Obituaries
Nelson M. Epler
May 25, 2006
Nelson M. Epler, 91 of Ruscombmanor Township, died May 25 at 9:15 p.m. in Reading Hospital where he had been since May 23.
His wife Hazel R. (Roberts) died July 23, 2003.
Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Morris L. and Eva S. (Sanders) Epler.
Epler was the owner operator of Epler's Broom Works, Shillington for 10 years, he...
Ruth L. Heist
May 24, 2006
Ruth L. Heist, 79, died May 24 at 8:20 p.m. in her Wyomissing residence.
Her husband, Theodore I. Heist, died July 21, 2000.
Born in Catasauqua, Lehigh County, she was a daughter of the late Frederick and Elizabeth (Miles) Leickel.
Heist had been employed as a registered nurse by the Reading School District from 1967 until 1983.
She was a member of Bausman Memorial...
Miriam Manwiller
May 23, 2006
Miriam Mae "Mim" (Miller) Manwiller, 89 of Laureldale died of natural causes May 23rd at 6:39pm in the Emergency Room at the Reading Hospital.
She was taken there from ManorCare Health Services, Muhlenberg Township, where she had been for three weeks.
Manwiller was the wife of Russell Howard Manwiller.
Born in West Reading, she was a daughter of the late Ira Victor and...
Donald R. Bickel
May 22, 2006
Donald R. Bickel, 81, died May 22 at 12:55 p.m. in his Spring Twp. residence.
He was the husband of E. Jane (Fick) Bickel.
Born in Sunbury, PA, he was the son of the late Raymond and Ethel (Reinert) Bickel.
He was the owner/operator of Bickel's Tailor Shop, Reading for 25 years. Later he was employed by W.R. Grace from 1972 until his...
John G. Donatelli
May 21, 2006
John G. Donatelli, 65, died of natural causes May 21st at 2:27pm in his Exeter Township residence.
Born in West Hamburg, he was a son of the late Antonio and Maria (Amicone) Donatelli.
He was employed a number of years as an assembler at Prospects, Reading.
Donatelli was a member of St. Margaret's Roman Catholic Church, Reading.
He is survived by a brother, Antonio...
Terry W. Shoff
May 21, 2006
Terry Wilson Shoff, 54, of the Hamburg Center, was pronounced dead May 21st in the Emergency Room in the Reading Hospital.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Wilson W. and Margaret (Fisher) Shoff.
He is survived by three sisters, Nancy (Shoff) Drexler of Riverview Park, Patricia (Shoff) Nagy and Colleen (Shoff) Keim both of Wyomissing.
Services will be Friday...
Michael E. Hill
May 20, 2006
Michael Eric Hill, 47, was pronounced dead May 20th at 3:16pm in his Wyomissing Hills residence.
He was the husband of Lisa J. (Heller) Hill of West Reading.
Born in Steubenville, Ohio, he was a son of Gerald R. and Sylvia A. (DeCaminada) Hill of Wyomissing Hills.
He was a 1976 graduate of Wyomissing High School.
Hill was employed a number of years as...
John Cataldo
May 20, 2006
John Cataldo, 76, Wyomissing, died May 20 in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since May 8.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Domenico and Giovina (DeFelice) Cataldo.
Cataldo was last employed for 25 years in management by the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare, Rochester, Beaver County, until 1990. He previously was employed for eight years as...
James A. Terenchin
May 19, 2006
James A. Terenchin Jr., 33, was pronounced dead May 19 at 5:45 a.m. in his Spring Township residence.
Born in Reading, he was a son of Linda (Hafer) Terenchin Skinner, Reading, and the late James Terenchin.
Terenchin had been employed as a computer operator by Utilities Federal Credit Union, Wyomissing.
He was a 1992 graduate of Reading High School.
Also surviving is a sister,...
James A. Pollock
May 19, 2006
James A. Pollock Sr., a former councilman in Reading, died May 19 at 12:25 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient since May 9.
Pollock, 78, Reading, was the husband of Mary Lou (Lucchese) Pollock.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Lillian (Pollock) Fisher.
Pollock had been employed for 35 years by the U.S....
