Rose M. Gontarchick
Apr 25, 2006
Rose M. Gontarchick, 82, died April 25 at 6:14 a.m. in her West Wyomissing residence.
She was the wife of Joseph Gontarchick.
Born in St. Clair, Schuylkill County, she was the daughter of the late Martin and Elizabeth Chisick.
She was employed as a salesperson for Boscov's West for 15 years retiring in 1975.
Gontarchick was a member of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church,...
John J. Seghetti
Apr 25, 2006
John J. Seghetti, 93, of Shillington, died April 25 at 7:35 a.m. in ManorCare, Sinking Spring where he had been since April 22.
His wife Edith I. (Rutolo) Seghetti died on July 30, 2000.
Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Luigi and Giulia (Bachetti) Seghetti.
He was first employed by Reading Maid Knitting Mills, then B and B Hosiery,...
George W. Hampele
Apr 24, 2006
George Washington Hampele, 85, formerly of Spring Township, died of natural causes April 24th at 11:45pm in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center, where he had been since April 12th.
He was taken there from ManorCare Health Services, Spring Township, where he had been since January 24th.
Hampele was the husband of Marie Helen (Amrhein) Hampele, a resident at ManorCare Health Services,...
Pauline C. Snyder
Apr 24, 2006
Pauline C. Snyder, 80, of West Reading, died of natural causes on April 24th at her residence.
She was the wife of Verne F. Snyder of West Reading.
Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Edna (Christman) Dautrich.
She graduated from Mount Penn High School in 1933.
Snyder worked as a technician for AT & T, Reading, for 23...
Linda M. Rider
Apr 24, 2006
Linda M. Rider, owner of an Exeter Township business, died of natural causes May 1 at 12:45 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since April 24.
Rider, 62, Exeter Township, was the wife of John A. Rider.
She was the owner of Walnut Springs Farm Gift Baskets, Exeter Township, since 2002.
Born in Pottstown, she was a daughter of...
Ethel M. Fallon
Apr 24, 2006
Ethel M. (Wells) Fallon, 89, formerly of Fleetwood and Temple, died of natural causes April 28th at 2:12am in the Mifflin Center, Cumru Township, where she had been since March 28th.
She was taken there from Mifflin Court, Cumru Township, where she had resided since March 2001.
Fallon was the widow of Howard E. Strause, who died in 1965.
Born in Mohrsville, she...
Gwendolyn B. Roche
Apr 24, 2006
Gwendolyn B. Roche, 63, Wyomissing, died of natural causes April 24 in Phoebe Berks Health Care Center Inc., Wernersville, where she had resided since Jan. 3.
She was the wife of John R. Roche.
Born in New Haven, Conn., she was a daughter of Helen (Fraser) Benoit, Vernon, Conn., and the late Frank Benoit.
Roche was employed for 25 years as a soft...
Virginia T. Hain
Apr 23, 2006
Virginia T. Hain, 90, formerly of Muhlenberg Park and of Mifflin Court died April 23 at 6:20 a.m. in Mifflin Center, where she had been since January 20, 2006.
Her husband Carl R. Hain died May 5, 1996.
Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Addison and Florence (Emes) Kinsey.
She was the co-owner and co-operator, with her husband, of...
Jane N. Frymoyer
Apr 22, 2006
Jane N. Frymoyer, 86, Reading, died April 22 in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient one day.
Her husband, John H. Frymoyer, died Nov. 14, 1984.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Adam and Naomi (Rauenzahn) Weiler.
Frymoyer was employed for 25 years as a clerk in the intensive care unit by Community General Hospital,...
Robert W. Epler
Apr 22, 2006
Robert W. Epler, 87, a resident of Phoebe Berks, Wernersville formerly of Mohnton, died April 22 at 10:58 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had a patient for 10 days.
His wife Gladys L. (Lutz) Epler died September 17, 1999; they were married for 51 years.
Born in Berkshire Heights, he was the son of the late Charles S. and Jennie V....
