Obituaries
Anna V. Mertz
Oct 2, 2006
ANNA V MERTZ, 90, OF BERKSHIRE COMMONS, DIED OCTOBER 2 IN BERKSHIRE CENTER AT 6:05 A M WHERE SHE RESIDED SINCE SEPTEMBER 2, 2006.
ANNA WAS THE WIDOW OF HAROLD MERTZ WHO DIED IN JUNE OF 1979.
BORN IN READING, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE FRANK AND MARY (WOJCIECHOWSKI)BABCZAK.
SHE WAS THE OWNER OF SEVERAL VARIETY STORES IN READING. SURVIVORS INCLUDE...
Isabel Gonzalez
Sep 30, 2006
Isabel Gonzalez, 48, died September 30 at 4:10 a.m. in her Muhlenberg Twp. residence.
Born in Hoboken, NJ, she was the daughter of Carmen C. (Andujar) Gonzalez, Muhlenberg Twp. and the late Miguel A. Gonzalez.
She was a member of Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal, Reading.
Isabel is also survived by one son, Pedro J. Martinez, Reading, 5 brothers, 5 sisters and 2 grandchildren.
Services...
Marion M. Rapp
Sep 30, 2006
Marion M. Rapp, 94, of Laureldale, died September 30 at 12:30 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been admitted a day earlier.
Her husband Theodore A. Rapp, Sr., died June 17, 1990.
Born in Gordon, Schuylkill County, she was the daughter of the late John M. and Minnie M. (Miller) Sener.
She was a graduate of Ashland High School.
Marion was a member...
Charles R. Mclaughlin
Sep 29, 2006
Charles R. McLaughlin, 79, died September 29 at 4:10 a.m. in his Spring Twp. residence.
He was the husband of Janet L. (Pawling) McLaughlin.
Born in York, he was the son of the late Roy and Wilma (Tyson) McLaughlin.
He was employed by Bell Telephone for 45 years until his retirement.
Charles was an avid golfer.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air...
Gerald J. Pelker
Sep 29, 2006
Gerald J. Pelker, Sr., 67, of Denver, Lancaster County, died September 29 in Ephrata Community Hospital.
He was the husband of Barbara G. (Fisher) Pelker.
Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Walter J. and Ruth (Heft) Pelker.
He was a machine operator for Luden's, Reading for 43 years, retiring in 2001.
Gerald was a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran.
Other survivors include...
Elizabeth J. Offenbacher
Sep 27, 2006
Elizabeth J. Offenbacher, 79, of Womelsdorf, died September 27 at 9:05 a.m. in Phoebe Berks Skilled Nursing Unit.
She was the wife of Leonard G. Offenbacher.
Born in Wilgus, OH, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Charity (Shepherd) Howard.
She was first employed by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH as a typist. Later, she was an office worker for...
David A. Goheen
Sep 26, 2006
David Albert Goheen, Sr., 58, died of natural causes September 26th at 5:10 pm in his Reading residence.
He was the husband of Johanna Mary (George) Goheen, whom he married August 26, 1972.
Born in Reading on March 21, 1948, he was a son of the late Albert Charles and Helen Pauline (Schlegel) Goheen.
He was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church, Laureldale.
David...
Richard D. Pfleger
Sep 26, 2006
Richard D. Pfleger, 72, of Lake Wynonah, died September 26 at 10:19 a.m. in his residence.
He was the husband of Angela V. (Vega) Pfleger.
Born in in Reading, he was the son of the late Albert N. and Amanda C. (Studenroth) Pfleger.
He was the owner for A&D Outboard, Reading for 27 years. He also taught for Berks-Muhlenberg Vo-Tech.
Richard was a member...
Margaret P. Jackson
Sep 26, 2006
Margaret P. Jackson, 85, formerly of West Reading, died September 26 at 9:45 a.m. in Mifflin Center, where she had resided since February 11, 2004.
Her husband, Willard S. Jackson died January 21, 1997.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Ilka (Sabo) Dukay.
She was employed 35 years as a seamstress for Gothom Knitting Mills, Reading, retiring...
