Obituaries
Effie V. Katzenmoyer
Nov 3, 2005
Effie V. (Seidel) Katzenmoyer of Muhlenberg Township, died of natural causes November 3rd at 8:20am in St. Joseph's Hospital where she had been since Wednesday.
She was the widow of Calvin F. Katzenmoyer who died August 5, 1995.
Born in West Reading, she was a daughter of the late Edwin and Elda M. (Block) Seidel.
Katzenmoyer was employed a number of years as...
Harold G. Bowers
Nov 3, 2005
Harold G. Bowers Harold G. "Bud" Bowers, 82, died Nov. 3 at 11:15 a.m. in his residence in Wyomissing.
He was the husband of Betty V. (Giles) Bowers.
Born in Wyomissing, he was a son of the late Roy E. and Rosie M. (Kantner) Bowers.
Bowers was employed for 40 years as a carpenter by A. Lewis Sherman Co., Hyde Park, and by...
Margaret A. Hoffman
Nov 3, 2005
Margaret A. (Bower) Hoffman, 74, formerly of Reading, died November 3rd at 3:50pm in Phoebe Berks Health Center, Wernersville, where she had been since July 31st.
She was the widow of Mark R. Hoffman, who died August 13th.
Born in Sinking Spring, she was a daughter of the late John L. and Mary M. (Moser) Bower.
She was a member of St. John's...
Dora E. Ruemmler
Nov 2, 2005
Dora E. Ruemmler Dora Elsa Ruemmler, 94, died Nov. 2 in her residence in West Reading.
Born in Germany, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Lina (Loss) Keller.
Ruemmler was employed for 20 years as a seamer by the Berkshire Knitting Mills, Wyomissing, retiring in 1975.
She was a member of Holy Cross Memorial United Methodist Church, Reading, where she...
S. Herbert Nagle
Nov 2, 2005
S. Herbert Nagle, 94, of Reading, died of natural causes November 2nd in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
He was the widower of Bertha Mae (Weaver) Nagle, who died December 11, 1995.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Samuel C. and Frances E. (Lynn) Nagle.
He was employed for 30 years at General Battery Corporation, Muhlenberg Township as...
Mary A. Stolle
Nov 1, 2005
Mary Alice (Williams) Stolle, 98, formerly of Muhlenberg Township, died November 1st, at 9:45am in Berkshire Center, Exeter Township, where she had been since October 2000.
She was the widow of Stephen A. Stolle, who died March 5, 1961.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Irvin and Mary (Fink) Williams.
She was a member of Alsace Lutheran Church, Hyde...
Mildred E. Schaeffer
Nov 1, 2005
Mildred E. (Kerr) Schaeffer, 84, died of natural causes November 1st at 11:00 pm in her Bern Township residence.
She was the wife of Harry L. Schaeffer.
Born in Virginville, she was a daughter of the late George A. and Eva (Zettlemoyer) Kerr.
She attended Perry High School.
Schaeffer was a self-employed beautician for 60 years, retiring in 1991.
She was a member of Zion...
Walter M. Twardowski
Oct 31, 2005
Walter M. Twardowski Walter M. Twardowski, 87, formerly of Wyomissing, died Oct. 31 at 5:46 p.m. in Mifflin Center, Cumru Township, where he had resided since September 2004.
His wife, Arlene D. (Whitmoyer) Twardowski, died Feb. 20, 2003.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Michael and Anna (Franckowiak) Twardowski.
Twardowski was employed for many years as a knitter by...
David A. Johnson
Oct 31, 2005
David A. "Doc" Johnson, 62 of Spring Twp. died October 31 in Reading Hospital Emergency Care Unit.
He was the husband of Betty Jane (Raifsnider) Johnson.
Born in West Reading, he was the son of the late Dr. Alfred T. Johnson, M.D. and Helen D. (Davis) Johnson.
He was employed by Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), which later became Atlantic and then Sunoco, Spring Township.
Johnson...
Marian Louise Leininger
Oct 30, 2005
Marian Louise Leininger, 78, of West Reading died October 30 at 3:42 p.m. in Beverly Manor, Exeter Twp. where she had been since October 11.
Her husband Noah Ellsworth Leininger died January 2, 2001.
