William H. Linton
Jan 16, 2005
William H. Linton, Sr., 84, of Reading, died January 16th at 10:15 am in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center where he had been since January 9th.
He was the husband of Jessie May (Paton) Linton.
Born in Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Thomas and Mabel (Stevenson) Linton.
He was a 1938 graduate of North East High School, Philadelphia and...
Jay K. Miller
Jan 15, 2005
Jay Kepner Miller, 66, died January 15th at 3:16am in his Exeter Township residence.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late John A. and Hilda M. (Kepner) Miller.
He was a 1956 graduate of Mount Penn High School and a 1960 graduate of Albright College, Reading.
Miller worked as a teacher for 10 years, teaching his last 8 years for...
Donald W. Mervine
Jan 15, 2005
Donald W. Mervine, 70, formerly of Reading, died January 15th at 6:05 am in Wyomissing Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Reading.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late William C. and Arlys (Goas) Mervine.
He was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church, Laureldale.
Mervine worked for a number of years in maintenance for Prospectus, Reading and later in the YMCA until...
Charles E. Noll
Jan 14, 2005
Charles Edwin Noll, 77, died January 14th at 10:20 am in his residence at 4405 4th Avenue, Temple, Pa 19560.
Married August 31, 1946, he was the husband of Betty J. (Bowman) Noll.
Born in Temple, he was a son of the late Edwin and Josephine (Yetto) Noll.
He worked as a mill stock clerk for 47 years at NGK Metals, Muhlenberg Township,...
Thomas J. Gosselin
Jan 13, 2005
Dr. Thomas J. Gosselin, 63 of West Reading died January 13 at 8:10 PM in Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where he had been since December 21, 2004.
Born in Philadelphia he was the son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth (Thomas) Gosselin.
He was a graduate of Msgr. Bonner High School, Philadelphia in 1960. He earned a BS in Biology from...
Evelyn M. Mengel
Jan 13, 2005
Evelyn M. (Stauffer) Mengel, 85, formerly of 205 Kent Way, West Reading and Phoebe Berks Village, died January 13th at 11:45 pm in Phoebe Berks Health Care, Wernersville, where she had been since August 17, 2004.
She was the widow of W. Lewis Mengel, Sr., who died August 7, 2002.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Robert G....
Robert G. Mcdevitt
Jan 12, 2005
Robert G. McDevitt, 87, died January 12th at 3:20 pm in his residence at 404 South Brobst Street, Shillington, Pa 19607.
He was the husband of Margaret M. (Rehr) McDevitt.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Nathaniel J. and Anna C.(Haas) McDevitt.
He was a 1935 graduate of St. Peter's High School, Reading.
McDevitt was a member of St. Paul's...
Karl Weida Schmidt
Jan 7, 2005
Karl Weida Schmidt, 92 formerly of North Wales, Montgomery County, PA for 22 years and formerly of Allentown for 36 years died January 7, 2005 at 4:10 AM in Reading Hospital where he had been since Monday. He was taken there from Phoebe Berks Village, where he had resided for the past 3 and a half years.
His wife Elizabeth Rosenberger...
Leon R. Miller
Jan 7, 2005
Leon R. Miller, Jr. 67 of Muhlenberg Twp. was pronounced dead on arrival January 7 in the Reading Hospital.
He was the husband of Barbara A. (Hoover) Miller.
Born in Reading, he was the son of Florence M. (Jacobs) Miller, Leesport and the late Leon R. Miller, Sr.
Miller was employed by Lucent Technologies, Muhlenberg Twp. as a Process Analyst from 1957 until...
Michael T. Miller
Jan 7, 2005
Michael T. Miller, 38 of West Lawn was pronounced dead on arrival January 7 in Reading Hospital of natural causes.
He was the husband of Kathleen M. (O'Boyle) Miller, Reading.
Born in Reading he was the step-son of James E. Quinn, Jr. and son of Sandra K. (Stump) Quinn, Shillington.
He was last employed by Atlantic Communications, Flying Hills where he installed TV...
Theodore R. Mury
Jan 6, 2005
Theodore R. Mury, 89, formerly of Wyomissing, died Jan. 6 in Victory Lakes Continuing Care Center, Lindenhurst, Ill.
His wife, Jeannette H. (Henry) Mury, died in 2001.
