Obituaries
Charles Edward Marsh
Mar 27, 2009
Charles "Chuck" Edward Marsh, 78, Kenhorst, died March 27, 2009 in Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
He was the husband of Esther F. (Magazzu) Marsh for 49 years.
Born in Sycamore, Illinois, he was a son of the late Elizabeth A. (Chapalonis) and Everett Wallace Marsh.
Chuck was employed by Carpenter Technology for 24 years, retiring in 1993.
He was a member of St....
Arthur C. Gaspari
Mar 26, 2009
Arthur Christopher Gaspari, 35, died March 26, 2009 in his Muhlenberg Township residence.
He was the husband of Danielle (Iaccarino) Gaspari, whom he married July 16, 2007.
Born in St. Joseph Hospital, Reading, PA on October 31, 1973, he was a son of Peter F. and Sharon L. (Seyler) Gaspari of Muhlenberg Township.
He was a 1991 graduate of Muhlenberg High School and...
Barry L. Degler
Mar 26, 2009
Barry Lee Degler, 72, of Spring Township, died of natural causes March 26, 2009 at 3:04 a.m. in his son Daniel's Spring Township residence.
He was the husband of Edith (Schnabel) Degler, Spring Township, whom he married May 14, 1960.
Born November 9, 1936 in Reading, he was a son of the late Richard L. and Clara A. (Riegel) Degler.
Barry was a...
Jessolene L. Henne
Mar 25, 2009
Jessolene Luella (Gauby) Henne, 71, died March 25, 2009 in her Maidencreek Township residence.
She was the wife of Wayne Milan Henne Jr., of Maidencreek Township.
Born in the Reading Hospital on October 26, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Lillian Sayatta (Brumbach) Gauby.
She was a 1955 graduate of Fleetwood High School.
Jessolene was employed 15 years as a...
Ralph N. Snideman
Mar 25, 2009
Ralph N. Snideman, 102, formerly of Hamburg, PA died March 25, 2009 in Community Hospice of Texas at Burleson. He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys (Johnson) Snideman, on April 24, 2000.
Born in Creed, CO, he was the son of the late Dora and Carrie (Lees) Snideman. He was a graduate of Shelton Academy, in Platte Valley, Nebraska...
Sarah Nerino
Mar 22, 2009
Sarah E. Nerino, 47, Virginia Beach, VA, and formerly of West Reading and Marshall's Creek, PA, died Sunday, March 22, 2009, at the Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse, Philadelphia, after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer.
She was the wife of Michael P. Nerino, a retired U.S. Coast Guard commander and currently an assistant professor of computer information systems at Alvernia University....
Elizabeth S. Sponagle
Mar 22, 2009
Elizabeth Seidel (Rapp) "Betty" Sponagle, 96, died March 22, 2009 at 3:50 am in her Phoebe Berks Village residence.
She was married in 1963 to the late Alvin W. Sponagle, who died in December 1997.
Born September 26, 1912 in her Reading home, she was a daughter of the late Herbert M. Sr. and Helen (Seidel) Rapp.
She was a graduate of Reading...
Kenneth J. Betz
Mar 22, 2009
Kenneth J. Betz, 91, formerly of Wyomissing, died March 22, 2009 at 5:50 p.m. in ManorCare, Spring Township.
He was the husband of the late Vera R.A. (Angstadt) Betz who died November 12, 2003.
Born February 18, 1918 in Reading, he was a son of the late Charles E. and Mary M. (Manderbach) Betz.
Kenneth was a 1935 graduate of Reading High School...
Marie A. Rowley
Mar 22, 2009
Marie Agnes (Gleeson) Rowley, 77, of Berks Heim, Bern Township and formerly of Temple, died March 22, 2009 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
She was married May 6, 1950 in the Resurrection of Our Lord Catholic Church to the late Joseph Patrick Rowley, Sr., who died January 17, 1970.
Born August 15, 1931 in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter...
William John Lucas
Mar 20, 2009
William John Lucas, 68, of Wyomissing, died March 20, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Emergency Room at the Reading Hospital.
He was the husband of Linda A. (Huyett) Lucas, whom he married January 16, 1982.
Born July 28, 1940 in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, he was a son of the late Anthony F. and Julia D. (Fox) Lucas.
