 16, 2015
Raymond J. Jackson, 69, of Shillington, passed away peacefully on August 16, 2015.
He was the loving husband of 47 years to Carol A. (Graul) Jackson.
Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Willard and Margaret (Dukay) Jackson.
He was a graduate of Reading High School in 1963 and the Reading Business Institute in 1965.
Raymond proudly served in the U.S....
Peter Nicolls Goetz
Aug 16, 2015
Peter Nicolls Goetz, 73, died Sunday, August 16th at Fox Meadow Farm, his home for more than 50 years. Born in West Reading on December 23rd, 1941, he was the son of the late Ferdinand Karl "Bud" Goetz and Anne Hall Nicolls Goetz and brother of the late Robin Hiester Najarian. He is survived by his loving wife of 50...
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