Margaret Ann Feridun
Aug 11, 2004
Margaret Ann (McKee) Feridun, 76, of 807 Berks Place, Spring Township, died August 11th at 6:56 pm in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center, where she had been since July 18th.
She was the widow of Kemal K. Feridun, who died February 18, 2004.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Elmer and Dolores (Dever) McKee.
She was a...
Reverend Gerald P. Paul, Msc
Aug 10, 2004
The Reverend Gerald Patrick Paul, MSC, a member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, died at Provena-Mercy Hospital in Aurora, IL on Tuesday, August 10th at the end of a long battle with prostate cancer.
Born in Laureldale, he was a son of the late Walter A. and Edith (Wenrich) Paul.
He attended Holy Guardian Angels Parochial School, Reading. In the...
Virginia L. Wessner
Aug 9, 2004
Virginia L. Wessner, 85, formerly of Reading, died Aug. 9 at 9:30 a.m. in Beverly Manor, Exeter Township, where she had resided since Aug. 1, 2001.
She had previously resided at the Lutheran Home at Topton.
Her husband, Charles R. Wessner, died Dec. 20, 1978.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Earl and Ethel (Schaeffer) Bright.
Wessner was employed for...
Margaret Rambo
Aug 8, 2004
Margaret Rambo, 90, Wyomissing, formerly of West Lawn, died Aug. 8 at 8:40 a.m. in her residence.
Her husband, Bruce H. Rambo, died Jan. 7, 1984.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John and Anna (Brophy) Nowotarski.
Rambo had been employed as a seamer and parachute maker during World War II by Berkshire Knitting Mills, Wyomissing, last working in...
Sergio V. Proserpi
Aug 7, 2004
Dr. Sergio Vincent Proserpi, 75, a leader in the development of plastic surgery in the Berks County area, died Aug. 7 at 6 a.m. in his Cumru Township residence.
He was the husband of Penelope P. (Pattrill) Proserpi.
Born in Bergamo, Italy, he was a son of the late Carlo and Maria (Rossetti) Proserpi.
Proserpi founded and held the position of chief of...
Willard S. Matz
Aug 6, 2004
Willard S. "Butch" Matz, 86, formerly of 3437 Marion Street, Laureldale, died August 6th at 10:32 am in Berks Heim where she had been since August 15, 2003.
He was the widower of Dorothy C. (Spohn) Matz, who died September 27, 1994.
Born in Mohnton, he was a son of the late Charles Albert and Clara Alice (Hoffert) Matz.
He worked as a...
Nancy E. Decker
Aug 6, 2004
Nancy E. Decker, 57, Exeter Township, died August 6 at 2:50 a.m. in Reading Hospital of natural causes, where she had been since July 31.
She was the wife of Richard B. Decker.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of John M. Volutza, Berks Heim, and Dorothy M. (Eckert) Volutza, Providence House, Reading.
Decker was employed for 15 years as Customer Service...
Jon M. Shehoski
Aug 6, 2004
Jon M. Shehoski, 43, Easton, Northampton County, formerly of Reading, died Aug. 6 in Easton Hospital.
The cause of death was unavailable.
He was the husband of Carol (Morgan) Shehoski.
Born in Reading, he was a son of Chester and Lucille (Chrzan) Shehoski, Sinking Spring.
Shehoski had been employed as a stainless-steel shearer by Penn Stainless Corp., Quakertown, Bucks County.
He is also survived by...
Terrance K. Anker
Jul 28, 2004
Terrance K. Anker, 61, formerly of Kent Way, West Reading, was pronounced dead of natural causes in his residence at 305 Laurel Ridge Road, South Heidelberg Township, July 28th at 7:52 pm by members of the Berks County Coroners Office.
Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Otto and Mary (Schmalhofer) Anker.
He was a 1960 graduate of Central...
Harry J. Kramer
Jul 28, 2004
Harry Jacob Kramer, Jr., 92, of 4 Shakespeare Drive, Spring Township, died July 28th at 12:10 am in the Reading Hospital where he had been for one day. He was the widower of Florence M. (Ziemecki) Kramer, who died March 22, 1999.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Harry J. Sr., and Ida (Haberacker) Kramer.
He was a...
