Frank Lattanzio
Mar 14, 2003
Frank Lattanzio Jr., 80, of 5341 Allentown Pike, Temple, Pa 19560 died March 14th at 2:40 am in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center where he had been since March 5th.
He was the husband of Betty J. (Heebner) Lattanzio.
Born in Reading he was a son of the late Frank Sr., and Carmella (Milici) Lattanzio.
He was a 1940 graduate of Reading...
Sarah C. Lubbeke
Mar 14, 2003
Sarah C. (Lehr) Lubbeke, 97, formerly of 231 Olive Street, West Reading, died March 14th at 5:45 p.m. in Mifflin Health Care Center, Cumru Township where she had been since October 1997.
She was the widow of Ernest H. Lubbeke who died September 26, 1965.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Edgar A. and Clara (Kalbach) Lehr.
She worked...
Christine A. Sparks
Mar 13, 2003
Christine A. Sparks, 41, of North 25th Street, Mount Penn, was dead on arrival of natural causes March 13 in St. Joseph Medical Center.
She was the wife of Robert C. Sparks.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of David L. Klusewitz, Shillington, and the late Barbara (Kirlik) Klusewitz.
Sparks was a 1979 graduate of Wyomissing High School.
She is also survived by...
Joseph Napoli
Mar 13, 2003
Joseph Napoli, 94, died March 13th at 1:05 a.m. in his residence at 1701 State Hill Road, Apt F-4, Wyomissing, Pa 19610.
He was the husband of Lucy (Scornavacchi) Napoli.
Born in Reading he was a son of the late Santo and Carmela (Giacinta) Napoli.
He was a member of St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church, Whitfield.
Napoli was the the owner/operator of Joe's...
Edward M. York
Mar 13, 2003
Edward Michael York, 81, of Riverview Park died March 13th at 10:00 p.m. in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center where he had been since February 12th.
He was the husband of Milda A. (Sevcik) York.
Born in Allentown, he was a son of the late Michael and Mary (Kasparek) York.
He was employed for 30 years for the Department of Defense as...
Dorothy K. Nagle
Mar 12, 2003
Dorothy K. "Dotty" (Harnly) Nagle, 61, died in her residence on March 12th at 9:30 a.m. at 1434 Brooke Blvd., Kenhorst.
She was the wife of Stephen P. Nagle.
Born in Pottstown, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth J. and Thelma E. (Yohn) Harnly.
She was a graduate of Shillington High School.
Nagle worked as an associate for Wal-mart, Exeter Township, for...
Alfred I. Schwartz
Mar 12, 2003
Alfred I. Schwartz, 85, formerly of Monroe Avenue, West Wyomissing, died March 12 at 12:24 p.m. in Evans Retirement Home, Fleetwood, where he had resided since March 11, 2002.
His wife, Ardelle L. (Neider) Schwartz, died Oct. 31, 1987.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Clarence and Clara (Mitchell) Schwartz.
Schwartz was employed for 20 years as a screw-machine...
Ethel M. Rocktashel
Mar 11, 2003
Ethel M. Rocktashel, 73, of Franklin Place, Wyomissing, died March 11 at 10:05 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since Feb. 23.
Her husband, Richard J. Rocktashel, died May 12, 1992.
Born in West Hartlepool, England, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Mary (Plews) Bradshaw.
Rocktashel was employed as operations manager by Robert Thomas Securities, Maidencreek...
Charles W. Bell
Mar 10, 2003
Charles W. "Chuck" Bell, a retired Wyomissing High School science teacher, died of natural causes March 10 at 8 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient five days.
Bell, 65, of Lawrence Avenue, Lincoln Park, was the husband of Jeanne H. (Frantz) Bell.
Bell was employed as a science teacher at Wyomissing High School from 1964 until his retirement...
Stanley H. Kroll
Mar 10, 2003
Stanley H. Kroll, 73, died of natural causes March 10 at 12:10 a.m. in his residence on Oak Hill Lane, Spring Township.
He was the husband of Irene E. (Allen) Kroll.
Born in Fairbury, Neb., he was a son of the late Francis L. and Viola (Hathaway) Kroll.
Kroll was employed from 1953 to 1978 as a research technologist by the Campbell Soup...