Lloyd H. Riegel
Apr 22, 2006
Lloyd H. Riegel, 87, of Reading died April 22 at 4 a.m. in Reading Hospital where he had been for one month.
He was the husband of Anna M.(O'Neill) Riegel.
Born in Grill, he was the son of the late Henry and Mabel (White) Riegel.
He was employed for 38 years at Parish Structural Products Division of Dana Corporation, Reading last working as...
Clair L. Schwartz
Apr 21, 2006
Clair L. "Dutch" Schwartz, 69, West Reading, died April 21 at 1:05 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since April 20.
He was the husband of Gloria A. (Ciervo) Schwartz.
Born in Shillington, he was a son of the late Carl and Agnes (Robinski) Schwartz.
Schwartz had been employed for 42 years as a carpenter by Frank Atamare Co.,...
Raquel Carrero
Apr 21, 2006
Raquel Carrero, 30, formerly of Blandon, died April 21 at 10:40 p.m. in Spruce Manor where she had been for 10 years.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of Manuel A. and Isabel M. (Feliciano) Carrero, Blandon.
She was previously employed as a machine operator at Campbell's Fresh, Maidencreek Twp. last working in June of 1996.
Carrero was a Fleetwood High...
Warren E. Snyder
Apr 20, 2006
Warren Eugene Snyder, 90, of Muhlenberg Township, died of natural causes in the Spring Township residence of a grandson, Rodney Stamm.
He was the widower of Arlene Edith (Good) Snyder, who died October 13, 2005.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Clayton J. and Gertrude S. (Beavens) Snyder.
He was a member of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, Reading.
Snyder was...
George W. Erb
Apr 19, 2006
George Wallace Erb, 78, died of natural causes April 19th in his York County home.
Born in Reading, he was a son of Charles W. and Mary E. (Bankes) Erb.
He was a Navy Veteran.
Erb was last employed a number of years as a guard at Den Supply Company, York until his retirement.
He is survived by a daughter of Brenda (Erb) Sherman...
Dorothy H. Lewis
Apr 18, 2006
Dorothy H. Lewis, 86, died April 18 at 1:50 p.m. in her Spring Twp. residence.
Her husband Gordon E. Lewis died in 1985.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Leon W. and Suzanna (Weida) Hill.
She was an Assistant Credit Manager for Glen Gery Corp., Wyomissing for more than 25 years until her retirement.
Lewis was a 1936 graduate of...
Harry Carl Delp
Apr 16, 2006
Harry Carl Delp, 81, died of natural causes on April 16th at 3:25 a.m. at his Maidencreek Township residence.
He was the husband of Alice M. (Lang) Delp of Maidencreek Township. His first wife Sarah M. (Reinheimmer) Delp died May of 1959.
Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Harry B. and Stella (McMaster) Delp.
He worked in the plant...
Norman E. Hunsicker
Apr 15, 2006
Norman E. Hunsicker, 88, of Green Hills and formerly of Temple, died April 15 at 11:09 a.m. in St. Joseph's Hospital where he had been for two days.
He was the husband of Marian C. (Camelleri) Hunsicker.
Hunsicker was born in Summit Hill, PA.
He was first employed as the owner/operator of Weldrite, Reading for a number of years. Later he taught welding...
Margaret E. Nies
Apr 15, 2006
Margaret E. Nies, 80, Sinking Spring, died April 15 in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since April 7. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Earl W. Nies and Grace (Walters) Nies Miller. Nies had been employed for 37 years as a purchasing agent by Sanders & Thomas Inc., Pottstown, later STV Group Inc.,...
William F. Dietrich
Apr 15, 2006
William F. Dietrich, 83, former president and chief executive officer of a Muhlenberg Township dairy business, died April 15 in his Spring Township residence.
He was the husband of Anneliese (Heitmann) Dietrich. His first wife, Lois (App) Dietrich, died in April 1993.
Born in Schuylkill Haven, he was a son of the late Claude and Helen (Stump) Dietrich.
Dietrich was president and CEO...