James S. Price
May 17, 2006
James S. Price, Sr., 92, of Robesonia died May 17 at 5:17 a.m. in St. Joseph's Hospital where he had been since May 3.
His wife Anna P. (Mosser) Price died May 6, 2003.
Born in Washington, NJ, he was the son of the late Harry and Elizabeth (Swayze) Price.
He was employed by CarTech as a wire drawer for 26 years retiring...
Mary R. Shoemaker
May 17, 2006
Mary R. (Hoffman) Shoemaker, 92, Muhlenberg Township, died of natural causes May 17th at 4:45 pm in ManorCare Health Services, West Reading, where she had been since December 12th.
She was the wife of Stuart H. Shoemaker.
Born in Exeter Township, she was a daughter of the late H. Edward and Sarah E. (Hartline) Hoffman.
She was employed as a machine operator at...
Gene W. Goodhart
May 16, 2006
Gene W. Goodhart, 57, died of natural causes May 16th in the Stabon Manor, Reading, where he had been since January 2005.
He was the widower of Silvia P. (Salgado) Goodhart.
Born in Lancaster, he was a son of the late Wallace S. and Jennifer V. (Kieta) Goodhart.
He was a graduate of Reading High School.
Goodhart was employed for a number of years...
Arthur S. Ott
May 15, 2006
Arthur S. Ott, C Bear, 61, of Tilden Township, died of natural causes at his residence on May 15th at 1:18 p.m.
He was the husband of Carol A. (Hartman) Ott of Tilden Township.
Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Pauline (Segars) Ott and the Step- son of Clarence T. Ott, Sr. of Reading.
He received his G.E.D in...
Anna May Hoffman
May 14, 2006
Anna May (McGovern) Hoffman, 90, formerly of Muhlenberg Township, died of natural causes May 14th at 7:35 pm in Berks Heim, Bern Township, where she had been since April 2, 2004.
She was the widow of Ralph George Hoffman, who died June 25, 1997.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Jennie Elizabeth (McGovern) Babb and Step-Father, Edward Babb.
She...
Carl L. Powell
May 13, 2006
Carl L. Powell, Jr., 70, of Vista Road, Wyomissing, died May 13 at 10:45 p.m. in Reading Hospital where he had been since May 11.
His wife Ruth Ann (Seibert) Powell died July 28, 1995.
Born in Lebanon, he was the son of the late Ruth Ann and Carl L. Powell, Sr.
He was a superintendent of Parish Division of Dana Corp., Reading...
Sadie V. Sharadin
May 12, 2006
Sadie Viola (Lutz) Sharadin, 93, formerly of Muhlenberg Township, died of natural causes May 12th at 5:05 am in Berks Heim, Bern Township, where she has been since December 11, 2003.
She was the wife of Harry Sharadin, a resident of Berks Heim.
Born in Alsace Township, she was a daughter of the late Wellington and Sallie (Fick) Lutz.
She was first employed...
Constance M. Heiser
May 11, 2006
Constance Mary Heiser, 92, formerly of Reading died May 11 at 2:45 a.m. in ManorCare, Sinking Spring where she had been since June 24, 2003.
Her husband Irvin G. Heiser died April 22, 1961.
Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Levi and Mona (Raines) Goodison.
She was a member of Central Park United Methodist Church, Reading.
Heiser is survived by...
Catherine S. Koller
May 10, 2006
Catherine S. Kollar, 89, formerly of Wyomissing Hills, died May 10 at 9:03 a.m. in ManorCare, Sinking Spring where she had been since February 14.
Her husband Elmer Kollar died January 30, 1997.
Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Dora (Posta) Stefanick.
She was a longtime employee of Car Tech retiring in 1980.
Kollar was a member of...
Mildred S. Gehman
May 9, 2006
Mildred S. Gehman, 98, formerly of Wyomissing and Allentown, died May 9th at 2:15 a.m. in The Moravian Manor, Lititz, where she had been residing since January 17th 2005. Her husband Warren O. Gehman died on February 8, 1990.
Born in Blooming Glen, Bucks County, she was the daughter of the late Allen F. and Lizzie (Smith) Stover.
Gehman graduated from Hilltown...
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