William E. Roth
Jul 27, 2004
William E. Roth, 92, formerly of West Wyomissing and Wyomissing, died July 27 at 10:15 a.m. in the Lutheran Home at Topton, where he had resided since Nov. 15, 2002.
He had been a patient in the skilled nursing unit since Jan. 19.
He was the husband of Clara L. (Lieber) Roth, also a resident at the Lutheran Home at Topton.
Born in...
Barbara Strohmeyer
Jul 26, 2004
Barbara Strohmeyer, 83, Spring Township, died July 26 at 5:45 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient three days.
She was the wife of Charles Strohmeyer, a resident at Columbia Cottage, Spring Township.
Born in Newport, Maine, she was a daughter of the late Arthur W. and Gladys M. (Jackson) Bean.
Strohmeyer was employed for several years as an elementary...
Kathryn N. Bingaman
Jul 24, 2004
Kathryn Norma (Eberly) Bingaman, 86, died July 24th at 10:10 pm in her residence at 3135 McKently Avenue, Muhlenberg Township.
She was the wife of Warren Norman Bingaman.
Born in Litiz, she was a daughter of the late Elmer and Elva (Neidermyer) Eberly.
She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Reading.
Bingaman was employed for a number of years at Western Electric,...
Elizabeth F. Deck
Jul 24, 2004
Elizabeth Fry (Jacobs) Deck, 89, formerly of Tuckerton Rd., Muhlenberg Township and York Road, Spring Township, died July 24th at 5:01 pm in St. Joseph's Hospital, where she had been since July 16th.
She was taken there from Berkshire Commons, Exeter Township, where she had been since 2000.
Deck was the widow of Richard Wilhelm Deck, who died March 31, 2001.
Born in...
Alan K. Raffauf
Jul 21, 2004
Alan Knox Raffauf, 80, of 2140 Reading Avenue, West Wyomissing, died July 21st at 12:30 pm in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center where he had been since July 2nd.
He was the widower of Martha Frances (Taylor) Raffauf, who died June 24, 1991.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Charles and Helen (Sanford) Raffauf.
He was a 1942...
Arthur B. Budinger
Jul 17, 2004
Arthur B. Budinger, 88, formerly of Ingomar, Pa, died July 17th at 10:50 pm in the Skilled Nursing Unit in The Highlands at Wyomissing, (Berks County, PA) where he had been since February 1st.
He was predeceased by his first wife Emily (Pickett) Budinger, who died January 3, 1969 and by his second wife, Eleanor C. (Chapin) Budinger, who died March...
Bernard T. Binasiewicz
Jul 16, 2004
Bernard Thaddeus Binasiewicz, 73, of 39 Woodland Road, Wyomissing, Pa 19610. died July 16th at 5:00 pm in the Emergency Room of Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital, Cape May Court House, New Jersey.
He was the husband of Roma E. (Battisti) Binasiewicz.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Stephen Francis and Helen Rose (Zielinski) Binasiewicz.
He was a service manager...
Harry W. Zickler
Jul 13, 2004
Harry W. Zickler Jr., 87, formerly of Mount Penn, died July 13 in his residence in Ridley Park, Delaware County.
He was the husband of Mary (Zentz) Zickler. His first wife, Lucile (Snyder) Zickler, died in 1977.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Harry and Anna (Halbeisen) Zickler.
Zickler was employed for 18 years as purchasing agent by the...
Margaret S. Boyer
Jul 13, 2004
Margaret S. (Brown) Boyer, 84, of Exeter Township, formerly of Pennside, died July 13 in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient since June 25.
She was the wife of Walter R. Boyer.
Born in West Lawn, she was a daughter of the late Raymond Brown and Sadie Hoffman.
Boyer was a 1937 graduate of Muhlenberg High School.
She is also...
Mary P. Campbell
Jul 12, 2004
Mary P. "Pat" Campbell, 89, formerly of Whitfield, died July 12 at 5:28 a.m. in Berkshire Center, Exeter Township.
Her husband, Charles G. Campbell, died Sept.5, 1986.
Born in Boston, she was a daughter of the late Patrick and Elizabeth (O'Neill) Russell.
Campbell was employed for 20 years as a registered nurse by the Reading Hospital, retiring in 1977.
She was a 1935 graduate...