Obituaries
Allen Lee Martin
Apr 20, 2005
Allen Lee Martin, 58, of 545 Prison Road, Bern Township, died April 20th in the Emergency Room at Reading Hospital.
Born in West Reading, he was a son of the late Clarence L. and Ethel K. (Mull) Martin.
He was a graduate of Schuylkill Valley High School.
Martin was a member of Epler's Church, Bern Township.
He was employed for a number of years...
Dorothy M. Spohn
Apr 11, 2005
Dorothy M. (Wisser) Spohn, 78, of Laureldale, died April 11th at 10:00 am in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center where she had been since April 5th.
She was the widow of Dewey Paul Spohn, who died July 26, 1963.
Born in Virginville, she was a daughter of the late Irvin and Carrie (Merkel) Wisser.
She is survived by a son, Ronald B....
Harold Guy Adams
Apr 11, 2005
Harold Guy Adams, Sr., 70, died April 11th in his residence in Muhlenberg Township.
He was the widower of Rita Ellen (Clinton) Adams, who died December 5, 2004.
Adams was employed for a number of years in the warehouse at Textile Chemicals, until his retirement in 1998.
He was a member of the Reading Company Boosters Club.
Adams was also survived by a daughter,...
Jean L. Banks
Apr 10, 2005
Jean L. Banks, 65, West Reading, died of natural causes April 10 at 7:30 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient three days.
She was taken to the hospital from ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading.
There are no immediate survivors.
Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading, is in charge of arrangements.
Helen V. Wagner
Apr 10, 2005
Helen V. (Katarzynski) Wagner, 88, of Haak Street, Reading, died April 10th at 9:00 am in Beverly Manor, Exeter Township, where she had been since December 23, 2004.
She was the wife of Robert P. Wagner.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John and Frances (Szymanski) Katarzynski.
She was a member of St. Catherine's of Sienna Roman Catholic Church,...
Henry F. Weir
Apr 10, 2005
Henry Franklin Weir, 71, of Muhlenberg Township, died April 10th in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
He was the husband of Ella A. (Leinbach) Weir and predeceased by his first wife, Bessie (Moyer) Weir, who died in 1993.
Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Hugh and Laree (Kingot) Weir.
He was employed 44 years as an...
Doris M. Kissinger
Apr 10, 2005
Doris M. (Noecker) Kissinger, 83, formerly of Wyomissing and of Tucson, Arizona, died April 10 at 6:45 p.m. in Odyssey Hospice, Tucson, Arizona, where she had resided three days.
Her husband, William "Jack" Kissinger, died August 18, 2004.
Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late William and Mabel Jane (Crow) Noecker. Kissinger was employed for 15 years as a...
Helen L. Phillips
Apr 9, 2005
Helen L. Phillips, 93, formerly of Wyomissing, died April 9th at 6:35 am in the Mifflin Center, Cumru Township, where she had been since Friday.
She was the widow of Leonard Z. Phillips, who died January 25, 1980.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Sadie S. (Otto) Hupp.
She was a member of West Lawn United Methodist Church.
Phillips is...
Stephanie M. Rivera
Apr 5, 2005
Stephanie M. Rivera, 22, Reading, died of natural causes April 5 at 9:30 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient four days.
Born in Puerto Rico, she was a daughter of Edwin O. Rivera, Barranquilla, Puerto Rico, and Miosoty L. Sanchez, Wyomissing.
Rivera was last employed as a clerk by the Berks County Welfare Department, last working in June...
Zaila S. Souther
Apr 4, 2005
Zaila S. Souther, 96, died April 4 in the Highlands at Wyomissing.
Her husband, Channing W. Souther Jr., died March 1, 1968.
Born in Superior, Wis., she was a daughter of the late Frederick and Hattie (Kuphal) Seguin.
Souther was employed as an English teacher in the Norwood (Mass.) School District, until her retirement.
She was a 1928 graduate of Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
Surviving...
Rosemarie Rusak
Apr 4, 2005
Rosemarie Rusak, 51, of Muhlenberg Township, died April 4th at 11:31am in the Emergency Room at Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
She was the wife of Michael E. Rusak.
