Obituaries
Louise M. Biscanti
Sep 8, 2010
Louise M. Biscanti, died September 8, 2010 in Reading Hospital.
She was the widow of Vincent Biscanti.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Matthew and Mary (Berg) Martin.
She was a graduate of Reading High School and Reading Area Community College.
Louise was a Pediatric LPN for 25 years at St. Joseph's Hospital.
She was a member of St. Anthony of...
Shirley Mary Hornberger
Sep 7, 2010
Shirley Mary Hornberger, 74, of Shillington, died September 7, 2010 in Topton Lutheran Home, Longswamp Township.
She was the wife of William Gilbert Hornberger, Sr., who died September 5, 1957.
Born January 27, 1936 in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Alfred A. and Edna (Brown) Eckenrod.
Shirley was a graduate of Reading High School and McCann School of Business.
She was...
Kathleen Ann Cranos
Sep 7, 2010
Kathleen Ann Cranos, 68, of Exeter Township, died September 7, 2010 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
Her husband, David P. Cranos, died August 28, 2007.
Born in West Reading, she was the daughter of Betty V. (Hahn) Dwyer, West Reading and the late Thomas G. Dwyer.
She was a 1960 graduate of West Reading H.S. and a 1987 graduate of Kutztown...
Dora K. Knauer
Sep 6, 2010
Dora K. Knauer, 86, of the Lutheran Home at Topton and formerly of Bernville, died September 6, 2010 in St. Joseph Hospital.
Her husband William K. Knauer died July 15, 2003.
Born in Rock, PA, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Esther (Werdt) Krammes.
Dora was a graduate of Pine Grove High School.
She is survived by four children, Rick, husband...
Catherine M. Pauley
Sep 6, 2010
Catherine Marie (Denscheilman) Pauley, 82, formerly of Mount Penn, died September 6, 2010 in her daughter's Muhlenberg Township residence.
She was the wife of the late Gerald Edward Pauley, who died November 24, 1986.
Born in Reading, PA on March 1, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Elwood L. and Helen R. (Mumma) Denscheilman.
She was a 1945 graduate of Reading...
Jean Bertolet
Sep 6, 2010
Jean Bertolet, 83, passed away Monday, September 6th at 4:44 in the morning. His final days were spent at The Abington Hospice Center in Warminster, PA surrounded by family, peaceful and loved.
"JB" was born in 1927 to John L. and Katharine (Green) Bertolet. He was raised in Wyomissing Hills where he lived until joining the navy, at 17-years-old during WWII....
Martha H. Ireland
Sep 6, 2010
Martha H. Ireland, 98, of Wyomissing, died September 6, 2010.
She was the widow of Frederick L. Ireland.
Born in Exeter Twp., she was the daughter of the late Samuel F. and Amelia (Rothermel) Happel.
She was a graduate of Shippensburg University.
Mrs. Ireland was a member of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, West Reading, where she was also an elementary school teacher for...
Frank D. Kersikoski
Sep 6, 2010
Frank D. Kersikoski, 63, of Muhlenberg Twp., died September 6, 2010 in Reading Hospital, surrounded by his loving family.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Alfred Kersikoski and Catherine (Schweitzer) Fleischer.
He was a graduate of Central Catholic High School in 1964.
Frank was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving on the submarines: USS Skate and USS Cavalla.
He...
Ralston E. Hummel
Sep 5, 2010
Ralston E. "Rollie" Hummel, 81, died September 5, 2010 in his Wyomissing residence.
He was the husband of Dorothy C. (Hurst) Hummel.
Born in Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Raymond E. and Lettie L. (Seidle) Hummel.
He was a 1947 graduate of Reading High School, where he played on the varsity football and basketball teams in 1946 and 1947. He...
James R. Amole
Sep 4, 2010
James R. Amole, 62, of West Reading, died September 4, 2010 in the Reading Hospital.
Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Luther (Red) and Antoinette (Toni), nee Palumbo, Amole.
Jim was a quadriplegic since injured in a motorcycle accident in 1970. In 1984, he was presented the Handicapped Awareness Award from Threshold Rehabilitation Services for his volunteer efforts....
