Vernon B. Scull
Feb 8, 2005
Vernon B. "Scully" Scull, 82, West Wyomissing, died Feb. 8 at 6:04 p.m. in Laurel Center Genesis Elder Care, Tilden Township, where he had resided since Jan. 7.
He was the husband of Anna G. (Derr) Scull.
Born in Sinking Spring, he was a son of the late Forrest and Dorothy (Matz) Scull.
Scull was employed for 29 years as a lead man...
Kevin T. Diefenderfer
Feb 8, 2005
Services for Kevin T. Diefenderfer, 21, South Heidelberg Township, will be Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading.
Diefenderfer was killed early Tuesday when his car slammed into a utility pole in Exeter Township, officials said. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Lincoln Road at Red Lane Road, according...
Miriam W. Hill
Feb 7, 2005
Miriam W. Hill, 87, Wyomissing, died Feb. 7 at 5:20 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient two days.
She was taken to the hospital from the Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Reading, where she had resided since December 2002.
Her husband, George Hill, died March 26, 2003.
Born in West Reading, she was a daughter of the late Harvey...
Betty J. Scholl
Feb 7, 2005
Betty J. Scholl, 83, West Reading, died Feb. 7 at 3:10 p.m. in Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, West Reading, where she had resided since Nov. 17.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence and Mabel (Bibbus) Wentzel.
Scholl was employed for 10 years as a waitress by Screpesi's Bar & Restaurant, Reading, and was last employed...
Dorothy B. Hearn
Feb 7, 2005
Dorothy B. Hearn, 85, formerly of Wyomissing, died Feb. 7 in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient one day.
She was taken to the hospital from Berks Heim, where she had resided since June 2003.
Her husband, Cyril D. Hearn, died in 1975.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Roy E. and Rosie K. (Kantner) Bowers.
Hearn was...
Marvin P. Foreman
Feb 6, 2005
Marvin P. Foreman, 95, Greenfields, died Feb. 6 at 11:45 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading.
He was the husband of Edna A. (Simon) Foreman, a resident at Mifflin Center, Cumru Township.
Born in Gibraltar, he was a son of the late Philip Foreman and Alice K. (Krause) Eichert.
Foreman was the owner of Foreman Equipment Co. and Foreman Properties, both...
David W. Dierolf
Feb 6, 2005
David W. Dierolf, Sr., 51, of Alsace Township, died February 6th at 11:00 pm in ManorCare Health Services, Muhlenberg Township, where he had been since June 28, 2004.
He was the husband of Nancy J. (Maxwell) Dierolf.
Born in West Reading, he was a son of Mildred C. (Delp), Alsace Township and the late Warren M. Dierolf.
He was a 1971 graduate of...
Loretta A. Rapp
Feb 4, 2005
Loretta A. Rapp, retired teacher
Loretta A. Rapp, 72, Cumru Township, a former teacher, died Feb. 4 in Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Reading, where she had been a patient since Dec. 29.
She was the wife of Curtis V. Rapp.
Born in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, she was a daughter of the late Harold I. and Anna L. (Schneidenwind) Grebe.
Rapp had been...
Donna M. Stoudt
Feb 3, 2005
Donna M. Stoudt, 46, Wyomissing, died of natural causes Feb. 3 at 5:20 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since Jan. 22.
Born in West Reading, she was a daughter of Carl and Helen (Wells) Steffy, Wyomissing.
Stoudt was employed as a dental appliance maker by Wonder Wire, West Reading, last working in 2003.
She was a 1975 graduate...
Mary I. Berger
Feb 2, 2005
Mary I. Berger, 90, formerly of West Reading, died Feb. 2 at 8:45 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading.
Her husband, James K. Berger, died March 18, 2001.
Born in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Mantana (Shollenberger) Mohn.
Berger was employed for 34 years as a presser by Mary MacIntosh, Reading, retiring...
Joseph S. Hasiak
Feb 2, 2005
Joseph S. Hasiak, 86, Wyomissing, died Feb. 2 at 11:35 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Spring Township, where he had resided since Aug. 18.