Born in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, she was the daughter of the late Elias and Maud (Eisenhower) Manbeck.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Reading.
Leininger was a...
Mark A. Franklin
Oct 30, 2005
Mark Anthony Franklin II, 19, of Wyomissing, died October 30th as a result of a two car, head-on collision on Route 222 in Maidencreek Township.
Born in Riverside, California, he was a son of Terry A. (Downes) Franklin with whom he last resided and Mark Anthony Franklin of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
He was a 2004 graduate of Wilson High School and...
Jessie A. Miller
Oct 29, 2005
Jessie A. Miller, 91, of Wyomissing died October 29 at 9:45 a.m. in Reading Hospital where she had been since October 26.
Her husband J. Brooke Miller died January 5, 1984.
Born in Cresco, PA she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Nellie (Carlton) Mills.
She was an elementary school teacher in the West Reading School District. She was later a...
J. Peter G. Muhlenberg
Oct 28, 2005
Dr. J. Peter G. Muhlenberg, 76, Wyomissing, died of natural causes Oct. 28, in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
He was the husband of Dorothy S. (Snider) Muhlenberg.
Born in Wyomissing, he was the son of the late Hiester H. and Anna (Miller) Muhlenberg.
Muhlenberg practiced for 40 years as a pediatrician at the Children's Clinic of Wyomissing, retiring in 1997.
He was...
Bruce B. Kurzweg
Oct 28, 2005
Bruce B. Kurzweg, 80, Laureldale, died Oct. 28 at 6:05 a.m. in his residence.
He was the husband of June H. (Harvey) Kurzweg, Laureldale. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Philemon J. and Sulie B. (Bechtold) Kurzweg.
Kurzweg was employed as a regional salesman and consultant for The Economy Co. for 25 years, retiring in 1985. After his...
Melvin A. Knight
Oct 28, 2005
Melvin A. Knight, 52, Sinking Spring, died of natural causes Oct. 28 at 1:30 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where he had been a patient for two days.
His wife, Kathleen A. (Boyle) Knight, died Dec. 10, 2003.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Elmer B. and Mary (DeCors) Knight.
Knight had been employed for 15...
June A. Conroy
Oct 27, 2005
June A. Conroy, 77, of West Wyomissing, died October 27 at 4:12 a.m. in Reading Hospital where she had been since October 24.
Born in Williamstown, she was the daughter of the late Merlin and Anna M. (Stoudt) Hand.
She was a waitress for many years, first employed by the former Gelbach's Diner, Reading and later by Dempsey's Restaurant, Shillington. Conroy was...
Millicent E. Ensinger
Oct 26, 2005
Millicent E. Ensinger, 75 formerly of West Lawn, died October 26, 2005 in the residence of her granddaughter Danya Hysell in Garland TX.
Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late, George N., Sr. and Catherine R. (Withers) Haviland.
Ensinger was employed as a bookkeeper with the Reading Merchants Oil Company in Reading for many years.
She is survived by five...
Sara J. Hart
Oct 26, 2005
Sara J. (Auman) Hart, 89, died of natural causes October 26th at 12:36 pm in her Muhlenberg Township residence.
She was the widow of Leo P. Hart, who died August 2, 1997.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Edison P. and Verdella E. (Giles) Auman.
She was a member of Holy Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Hyde Park.
Hart was...
C. Frederick Eben
Oct 25, 2005
C. Frederick Eben, 77, died October 25th at 11:44 am in his Laureldale Borough residence.
He was the husband of Florence(Pfautz) Eben.
Born in Muhlenberg Township, he was a son of the late Christian F. Eben Jr. and Belle (Quinter) Eben.
He was a 1946 graduate of Beaver High School (Beaver County) and a 1953 graduate of Lehigh University with a B.S. in...
Amy E. Sheetz
Oct 24, 2005
Amy E. (Stoudt) Sheetz, 100, formerly of the Episcopal House, Reading, died October 24th at 7:15 am in ManorCare Health Services, Spring Township, where she had been since October 3rd.
She was the widow of Charles S. Sheetz, who died November 3, 1967.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Thomas U. and Anna E. (Bucks) Stoudt.
She was a...
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