Stuart T. Meck
Dec 5, 2011
Stuart T. Meck, 82 of Leesport died December 5th in St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Bern Township. He was the husband of Shirley L. (Kelly) Meck. Stuart was born in Hamburg and was the son of the late Alvin S. and Ida F. (Young) Meck. He worked for 22 years as an operating engineer for local 542, Philadelphia. He...
Harold R. Johnson
Dec 5, 2011
Harold R. "Scoot" Johnson, 68, Cumru Township, passed away December 5, 2011 at 10:40 a.m. in his home.
Born in Reading, PA, he was the son of the late Robert and Mary (Cooper) Johnson.
He was the husband of Jeanne L. (Hall) Johnson. They were married 41 years in Reading, PA.
He was a 1961 graduate of Reading High School where he played...
Dolores A. Graeff
Dec 4, 2011
Dolores A. (Kudleck) Graeff, 82, formerly of West Wyomissing, died December 4, 2011, in Manor Care, Sinking Spring.
Her husband, Charles H. Graeff, died November 30, 1998.
Born in West Reading, she was the daughter of the late Walter J. and Clara M. (Borinski) Kudleck.
She was a graduate of Hamburg High School in 1947 and St. Joseph School of Nursing in 1952.
Dolores...
Kenneth T. Fisher
Dec 4, 2011
Kenneth T. Fisher, 46, of Wyomissing, passed away unexpectedly on December 4, 2011, in Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
Born on April 9, 1965 in Reading, he was a son of Kenneth J., Sr. and Helen (Borelli) Fisher, Sinking Spring.
Surviving Ken is his devoted and loving wife Dina A. (Tirdell) Fisher, who just lost her beloved husband and best friend.
Ken is...
Dorothy M. Leiby
Dec 3, 2011
Dorothy M. Leiby, 84 of Albany Township died December 3rd in the Kutztown Manor, Kutztown. She was born in Tilden Township and was the daughter of the late Leon D. and Vesta M. (Richards) Becker. She was employed for many years by the Hamburg Knitting Mill as a machine operator. Dorothy was a member of Jacob's United Church of Christ,...
Peggy A. Schaeffer
Dec 3, 2011
Peggy Ann Schaeffer (Loehrig) died December 3, 2011 in The Reading Hospital and Medical Center. She had previously been a resident at Spruce Manor, West Reading.
She was the wife of William John Schaeffer, who died February 22, 2008 and the common-law wife of the late Charles Everett Benjamim.
Peggy was a woman who loved listening to oldies music and dancing to...
Lawrence J. Hracho
Dec 3, 2011
Lawrence J. Hracho, 63, died December 3, 2011 in his Exeter Township home, surrounded by his family and friends.
He was married on November 16, 1970 to the late Genevieve Sue Hracho.
Born on July 18, 1948, in Reading, he was the son of the late John and Margaret (Engelhart) Hracho.
He was a graduate of Central Catholic High School, The Pennsylvania State...
Tia Thi Nguyen
Dec 3, 2011
Tia Thi Nguyen, 87, of Wyomissing, died December 3, 2011 in Hershey Medical Center.
Her husband, Ba Van Le, died in 2004.
Born in Vietnam, she was a daughter of the late Thia Van Nguyen and Huan Thi Phung.
She is survived by her sons: Nga Van Le, husband of Lien Thi Lam, Wyomissing; Tony Le, husband of Nhon Hoai Thi Pham, Wyomissing...
Mary Ann Hartman
Dec 2, 2011
Mary Ann "Curly" Hartman, 68, of Richmond Township, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2011 in the St. Joseph Medical Center where she was a patient since November 22nd.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Marion and Mabel (Yoh) Berger.
She was employed as a Supervisor and Consultant for the former Parish Division – Dana Corporation, Reading for...
Donald R. Wasser
Dec 2, 2011
Donald R. Wasser, 87, formerly of West Reading, passed away December 2, 2011 in his Hummelstown residence. Survived by his wife of 63 years Matilda M. "Tillie" (Ciotti) Wasser.
Born in Reading, the son of the late Lucius and Eva (Wagner) Wasser, he was a 1942 graduate of Reading High School and a 1948 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, where...
