Obituaries

Richard J. Beam

Richard J. Beam

Oct 20, 2007

Richard J. Beam, 70, of Spring Twp., died October 20, 2007 while on a hunting trip in Colorado.

He was the husband of Loraine M. (Addesso) Beam.

Born in Palmyra, he was the son of Stella (Mikoni) Beam, Lebanon and the late Nevin Beam.

He was an electronics technician for 39 years at the former Western Electric and retired from Agere in 2002.

Richard...

Frederick L. Reicheneder

Frederick L. Reicheneder

Oct 19, 2007

Frederick Lawrence Reicheneder, Jr., 82, of Muhlenberg Township, died October 19, 2007 in the Reading Hospital, where he had been since October 2, 2007.

He was married for 60 years to the late Betty Jane (Dunlap) Reicheneder, who died January 2, 2007.

Born in West Reading on May 22, 1925, he was a son of the late Frederick L. Sr. and Marie...

Pasha Beamesderfer

Pasha Beamesderfer

Oct 18, 2007

Pasha Beamesderfer, of Hershey Pennsylvania, passed away Thursday, October 18th. She was the daughter of the late, Rev. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Beamesderfer. Pasha was a graduate of Central Dauphin East High School, Harrisburg Pa and the Barbizon School of Modeling, New York City. She held positions as an administrative assistant for the British Broadcasting Company in London, England and...

Virginia E. Born

Virginia E. Born

Oct 18, 2007

Virginia Elizabeth (Barnett) Born, 81, of Robeson Township, died on October 18, 2007 in St. Joseph Medical Center where she had been a patient since October 17.

She was the widow of Lawrence I. Born who died, March 3, 1983.

Born on November 8, 1925 in Parkersburg, WV, she was a daughter to the late George and Lillian (Grim) Barnett.

Virginia graduated from...

Lawrence D. Gaston

Lawrence D. Gaston

Oct 17, 2007

Lawrence D. "Rusty" Gaston, Jr., 62, of Germantown, MD died October 17, 2007 in Springfield, Virginia.

Born on October 5, 1945 he was a son of the late Lawrence D., Sr. and Mabel (Wooton) Gaston.

Lawrence was a 1963 graduate of Muhlenberg High School and a 1969 graduate of Albright College.

He was employed by the Accounting office at the U.S. Government Accountability...

Mary Kauffman

Mary Kauffman

Oct 17, 2007

Mary (Carrozza) Kauffman, 95, of Crestwood, Exeter Township, died October 17, 2007 in Berks Heim, Bern Township, where she had been a patient for one month.

She was the widow of C. Lloyd Kauffman, who died January 22, 1977.

Born August 12, 1912 in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Pasquale and Theresa (Lia) Carrozza.

She was a member of St....

Jason J. Moyer

Jason J. Moyer

Oct 16, 2007

Jason James Ramer Moyer, 32, died October 16, 2007 in his Reading residence.

Born in Minneapolis, MN, he was the son of Guy W. and Vicki L. (Ramer) Moyer, West Lawn.

He was a graduate of Wilson High School in 1994.

Jay was an electrician for Blatt and Zafferty, St. Lawrence and was most recently a landscaper for Kohl's Landscaping, Leesport, last working...

Joni C. Lavigna

Joni C. Lavigna

Oct 16, 2007

Joni Colette Lavigna, 52, of Reading, died October 16, 2007 at 11:37 am in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.

She was the fiancé of William Brian Cullen, with whom she resided.

Born July 18, 1955 in West Reading, she was a daughter of Arlene (Hermansader) Resch of Reading and the late Anthony Lavigna, Jr.

She was a 1973 graduate of Reading High...

Vincent P. Bryniarski

Vincent P. Bryniarski

Oct 16, 2007

Vincent Paul Bryniarski, 64, died on October 16, 2007 at 7:09 a.m. in his Reading residence.

He was the husband of Beverly J. (Rentschler) Bryniarski, whom he married on April 27, 1974.

Born in Reading on May 30, 1943, Vincent was the son to the late Mr. Otool and Mary Bryniarski.

He most recently was employed as a machinist by Construction Fasteners, Wyomissing,...

Wilma K. Kunsman

Wilma K. Kunsman

Oct 15, 2007

Wilma Kathryn (Balthaser) Kunsman, 92, of Muhlenberg Township, died October 15, 2007 at 12:05 pm in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center, where she was a patient since October 11, 2007.

She was married May 13, 1939 to the late Winfield George Kunsman, who died December 10, 2005.