Lovenina N. Houck Williams
Mar 10, 2003
Loveina N. "Lovey" Houck Williams, 77, of Hendel Street, Shillington, died March 10 at 4:31 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since Feb. 7.
She was predeceased by her first husband, Paul Houck, on Dec. 26, 1961, and by her second husband, William H. Williams, in 1980.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late William...
Bradley A. Butzer
Mar 7, 2003
Bradley A. Butzer Sr., 57, of North Church Street, Robesonia, died of natural causes March 7 in his residence.
He was the husband of Cindy L. (Clinton) Butzer.
Born in Reading, he was a son of Margaret (Goheen) Butzer, Shillington, and the late Joseph Butzer.
Butzer had been employed for 10 years as a shipping clerk by Supreme Mid-Atlantic Corp., Jonestown, Lebanon County....
Dorothy F. Sassaman Peters Ludwig
Mar 4, 2003
Dorothy F. Sassaman Peters Ludwig, 85, formerly of Fleetwood, died March 4 at 5:59 p.m. in Lancaster General Hospital, where she had been a patient three days.
She was taken to the hospital from the Masonic Homes Independent Living, Elizabethtown, Lancaster County.
She was predeceased by her first husband, George W. Sassaman, in 1957; her second husband, Chester B. Peters, in 1963;...
Clair D. Dailey
Mar 4, 2003
Clair D. Dailey, 80, of Oley Turnpike Road, Exeter Township, formerly of Laureldale and Reading, died March 4 at 11:45 a.m. in the Lebanon Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
He was the husband of Frances K. (Ciemiega) Dailey.
Born in Fleetwood, he was a son of the late Charles and Mary (Adams) Dailey.
Dailey was employed by Sun Ship, Chester, and was later employed...
Lillian H. Beaver
Mar 1, 2003
Lillian H. (Hoffman) Beaver, 84, of 3427 Freemont Street, Laureldale died March 1st at 11:13 p.m. in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center where she had been since February 2nd.
She was the widow of William C. Beaver (Died October 23, 1982).
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Henry F. and Calla (Ross) Hoffman.
She was a 1936 graduate...
Dorothy Marie Frehn
Feb 28, 2003
Dorothy Marie (Binckley) Frehn, 89, of 2640 Girard Ave., Spring Township died February 28th at 4:00 pm in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center where she had been since February 22nd.
She was taken there from Spruce Manor, West Reading where she had been since March 6, 2002.
Frehn was the widow of Donald E. Frehn Sr., who died March 16, 1981.
Born...
Stella R. Folmer
Feb 28, 2003
Stella R. (Rothermel) Folmer, 92, of 506 Centre Street, Hyde Park, died February 28th at 7:20 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services, Muhlenberg Township where she had been since January 3rd.
She was the wife of Wayne A. Folmer.
Born in Ontelaunee Township, she was a daughter of the late John S. and Deborah (Swavely) Rothermel.
She was a 1929 graduate of Ontelaunee Vocational...
George Schmidt
Feb 25, 2003
George Schmidt, 92, formerly of 840 Fuller Street, Darby, Delaware County, died February 25th at 1:12pm in Berks Heim where he had been since August 4, 1997.
He was the widower of Beulah (Heck) Schmidt who died in 1991.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa he was a son of the late Andrew and Rosie (Berandt) Schmidt.
He was employed for 17 years at Drexel...
Barbara Ann Pauley
Feb 25, 2003
Barbara Ann (Pastore) Pauley, 60, died February 25th at 9:10 am in her residence at 1841 Mount Laurel Road, Temple.
She was the wife of Norman H. Pauley Sr.
Born in Reading she was a daughter of the late Anthony Pastore and Fern M. (Wesner) Shoemaker.
She was employed as a laborer for 10 years at the former Beckerman's Shoe Factory, Reading.
Pauley was...
Carl W. Tyler
Feb 24, 2003
Carl William Tyler, 45, died of natural causes February 24th at 6:37 a.m. in his residence at 4 Gibraltar Road, Exeter Township.
Born in Flint, Michigan he was a son of the late Harold T. Sr., and Glendora (Clemons) Tyler.
He was employed for a number of years as a assembly worker for Threshold Services, Reading, last working in 2000.
Tyler is survived...