Frederick T. Coleman
May 10, 2004
Frederick T. Coleman Jr., 88, of Linda Lane, Spring Township, died May 10 at 10:55 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient six days.
He was the husband of Patricia A. (Hertzog) Coleman. His first wife, Vivian F. (LaValle) Coleman, died Oct. 4, 1965.
Born in Watertown, Mass., he was a son of the late Frederick T. Coleman Sr....
Cheryl Ann Kreider
May 10, 2004
Cheryl Ann (Burke) Kreider, 36, of 1828 Frush Valley Road, Muhlenberg Township, died at 12:02 pm of natural causes May 10th in the Pottsville Hospital where she had been since earlier that morning.
She was the wife of Ralph L. Kreider, Jr.
Born in Auburn, Schuylkill County, she was a daughter of William Burke of Auburn and Ellen (Sisburn) Cicero of Pottsville.
She...
Anna M. Kline
May 10, 2004
Anna M. Kline, 94, formerly of Weiser Street and Wynnewood at Wyomissing Apartments, died May 10 at 9 a.m. in the Highlands at Wyomissing, where she had resided 10 years.
Her husband, Joseph W. Kline, died in December 1972.
Born in Birdsboro, she was a daughter of the late Max and Grecenz (Hacker) Bachl.
Kline was employed for 15 years as a floor...
Mary Ellen Johnson
May 10, 2004
Mary Ellen Johnson, 95, of the St. Joseph Living Center, Hyde Park, formerly of Episcopal House, North Ninth Street, died May 10 in the Mifflin Center, Cumru Township, where she had resided two weeks.
Her husband, Lewis M. Johnson, died Feb. 19, 1970.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Patrick J. and Margaret P. (Gray) Hannahoe.
Johnson was employed...
Virginia J. Henne
May 9, 2004
Virginia J. Henne, 76, of Hillside Drive, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, died May 9 in the Select Specialty Hospital, Camp Hill, where she had been a patient April 4.
She was the wife of Richard H. Henne.
Born in Fishing Creek Valley, Dauphin County, she was a daughter of the late Kermit and Eva (Hess) Straw.
Henne was employed for 16 years as...
Thelma O. Bauer
May 9, 2004
Thelma Olga "Sweety" (Morganti) Bauer, 68, of 1310 Mount Laurel Road, (Muhlenberg Township), Temple, Pa 19560, died May 9th in ManorCare Health Services, Muhlenberg Township where she had been since April 30th.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Joseph E. and Olga T. (Spinka) Morganti.
She was a 1955 graduate of Central Catholic High School, Reading.
Bauer worked for...
Rose A. Spangler
May 9, 2004
Rose A. (Reuth) Spangler, 91, of 1060 Butter Lane, Exeter Township, died May 9th at 2:29 pm in the Mifflin Center, Cumru Township.
She was the widow of John F.W. Spangler, who died May 1980.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Lewis and Sally (Richards) Reuth.
She was a member of St. Catharine of Siena Roman Catholic Church, Mount...
Ella Giering
May 7, 2004
Ella Giering of 13 Rimby Way, Exeter Township, was stillborn May 7th in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center.
She was a daughter of Robert E. Jr., and Sharon B. (Backer) Giering.
Giering was a member of St. Catharine of Siena Roman Catholic Church, Mount Penn.
She is also survived by her twin-sister, Lily Ella Giering.
Other survivors include her paternal grandparents, Robert E....
Richard E. Hilton
May 6, 2004
Richard Edward Hilton, 74, died May 6th at 3:50 pm in his residence at 171 Thomas Place, Sinking Spring, Pa 19608.
He was the husband of Patricia Anne (Strickler) Hilton.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was a son of the late Remus Emil and Dorothy Mae (Kelley) Hiltunen.
Hilton was a 1947 graduate of Cathedral High School, Omaha, Nebraska and attended Creighton...
Fricis Salks
May 6, 2004
Fricis Salks, 85, died May 6th at 8:40 pm in his residence at 3208 Stoudts Ferry Bridge Road, (Muhlenberg Township)Reading, Pa 19605.
He was the husband of Irene (Kanavins) Salks.