Born in Centre Township, PA., on March 1, 1915, she was a daughter of...

Henry P. Scott

Henry P. Scott

Oct 14, 2007

Henry Paul Scott, 66, of Reading, died October 14, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. in St. Joseph's Medical Center where he had been a patient for one week.

Born in Reading, on January 22, 1941, he was a son to the late Henry T. and Marjorie (Weaks) Scott.

Henry was a graduate of Inter-Lakes High School, Meredith, NH, in 1958. He went on...

Joan A. Koprowski

Joan A. Koprowski

Oct 14, 2007

Joan Ann (DeGreen) Koprowski, 69, of Muhlenberg Township, died October 14, 2007 at 5:55 pm in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center, where she had been a patient since October 2nd.

She was married October 27, 1957 to Wilfrid John Koprowski. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this year.

Born in Pottstown, PA., on May 23, 1938, she was a daughter of...

Teresa L. Price

Teresa L. Price

Oct 14, 2007

Teresa Louise (Weaver) Price, 40, of Hamburg passed away on October 14, 2007 in her residence surrounded by her loving family.

She was the fiance to Cory A. Schell, Hamburg.

Born in Reading, on January 20, 1967, Teresa was a daughter to Geraldine S. (Nagle) Weaver of Exeter Township and the late Robert E. Weaver.

She was a graduate of Exeter High School...

Joseph R. Dusko

Joseph R. Dusko

Oct 14, 2007

Joseph R. Dusko, 66, of Reading died October 14, 2007 in St. Joseph's Hospital.

Born in Pottstown, he was a son of the late John and Florence M. (Schwoyer) Dusko.

He is survived by one son, two daughters, one brother, John husband of Anne Dusko, West Lawn and one grandson.

Services will be private. Burial will be in St. Aloysius Church Cemetery, Pottstown....

Woodrow Reichert

Woodrow Reichert

Oct 14, 2007

Woodrow Reichert, 85, of Temple, passed away on October 14, 2007 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.

He was the husband of Jean C. (Yeager) Reichert whom he married on September 8, 1943.

Born in Schuylkill Haven on January 24, 1922, Woodrow was a son to the late John and Elsie (Alspach) Reichert.

He was employed as a mechanic by Firestone Tire...

Morris Giudici

Morris Giudici

Oct 13, 2007

Morris Giudici, 78, of West Lawn, died in the presence of his loving family on October 13, 2007 in the Reading Hospital.

He was the loving husband of Virginia E. (Gicker) Giudici.

Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Secondo and Margaret (Delcollo) Giudici.

He was employed by Polymer Corp, Reading for 29 years until his retirement.

Morris was a member...

Joseph A. Kircher

Joseph A. Kircher

Oct 13, 2007

Joseph Anthony Kircher, Jr., 63, died October 13, 2007 at 11:25 pm in his Muhlenberg Township residence.

Born November 8, 1943 in West Reading, he was a son of the late Joseph A. Sr., and Elsie Alice (Schmeck) Kircher.

He was a 1961 graduate of Muhlenberg High School.

Joseph was employed a number of years with Met-Ed, Muhlenberg Township, until his retirement.

He was...

Jeri K. Devlin

Jeri K. Devlin

Oct 13, 2007

Jeri K. Devlin, 76, Exeter Township, died October 12, 2007 in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.

She was the wife of Martin E. Devlin.

Born in Marion, IN, she was the daughter of the late Hugo and Harriet Kuester. She received her bachelor's degree in Education from Western New Mexico University, her master's and doctorate in Special Education from the University...

Leonora F. Guthrie

Leonora F. Guthrie

Oct 13, 2007

Leonora F. Guthrie, 90, died October 13, 2007 in her Shillington residence.

She was the wife of Mark R. Guthrie, Sr.

Born in Sunbury, she was a daughter of the late Leon and Clara (Whitty) Spotts.

She began her teaching career at Muhlenberg High School as a business teacher and later taught for 10 years for Tulpehocken High School until her retirement.

Leonora was...

Elizabeth L. Mcdonald

Elizabeth L. Mcdonald

Oct 12, 2007

Elizabeth L. "Betty" McDonald, 75, of Reading, died October 12, 2007 in Reading Hospital, where she had been for two days after a lengthy illness.

She was the wife of Francis L. McDonald whom she married on October 11, 1969 by Msgr. Richard Loeper and the late Fr. Frederick Loeper.

Born in Reading on June 12, 1932, she was a daughter of...