Brian D. Yoder
Dec 2, 2011
Brian D. Yoder, 40, passed away unexpectedly, December 2, 2011, in his residence.
Born in West Reading, he was a son of Sharon A. (Whitmoyer) Gehret, wife of Rea, Denver, PA and James A. Yoder, husband of Kathleen, Reading.
He was a graduate of Governor Mifflin High School, Shillington and Gordon Phillips Beauty Academy, Reading.
Brian worked for Aramark, Inc. as the new...
Richard G. Grab
Dec 1, 2011
Richard G. Grab, 81, formerly of West Reading and Reading, died December 1, 2011 in Spruce Manor.
He was the husband of Ann R. (Rehr) Grab.
Born in West Reading, he was a son of the late William Grab and Mary (Schnabel) Kroener.
He was a sales manager for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, West Reading for 34 years, retiring in November, 1993.
Richard was...
Warren F. Schaefer
Dec 1, 2011
Warren Frederick Schaefer, 71, of Heidelberg Township, died December 1, 2011 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
He was the husband of Joan Ruth (Bigony) Schaefer, whom he married September 6, 1969.
Born in West Reading on November 12, 1940, he was a son of the late Carl G. Schaefer and Fern S. (Miller) Schaefer-Kruppenbach. Warren was also the stepson of...
Nicholas A. Shestok
Dec 1, 2011
Nicholas Andrew Shestok, 97, of Reading, died December 1, 2011 at 4:25 am in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
He was the husband of Marjorie Adele (Young) Shestok, who died June 2, 2000.
Born in Berwick, PA on January 19, 1914, he was a son of the late Peter and Anna (Meshinsky) Shestok.
Nicholas was a self employed Insurance Broker for 61...
Gladys L. Potzman
Dec 1, 2011
Gladys Lillian Potzman, 84, of Maxatawny Township, Berks County, died December 1, 2011 in the Hearthstone at Maidencreek, Berks County.
She was the wife of John James Potzman, who died February 15, 1994.
Born January 9, 1927 in her Albany Township residence, she was a daughter of the late William and Elsie (Mohn) Kamp.
She is survived by a daughter, Debra J. (Potzman),...
Margaret J. Ziats
Dec 1, 2011
Margaret J. (Dybalski) Ziats, 64, of West Reading, died December 1, 2011, in Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
She was the wife of Michael Ziats.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and S. Josephine (Flynn) Dybalski.
She was a 1965 graduate of Central Catholic High School.
Margaret was employed for the past 6 years as an emergency room telephone...
Blaine K. Trate
Nov 30, 2011
Blaine K. Trate, 86, died November 30, 2011, in his Temple, PA, home. He was born January 26, 1925, in Packerton, PA, and raised in Lehighton by his beloved aunt, Elva Freihofer, He moved to the Reading area as a teenager and graduated from Muhlenberg Township High School in 1943.
In July 1943, Blaine volunteered for the Army Airborne and went...
Ruth Elizabeth Liptak
Nov 29, 2011
Ruth Elizabeth Liptak, 97, formerly of Reading, died November 29, 2011, in Manor Care, Sinking Spring.
Her husband, William Stephen Liptak, died in 1974.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Adam and Gertrude (Greiss) Adam.
Ruth was a member of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Reading.
She was a devoted homemaker and role model for her family. She was an...
Thomas J. Mayernik
Nov 28, 2011
Thomas Joseph Mayernik, 85, passed away November 28, 2011 in his Sinking Spring residence, surrounded by his loving family.
He was the husband of Cathy J. (Froelich) Mayernik.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late John J. and Anna G. (Greytok) Mayernik.
He was a 1943 graduate of Reading High School.
He was a U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force veteran,...
Eileen V. Myers
Nov 27, 2011
Eileen Verona Myers, 66, died November 27, 2011 in her Reading residence.
She was the wife of Leroy Myers who died in 2009.
Born December 10, 1944 in St. Catherine, Jamaica, she was a daughter of Edna Verona (Howell) Mattis and the late Joscelyn Elijah Mattis.
Eileen was employed as a teacher for over 40 years, last working as a substitute teacher with...