Born in Bukaiski, Latvia he was a son of the late Rafaels and Anna (Driza) Salkowskas.
He worked 34 years as a sales representative at Eastern Mill Works, St. Lawrence before retiring in...
Charles H. Wall
May 6, 2004
Charles H. Wall, 90, of Manbeck Road, Heidelberg Township, formerly of Spring Street, West Lawn, died May 6 at 6 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since April 30.
He was the husband of Christine J. (O'Donnell) Wall.
Born in Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Charles and Jane (Quigley) Wall.
Wall was employed for 35 years...
Luke M. Snyder
May 3, 2004
Luke Matthew Snyder, 85, of Allentown Pike, Ontelaunee Township, died May 3rd at 6:00 am in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center, where he had been since April 28th.
He was the husband of Ruth Marie (Kunkleman) Snyder.
Born in Emmaus, Lehigh County, he was a son of late Howard C. and Emma V. (Mogel) Snyder.
He was a 1936 graduate of Ontelaunee...
Thelma R. Roboski
May 2, 2004
Thelma R. (Eisenhower) Roboski, 83, died May 2nd at 11:45pm in the residence of her son, Jack M. of 369 Snyder Road, Ontelaunee Township, with whom she resided for a month.
Formerly of Dries Road, Ontelaunee Township, she was the widow of George Roboski, Jr., who died March 16, 2003.
Born in Perry Township, she was a daughter of the late Elmer...
William G. Dematteo
May 2, 2004
Memorial services for William G. DeMatteo, 50, of King Street, Laureldale, will be Friday at 11 a.m. in the Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading.
Burial will be in Laureldale Cemetery, Tuckerton.
DeMatteo died May 2 after a one-vehicle crash on Route 222 the former Road to Nowhere in Muhlenberg Township, officials said. He died in Reading Hospital shortly after...
Donna M. Bewley
Apr 30, 2004
Donna M. Bewley, 56, of Playground Drive, West Reading, died of natural causes April 30 at 11:40 a.m. in Hershey Medical Center, Dauphin County, where she had been a patient for more than two weeks.
Her husband, Jesse C. Bewley, died Nov. 13, 1996.
Born in East Grand Rapids, Mich., she was a daughter of the late Bernard C. and Gene M....
Basil Floriani
Apr 29, 2004
Basil Floriani, 81, died April 29th in his residence at 1009 Penn Street, Reading.
He was the widower of Elnor A. (Krebs) Floriani.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Frank P. and Carmela (Saitta) Floriani.
He was a 1940 graduate of St. Peter's High School, Reading and a 1949 graduate of McCann's Business School.
Floriani was a past owner of...
Larry A. Wagner
Apr 29, 2004
Larry A. Wagner Sr., 62, of Fairview Drive, Bern Township, died of natural causes April 29 in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient for one week.
He was the husband of Dorothy N. (Mortland) Wagner.
Born in Bernville, he was a son of the late Lewis G. Sr. and Catherine M. (Rickenbach) Wagner.
Wagner had been employed for several years as...
Anna J. Posta
Apr 29, 2004
Anna Josephine (Vahovich) Posta, 94, formerly of South Sterley Street, Shillington and West Abbott St., Lansford, died April 29th in her daughters residence, with whom she resided for 5 1/2 years.
She was the widow of Philip Michael Posta, who died December 29, 1967.
Born in Lansford, Carbon County, she was a daughter of the late Francis and Anna (Rosak) Vahovich.
Posta was...
Elizabeth L. Zilkow
Apr 27, 2004
Elizabeth L. Zilkow, 13, of Timber Ridge Road, Robeson Township, died of natural causes April 27 at 7:54 p.m. in the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where she had been a patient two weeks.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Robert M. Zilkow, with whom she resided, and Karen J. Deeney, Boyertown.
Zilkow was a seventh grade student at Twin Valley...
Gerald M. Bowers
Apr 26, 2004
Gerald M. Bowers, 82, of 79 Shore Drive, Centre Township, died April 26th at 6:15 pm in ManorCare Health Services, Spring Township, where he had been since February 20th.
He was the widower of Betty Jane (Tindle) Bowers, who died January 4, 2003.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Edmund and Anna (Martin) Bowers.
He was a Army Veteran...