Obituaries
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...
Anna Kosmoski
Apr 24, 2004
Anna Kosmoski, 84, formerly of Carroll Street, died April 24 in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where she had been a resident since September 2001.
Her husband, Frank Kosmoski, died in 1969.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Rocco and Theresa (Cardetta) Pergola.
Kosmoski was a member of St. Stephen's Polish National Catholic Church, Cumru Township.
She is survived...
John A. Sabulsky
Apr 22, 2004
John A. Sabulsky, 80, of the Wynnewood at Wyomissing Apartments, Park Road, Wyomissing, died April 22 at 11:35 p.m. in his residence.
He was the husband of Doris R. (Preneta) Sabulsky.
Born in McAdoo, Schuylkill County, he was a son of the late Joseph and Agnes (Stahowich) Sabulsky.
Sabulsky had been employed for 10 years in shipping by S. S. White, Piscataway, N.J.,...
Paul W. Oudinot
Apr 22, 2004
Paul W. Oudinot, 62, of 3509 Ardmore Avenue, Muhlenberg Park, died April 22nd in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center where he had been since Wednesday.
He was the husband of Patricia A. (Dehart) Oudinot, at home.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Paul W. and Dorothy (Heartinstein) Oudinot.
He was the owner of Paul Oudinot Roofing, Muhlenberg Park...
Dorothy E. Kimbel
Apr 20, 2004
Dorothy E. Kimbel, 82, formerly of Berg Road, Richmond Township, died April 20 at 2 a.m. in Kutztown Manor Inc., where she had resided one year.
Her husband, Robert F. Kimbel, died in 1944.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late William W. and Clara A. (Feno) Reed.
Surviving are two sons, Robert W., New Castle, Del., and Kenneth J.,...
Rudolph Scalese
Apr 20, 2004
Rudolph Scalese Sr., 77, of Mimosa Drive, Dublin, Ga., formerly of Laureldale, died April 20 at 11:14 p.m. in the Lebanon Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where he had been a patient six days.
He was the husband of Theresa (Madona) Scalese.
Born in Kent, Ohio, he was a son of the late John and Santa (LaMacchia) Scalese.
Scalese was employed for 30 years...
Sara K. Greenwich
Apr 19, 2004
Sara K. Greenich, 92, of Highland Street, West Lawn, died April 19 at 9:05 p.m. in Country Meadows of Wyomissing, where she had resided since September.
She was the wife of Karl E. Greenich.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Nellie (Davis) Widmyer.
Greenich was a member of West Lawn United Methodist Church.
She is also survived by...
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