Arthur G. Huey
Oct 3, 2005
Arthur G. Huey, 80, died October 3rd in his Muhlenberg Township residence.
He was the husband of Gladys (Trievel) Huey.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Samuel and Coreta (Riegel) Huey.
He was a 1942 graduate of Reading High School.
Huey worked for 30 years as a meat cutter at Rapp Brothers, Reading.
He later worked at MetEd, first as a...
Betty J. Marks
Oct 3, 2005
Betty Jane (Rupp) Marks, 82, of Fleetwood, died October 3rd in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
She was the widow of William Jacob Marks, who died December 9, 1999.
Born in Wernersville, she was a daughter of the late William and Anna (Ruth) Rupp.
She was a 1942 graduate of Wernersville High School.
Marks was a member of St. Paul's United Church of...
Eric R. Hasker
Oct 2, 2005
Eric R. Hasker, 40, of Muhlenberg Township, died October 2nd at 5:15 pm in St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, where he was taken September 24th following a motorcycle accident on Interstate 78 in Northampton County.
He was the husband of Justine A. (Antolini) Hasker.
Born in Ashland, Schuylkill County, he was a son of Clair Hasker of Temple and the late Constance (Klinger)...
Donna M. Beavens
Sep 30, 2005
Donna Marie (Dietrich) Beavens, 46, of Fleetwood, died September 30th at 6:30 am in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center where she had been since September 24th.
She was the wife of Michael Vernon Beavens.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Samuel E. Dietrich of Fleetwood and the late Sandra F. (McCulley) Dietrich.
She attended Fleetwood High School.
Beavens is also survived...
Marianne K. Mcquillen
Sep 30, 2005
Marianne K. McQuillen, 63, died of natural causes Sept. 30 at 7 a.m. in her Spring Township residence.
She was the wife of John E. McQuillen.
Born in Plainfield, N.J., she was a daughter of the late James B. Kauffman and Mary V. (Witmer) Kauffman Goldin.
McQuillen had been employed for four years as coordinator of parish ministries for Sacred Heart Roman Catholic...
John R. Boner
Sep 30, 2005
John R. Boner, 60, West Lawn, died Sept. 30 in Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, West Reading, where he had been a patient since August.
He was the husband of Stella L. (Shuman) Boner.
Born in Butler County, he was a son of the late Benjamin and Hazel (Price) Boner.
Boner had been employed for 40 years in the shipping and later...
Blanche M. Martin
Sep 28, 2005
Blanche Martha (Kornish) Martin, 93, of Exeter Township, died September 28th in the St. Joseph's Hospital.
She was predeceased by her first husband James W. Mecca, who died June 12, 1972. She was also predeceased by her second husband, W. Robinson Martin, who died July 4, 1985.
Born in Vandling, Lackawanna County, she was a daughter of the late Victor and Eva...
Mary E. Heist
Sep 26, 2005
Mary E. Heist, 92, Cumru Township, died Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Spring Township, where she had resided since May 6.
Her husband, Norman A. Heist, died June 28, 1954.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Antanas and Anna (Raszkinas) Yekuczonis.
Heist was employed for 20 years as a food server in the employee...
Emily B. Wentzel
Sep 26, 2005
Emily B. Wentzel, 89, formerly of Kutztown Road, Laureldale, died September 26th at 12:25 am in ManorCare Health Services, Muhlenberg Township, where she had been since 1997.
Born in Lower Alsace Township, she was a daughter of the late A. Amelia (Bingaman) Yoder.
She was a member of Spies Zion United Church of Christ, Alsace Township.
Wentzel was a member of Alsace Fire...
Richard T. Cronan
Sep 26, 2005
Richard T. "Dick" Cronan, 77, Shillington, died September 26 at 11:15 p.m. in his residence.
He was the husband of Jeanette Mary (Donatelli)Cronan.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Vincent D. and Margaret (Brogley)Cronan.
Cronan had been employed for thirty-two years as an illustrator by AT&T and Lucent Technologies, Muhlenberg Township, retiring in 1987. Cronan was a self-taught artist.