Father David J. Fick
Sep 25, 2006
Father David J. Fick, 53, died September 25 at John Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
Born in Reading, he was the son of Leroy Joseph Fick of Reading and the late Jean (Avanzato) Fick.
Father Fick was a graduate of Central Catholic High School in 1971. He was a graduate of Allentown College of St. Francis deSales in 1975. He also graduated...
Christian A. Weber
Sep 25, 2006
Christian A. Weber Sr., 88, of Bern Township, died September 25th at 12:20 pm in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading, where he had been since September 22nd.
He was the husband of Bernice A. (Brown) Weber, a resident at Hearthstone at Maidencreek.
Born in Muhlenberg Township on April 25, 1918, he was a son of the late James F....
Clara M. Krawczyk
Sep 22, 2006
Clara M. Krawczyk, 89, of Mifflin Court passed away on September 22nd at the Reading Hospital where she has been a patient since Tuesday. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Mary (Jackowski) Wieczerzak.
Her husband, Edward J. Krawczyk, passed away September 13, 1978.
Clara was a graduate of St. Boniface Business School of Philadelphia.
She worked as...
Mary Jane Griesbaum
Sep 19, 2006
Mary Jane Griesbaum, 67, of Pottsville, passed away at her son's residence in Reading on September 19th.
Born in Pottsville, she was the daughter of the late Atilius Piccioni and Susan (Vitelli) Piccioni of Pottsville.
Her husband, Leonard D., passed away on June 19th, 1999.
She was a graduate of Nativity High School in 1956. She later graduated from the St. Joseph's School...
Loretta M. Klopp
Sep 18, 2006
Loretta M. Klopp, 81, of Pennside, died September 18 at 1:47 a.m. in St. Joseph's Hospital where she had been since September 15.
She was married August 8, 1959 to her husband, Donald Klopp.
Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late John I. and Annie (Hannahoe) Wenrich.
Loretta was employed by Hans Bick Hosiery Co., Reading for 25 years retiring...
Anthony F. Horning
Sep 17, 2006
Anthony F. "Tony" Horning, 76, of Temple passed away September 17 at 5:22 p.m., after a massive stroke, in the Reading Hospital where he had been a patient since September 5.
He was married November 22, 1951 to his wife Margie M. (Nagle) Horning.
Born in Lower Heidelberg Township, he was the son of the late Andrew and Mary (Plainer) Horning.
Horning was...
Angelina T. Falcone
Sep 17, 2006
Angelina T. Falcone, 87, of West Reading, passed away on September 17th at the Mifflin Center, Cumru Township.
Born in Easton, she was the daughter of the late Salvatore and Maria (Barbera) Todaro.
Her husband, Lawrence, passed away on August 27, 2004.
Angelina was a graduate of Easton High School.
She was a Housemother for Reading Hospital School of Nursing for 33 years retiring...
Albert F. Woodring
Sep 16, 2006
Albert Franklin Woodring, Jr., 73, of Reading, died of natural causes September 16th at 7:20 pm in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been since September 3rd.
He was the husband of Dorothy Mae (Undercuffler) Woodring, whom he married March 3, 1953.
Born in Reading on April 3, 1933, he was a son of the late Albert F. Sr., and Elizabeth...
James N. Kemmerling
Sep 16, 2006
James Norman Kemmerling, 79, formerly of West Reading, died of natural causes September 16th in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
He was predeceased by his wife, Jeanette C. (Henry) Kemmerling, who died February 20, 2005.
Born in Allentown on May 3, 1927, he was a son of the late Allen W. and Katie L. (Hausman) Kemmerling.
He was employed as a laborer...
Albert Woodring
Sep 16, 2006
Albert Woodring, 73, died September 16th at 7:20 pm in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient since September 3rd.
Services will be announced soon.
Lillian M. Hawkins
Sep 16, 2006
Lillian M. (Binkley) Hawkins, 84, formerly of Fleetwood, died September 16th at 10:49pm in ManorCare Health Services, Spring Township, where she had been for the past three years.
She was the widow of Paul R. Hawkins, who died June 22, 1979.
Born in Richmond Township on July 30, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin H. and Viola K. (Becker)...
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