Born in Irvington, N.J., he was a son of the late Eugene and Elizabeth (Ballard) Mury.
Mury was employed for more than 30 years by Firestone Plastics Corp., Pottstown, retiring as a senior scheduler.
He was a...
Joseph M. Cammarano
Jan 3, 2005
Joseph M. Cammarano Sr., retired Reading businessman, died Jan. 3 in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since Dec. 18.
Cammarano, 79, Wyomissing Hills, was the husband of Mary T. (Burns) Cammarano.
He was the co-owner of BGR Insurance Co., Reading, from 1963 until his retirement in 1996. Cammarano was also the co-owner of Donny's Sandwich Shops, Reading.
Born in Hazleton,...
Eva B. Breunig
Jan 1, 2005
Eva B. Breunig, 89, formerly of West Reading, died Jan. 1 at 8:25 a.m. in Pickering Manor, Newtown, Bucks County, where she had been a patient since Dec. 16.
Her husband, Karl Breunig, died June 16, 1994.
Born in Austria-Hungary, she was a daughter of the late Adam and Katherine (Wesinger) Brenner.
Breunig had been employed for many years as a seamstress by...
Antonio G. Torchia
Jan 1, 2005
Antonio G. Torchia, 84, Reading, died Jan. 1 in the emergency room of Reading Hospital.
He was the husband of Adriana C. (Catani) Torchia.
Born in Sersale, Italy, he was a son of the late Francesco and Lucia (Scarpino) Torchia.
Torchia had been employed for 22 years as a machinist by Birdsboro Steel Corp., retiring in 1978.
He was a member of Holy Rosary...
Jane L. Huckleberry
Dec 31, 2004
Jane L. Huckleberry, 80, of the Sencit Townhouse Apartments, Cumru Township, died Dec. 31 in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since Dec. 23.
Her husband, Edgar J. Huckleberry Sr., died July 31, 1998.
Born in West Reading, she was a daughter of the late Roland and Marie (Moter) Russell.
Huckleberry had been employed for 14 years as office manager for...
Emily E. Weidner
Dec 30, 2004
Emily E. (Miller) Weidner, 91, formerly of Alabama Avenue, Muhlenberg Township, died December 30th at 11:45 am in ManorCare Health Services, where she had been since June 8, 2001.
She was the widow of John J. Weidner, who died September 21, 1994.
Born in Mohnton, she was a daughter of the late Matthew and Mary (Fitterling) Miller.
She was a 1931 graduate of...
Luz M. Roman
Dec 29, 2004
Luz M. Roman, 80, died Dec. 29 in her residence in West Reading.
Born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, she was a daughter of the late Jose A. Roman and Teresa Romanlago.
Roman was a member of St. John Baptist de la Salle Roman Catholic Church, Shillington.
Surviving are two sons, Tito Rivera, Reading, and Jose Rivera, Paterson, N.J.; and three daughters: Noelia...
Shirley P. Rucco
Dec 29, 2004
Shirley P. Rucco, 78, formerly of Flying Hills, died Dec. 29 at 2:20 p.m. in Reading Hospital.
She was taken to the hospital from Phoebe Berks Village, Wernersville.
She was the wife of James Rucco.
Born in Sinking Spring, she was a daughter of the late Earl E. and Elsie L. (Weitzel) Yoder.
Rucco was employed for 21 years as an assistant vice president...
Kenneth E. Templin
Dec 28, 2004
Kenneth E. Templin, a retired Reading police sergeant detective, died Dec. 28 at 11:39 p.m. in his residence in Shillington.
Templin, 70, was the husband of Shirley A. (Moyer) Templin.
He served on the Reading Police Department from 1964 until 1990 as a sergeant detective and crime prevention and traffic and community relations officer.
In 1970, Templin was named "Police Officer of the...
Florence F. Gallagher
Dec 26, 2004
Florence F. Gallagher, 93, formerly of Pennside, died Dec. 26 at 11:17 a.m. in her residence in Reading.
Her husband, Michael V. Gallagher, died Aug. 7, 1982.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Waclaw and Rozalia (Sekulski) Ledzinski.
Gallagher was employed as a billing clerk by Vanity Fair, Reading, and was last employed for many years by Zipf's Candies,...