His wife, Priscilla A. (Davidat) Hasiak, died June 17.
Born in Hoboken, N.J., he was a son of the late Joseph F. and Sophie (Kidda) Hasiak.
Hasiak was employed for 36 years as a technical assistant by Bell...
Mary T. Baum
Feb 1, 2005
Mary T. Baum, 82, Bowmansville, Lancaster County, died Feb. 1 at 1 a.m. in the Zerbe Sisters Nursing Home, Narvon, Lancaster County.
She was the wife of Eugene C. Baum Sr.
Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Michael and Julia (Downey) McGowan.
Baum was a 1942 graduate of West Catholic Girls High School, Philadelphia.
She was a member of St....
Robert S. Allen
Feb 1, 2005
Robert Stanley Allen, 75, of 510 Frontier Avenue, (Bern Township), Reading, Pa 19601, died February 1st in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
He was the husband of Margaret May (Daniels) Allen.
Born in Pottstown, he was a son of the late Richard and Corrine (Kirlin) Allen.
He was an Army Veteran of the Korean War.
Allen worked for 36 years as a machinist...
William G. Van Velsor
Feb 1, 2005
William G. Van Velsor, 67, of Spring Township died of leukemia February 1, at 6:14 p.m. in Hershey Medical Center where he had been a patient since January 17.
He was the husband of Margaret S. W. (Whitelaw) Van Velsor.
Born in Sea Cliff, NY, he was the son of late Clifford L. Van Velsor and Mabel G. (Botting) McCormac. He was...
R. W. Hertzog
Jan 31, 2005
Dr. Robert W. Hertzog, a retired Reading dentist, died Jan. 31 at 11:35 a.m. in Country Meadows of Wyomissing, where he had resided since Dec. 4.
Hertzog, 82, Shillington, was predeceased by his wife, Pauline R. (LaRue) Hertzog, on Nov. 5, 2002.
He was a self-employed dentist for 26 years in Reading, retiring in 1976.
Hertzog provided dental services for residents of Berks...
Franklin W. Wertz
Jan 31, 2005
Franklin Wayne Wertz Jr., 80, died January 31st at 5:52 am in his residence at 236 Madison Avenue (Muhlenberg Township) Hyde Park.
He was the husband of Mildred (Bohr) Wertz.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Franklin W. Sr., and Emily Agnes (Marks) Wertz.
He worked 37 years as a crane operator at Dana Corporation, Reading before retiring in...
Rose Edris
Jan 30, 2005
Rose (Morraco) Edris, 85, of 430 Morrison Rd., (Bern Township) Reading, Pa 19601, died January 30th at 11:09 pm in her residence.
She was the wife of Raloy T. Edris.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Alexander and Mary (Borelli) Morraco.
She was a graduate of Central Catholic High School, Reading.
Edris was a member of Holy Rosary Roman Catholic...
Dorothy M. Gromis
Jan 28, 2005
Dorothy Mamie (Mull) Gromis, 79, died January 28th at 3:00 am in Grandview Manor, Ruscombmanor Township, where she had been for three years.
She was the widow of Frederick Gromis, who died July 23, 1979.
Born in Exeter Township, she was a daughter of the late Edwin W. and Mamie M. (Kercher) Mull.
She was a 1943 graduate of Ontelaunee High School.
Gromis worked...
David L. Klusewitz
Jan 25, 2005
David L. Klusewitz, 74, Shillington, died Jan. 25 at 10:38 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient six days.
His wife, Barbara E. (Kirlik) Klusewitz, died Jan. 31, 1999.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Raymond and Fannie (Eisenhower) Klusewitz.
Klusewitz was employed for 35 years as a truck driver by Consolidated Freight Co.,...
Robert H. Kehl
Jan 25, 2005
Robert Horace D. Kehl, Sr., 59, of 96 Kehl Drive, Richmond Township, died of natural causes January 25th at 9:45 am in Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia, where he had been since January 19th.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Lloyd B. Sr., and Helen M. (DeTurk) Kehl.
He was a member of Zion United Church of Christ, Windsor Township.
Kehl...