Allen E. Folk
Sep 3, 2010
Allen Eugene Folk, 85, of Alsace Township died September 3, 2010 in Reading Hospital.
He was the husband of Gloria Faust (Goodwin) Folk whom he married June 28, 1952.
Born February 19, 1925 in Reading, he was a son of the late James M. and Annie A. (Haines) Folk.
Allen was a WWII veteran, serving in the U.S. Army. He was assigned to...
Mildred B. Barskey Ziegler
Sep 3, 2010
Mildred Blanche (Derr) Barskey Ziegler, 85, formerly of Laureldale, died September 3, 2010 in ManorCare, Muhlenberg Township.
She was the wife of Albert Eugene Barskey, Jr., who died April 5, 1956 and Bentley Lowell Ziegler, who died March 20, 1975.
Born October 2, 1924 in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Claude E. and Alice (Ross) Derr.
Mildred was employed as...
Blanche D. Wagenhurst
Sep 1, 2010
Blanche D. "Nanny Blanche" Wagenhurst, 92, of Fleetwood, passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2010, in Kutztown Manor, where she had resided for the past eight months. She would have been 93 on September 2.
Born in Barto, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Alda (Barto) Scheidt, and the wife of the late Mahlon Wagenhurst, who passed away January...
Franklin P. Kalbach
Aug 31, 2010
Franklin P. "Butch" Kalbach, 70 of Hamburg died August 31, 2010 in the Laurel Center, Tilden Township. He was the husband of Nancy L. (Seaman) Kalbach of Hamburg. Butch was born in Reading and was the son of the late James H. and Jane F. (Smith) Kalbach. He was employed by Reading Tube as a laborer for 30 years retiring...
Robert A. Bickel
Aug 29, 2010
Mr. Bickel was born on April 15, 1928 and passed away on Sunday, August 29, 2010.
Mr. Bickel was last known to be living in Durham, North Carolina.
He graduated from high school in 1946. Mr. Bickel was awarded a football scholarship to attend Duke University from 1948-1952 where he graduated with a BA degree.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he...
Florence Maria Beebe
Aug 29, 2010
Florence Maria Beebe, 91, formerly of Temple, died August 29, 2010 in Mililani, HI.
She was the wife of the Blaine C. Beebe who died December 21, 2004.
Born September 9, 1919 in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Pearl Josephine (Trudnowska) Guldin.
Florence was a graduate of Reading High School.
Surviving are four sons, Blaine J., husband of Gail...
Paul Miseyko
Aug 29, 2010
Paul Miseyko, 81, of Muhlenberg Township, died August 29, 2010 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
He was the husband of Grace M. (Schwab) Miseyko.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Nicholas and Mary (Terenchin) Miseyko.
Paul was a 1947 graduate of Reading High School.
He was employed as a factory worker for Prizer Painter Stoves, Brown Trailers, Clark...
G. Bradley Plunkett
Aug 27, 2010
G. Bradley Plunkett, 76, died August 27, 2010 in his Wyomissing residence, surrounded by his loving family.
He was the husband of Susan J. (Hill) Plunkett.
Born in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late Barry J. and Dorothy (Vondersmith) Plunkett.
He was a 1952 graduate of Bel Air High School, MD and attended University of Maryland and Alvernia University.
Brad was...
Antoinette V. Amole
Aug 26, 2010
Antoinette V. "Toni" Amole, 86, of West Reading, died August 26, 2010 in Reading Hospital.
Her husband Luther W. "Red" Amole died May 26, 1982.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Nunzio and Veronica (Fecera) Palumbo.
She was a graduate of Reading Catholic High School.
Toni was employed for many years by Hardesty Quintner. She later worked for VF Factory...
Christopher George Krause
Aug 25, 2010
Christopher George Krause, 34, of Fleetwood, passed away Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at St. Joseph Hospital where he had been a patient since August 2.
Born in Lansdale, he was the son of Michael and Georgene Gransback Krause of Fleetwood.
He was employed as a security officer by Vanity Fair, last working in July. He previously worked for Brook Ledge in Oley...
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