Cronan...
Gregory D. Cebulski
Sep 25, 2005
Gregory D. Cebulski, 47, died of natural causes Sept. 25 at 3:57 p.m. in his residence in Leesport.
He was the husband of Melody R. (Ellis) Cebulski. Melody was a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in 1988 and of the University of Virginia in 1992.
Born in South Bend, Ind., he was a son of Mary D. (Weddle) Cebulski, South Bend,...
Louis A. Morin
Sep 23, 2005
Louis A. Morin, 77, Brecknock Township, died Sept. 23 at 6:25 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient since Sept. 11.
He was the husband of Elaine E. (Smale) Morin.
Born in West Reading, he was a son of the late Louis F. and Alice A. (Letourneu) Morin.
Morin had been employed for 40 years as a conductor...
Dorothy B. Ray
Sep 23, 2005
Dorothy B. Ray, 75, Spring Township, died Sept. 23 at 3:45 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient since Sept. 20.
She was the wife of Stephen A. Ray.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Stephen F. and Dora A. (Posta) Stofanick.
Ray had been employed by Carpenter Technology Corp., Reading.
She was a member...
Wilbur J. Curley
Sep 23, 2005
Wilbur J. Curley, 95, of Phoebe Berks Village, Wernersville, formerly of Shillington, died Sept. 23 at 11:40 p.m. in Phoebe Berks Health Care Center Inc.
His wife, Ethel B. (Buynak) Curley, died Sept. 23, 1997.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late John B. and Anna L. (Verveida) Curley.
Curley had been employed for 40 years as an engineer by...
Mildred F. Brown
Sep 22, 2005
Mildred A. (Geoltz) Brown, 88, died September 22nd at 5:05 am in her Temple residence.
She was the widow of A. Neil Brown, who died October 16, 1996.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Laura Goeltz.
She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Reading.
Brown was employed 35 years as a secretary at Carpenter Technology, Reading before retiring.
She...
Valerie Ann Bohn
Sep 22, 2005
Valerie Ann Bohn, 21, Bernville, was pronounced dead Sept. 22 at 5:25 a.m. in Reading Hospital.
The cause of death is under investigation by the Berks County coroner's office.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Vaughn G. Bohn, Wernersville, and Debra A. Ream, Bern Township.
She is also survived by a brother, Jordan V., Bernville; a half brother, Kyle V. Bohn,...
Anna May Kern
Sep 21, 2005
Anna May Kern, 72, Temple, died of natural causes Sept. 21 at 9:40 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been admitted earlier in the day.
She was the wife of John B. Kern.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Anna (Tazik) Doleniak.
Kern was employed for many years by various local knitting mills until her retirement.
She...
James W. Spannuth
Sep 20, 2005
James W. Spannuth, 52, West Wyomissing, died of natural causes Sept. 20 at 8:15 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since Aug. 14.
Born in Ohio, he was a son of Anna May (Doleniak) Kern, Temple, and the late James H. Spannuth.
Spannuth was employed for more than 25 years by Carpenter Technology Corp., until his retirement.
He was...
Mildred E. Hemig
Sep 19, 2005
Mildred E. (Moyer) Hemig, 80, of Cumru Township, died September 19th in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center where she had been since August 29th.
She was the wife of Llewellyn R. Hemig.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Raymond E. Sr., and Irene M. (Fetterolf) Moyer.
She was employed 28 years as an examiner at Berkshire Knitting Mills,...
Cynthia Noel Thun
Sep 19, 2005
Cynthia Noel (Cameron) Thun, 95, a resident of the Highlands at Wyomissing, died September 19th at her Farm in Lower Heidelberg Township.
She was the widow of Mr. Louis Thun. Originally from Tasmania, Australia, she was born in 1909 and spent her childhood at Mona Vale, one of Australia's historic homesteads. Her parents were Alexina (Allan) and Eustace Cameron, whose ancestors...