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, she was a daughter of the late Julius and Helen (Galush) Miskewitz.
She was a 1971 graduate of Mother Seton High School, Clark, New Jersey.
Rusak was also a graduate...
Joseph H. O'Neill
Apr 3, 2005
Joseph H. O'Neill, 80, Wyomissing, died April 3 in Reading Hospital.
He was the husband of Natalie M. (Lombardo) O'Neill.
Born in New York City, he was a son of the late Joseph J. and Jane (Hannett) O'Neill.
O'Neill had been employed for 35 years as a timekeeper by Continental Can Co., Reading, retiring in 1991.
He was a member of St. Ignatius Loyola...
Donovan L. Dunlap
Apr 2, 2005
Services for Donovan L. Dunlap, 34, Cumru Township, will be Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading.
Burial will be private in Laureldale Cemetery, Tuckerton.
Dunlap was killed late Saturday when his car rolled during heavy rain in Robeson Township.
His death was ruled an accident Monday by Dr. Nicholas Bybel, Berks County coroner, who ruled...
Nicholas R. Klinger
Apr 2, 2005
Nicholas R. Klinger, 5, son of Marlin D. and Mona L. (Waltrich) Klinger, died of cancer April 2 at 5:15 a.m. in his Penn Township residence.
Born in West Reading, he had been attending kindergarten at Tutor Time Child Care, Spring Township, until this year.
Klinger is also survived by a brother, Douglas M., Stevens, Lancaster County, and two sisters, Theresa L....
Elaine C. Hills
Apr 1, 2005
Elaine C. Hills, 96, a resident at the Highlands at Wyomissing, died April 1 at 11:50 p.m. in the Highlands at Wyomissing Assisted Living.
Her husband, Harry S. Hills, died in November 2002.
Born in New York City, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Elma (Koop) Cook.
Surviving are a son, Robert, New Hope, Bucks County; and a daughter, Harriet...
Dorothy R. Buchter
Mar 31, 2005
Dorothy R. "Dot" Buchter, 81, of South Williamsport, PA, formerly of Earlsville, PA, passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2005 at the Williamsport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Leon Buchter, with whom she shared 63 years of marriage.
Dorothy was born March 20, 1924 in Greshville, PA, she was the step daughter of Lawrence A. Ritter and daughter...
Ray G. Reed
Mar 30, 2005
Ray G. Reed, 73, formerly of Hyde Park and of Temple died March 30 in St. Joseph's Hospital where he had been a patient since Monday.
His wife Joan V. (Swavely) Reed died November 27, 1974.
Born in Waynesboro, VA, he was the son of the late Eugene and Lottie (Carroll) Reed.
He was employed for 31 years by Exide Technologies, Laureldale, PA...
Jean B. Wolf
Mar 30, 2005
Jean B. Wolf, 82, Wyomissing, died March 30 at 3:30 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient four days.
Her husband, Gregory F. Wolf, died Sept. 4, 1986.
Born in Newark, N.J., she was a daughter of the late William and Carmella (Bazilla) Daddis.
Wolf was employed as a receptionist by Reading Diagnostic Clinic, West Reading, retiring in 1994.
She was...
Dorothy F. Bellman
Mar 30, 2005
Dorothy F. Bellman, 94, died March 30 in her residence in Wyomissing.
Her husband, Charles R. Bellman, died in May 1980.
Born in Wyomissing, she was a daughter of the late Raymond L. and Helen M. (Kantner) Ransom.
Bellman was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church, Laureldale.
Surviving are two daughters, Charlene B. (Bellman) Jopp, Wyomissing, with whom she resided, and Sheila M. (Bellman)...
Josephine M. Deemer
Mar 29, 2005
Josephine M. Deemer, 84, formerly of Wyomissing, died March 29 at 2:50 a.m. in the residence of a son, Richard J. Deemer, Wyomissing.
Her husband, Bernard R. Deemer, died April 5, 1988.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Marie (Chelius) Dunn.
Deemer was employed from 1938 to 1947 as a beautician by Mr. Fred's Salon, Reading. From...
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