William was a 1958 graduate...
Pauline A. Stanhope
Mar 19, 2009
Pauline A. (Farina) Stanhope, 45, went to be in the Lord on March 19, 2009 in her Pottstown residence surrounded by her loving family.
She was the wife of David L. Stanhope, to whom she married on September 6, 2008.
Born on April 3, 1963 in Allentown, she was a daughter of Anthony G. and Theresa M. (Loeper) Farina, Cumru Township.
She was...
Lena K. Eyrich
Mar 18, 2009
Lena K. Eyrich, 95, of Oley, passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2009 at 11:19 pm in the Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, where she was a patient for 1 day.
Her husband, Elmer H. Eyrich, passed away on May 27, 1995.
Born in Pottstown, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Kessler) Yanos.
She and her husband were longtime operators...
Timothy C. Tulley
Mar 18, 2009
Timothy C. Tulley, 55 of Reading, passed away March 18, 2009 in St. Joseph's Hospital.
Born in Phoenixville, he was a son of Charles M. "Babe" Tulley, Reading and the late Madeleine R. (Beresford) Tulley.
He was a 1971 graduate of Central Catholic High School where he also was on the high school varsity baseball team.
Timothy was a member of St. Joseph's...
Miriam M. Moyer
Mar 15, 2009
Miriam M. Moyer, 95, formerly of Reading, passed away March 15, 2009 in Berks Heim.
Her husband James H. Moyer died February 9, 2007.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late James Porter and Nora (Edris) Porter.
She was a member of Grace Alsace United Church of Christ.
She is survived by her son, James T., husband of Phoebe Moyer, Reading,...
Anthony S. Calabria
Mar 14, 2009
Anthony S. Calabria, 89, formerly of Wyomissing, died March 14, 2009 in Meadow Lakes, East Windsor, NJ.
His wife, Frances M. (Musco) Calabria, died February 9, 2008.
Born in Clearfield, PA, he was a son of the late Nicholas and Nancy (Butto) Calabria.
He was a graduate of St. Peter's High School, Reading. Later, he served in the US Navy during both WW...
Janet P. Krick Snyder
Mar 14, 2009
Janet P. Krick Snyder, 80 of Muhlenberg Township, passed away of natural causes on Saturday, March 14, 2009.
Born in Frocester, Gloucestershire, England, she was a daughter of the late James and Emily (Compton) Hillman.
She was employed in sales for Boscov's Department Store, Fairgrounds Square Mall, retiring in 2000.
Janet was a member of Church of the Nazarene, Muhlenberg, Township.
Survivors include her...
Diana Leena Thompson
Mar 14, 2009
Diana Leena Thompson, 25, of Reading, died March 14, 2009 in Reading Hospital surrounded by her loving family and friends.
Born in Los Angeles, CA, she was a daughter of Keith A. Thompson, in Johannesburg, South Africa and Nawal R. (Al Ghais) Thompson, Denver, CO.
She was a graduate of Governor Mifflin High School and attended Reading Hospital School of Nursing.
Diana was...
John R. Knockstead
Mar 13, 2009
John R. Knockstead, 73, Muhlenberg Township, died March 13, 2009 in Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
He was the husband of Kathleen A. (Cleary) Knockstead for 49 years.
Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Mary L. (Werner) and Robert Knockstead.
John was employed by ACME Markets for 42 years, retiring in 1994.
In addition to his wife he is survived...
Betty Lou Eckert
Mar 10, 2009
Betty Lou Eckert, 82, of Blandon, died March 10, 2009 in St. Joseph Medical Center.
Born February 26, 1927 in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Irvin E. and Alice (Schwartz) Gring.
She was a graduate of Reading High School and held a certificate as a Practical Nurse.
Betty loved fishing and boating.
She was employed by Hamburg State and School Hospital...
Carl A. Boldt
Mar 9, 2009
Carl A. Boldt, 78, of Cumru Township, died March 9, 2009, in St. Joseph Medical Center.
Born August 23, 1929 in Reading, he was a son of the late Robert C. and Kathryn A. (Steigerwalt) Boldt.
Carl was a graduate of Reading High School. He also attended Penn State University. He was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and then...
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