Daniel J. Weber
Nov 19, 2002
Daniel J. Weber, 80, of Grange Road, Bern Township, died Nov. 19 at 1:45 p.m. in the emergency care unit at Reading Hospital.
He was the husband of Gloria M. (Kulikowski) Weber.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Charles and Mary (Hipp) Weber.
Weber was employed for 41 years by Carpenter Technology Corp., retiring as general foreman in 1982.
He...
Mabel A. Schwoyer
Nov 19, 2002
Mabel A. (Weidner) Schwoyer, 74, died November 19th at 9:20 a.m. in her residence at 40 Alsace Avenue, Alsace Manor.
She was the widow of James C. Schwoyer (Died November 18, 2001).
Born in Reading, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Floyd E. and Edna (Ohlinger) Weidner.
She was employed as a produce clerk for a number of years at the...
Beatrice M. O'Connell
Nov 18, 2002
Beatrice M. O'Connell, 94, died Nov. 18 at 8:45 a.m. in the Lutheran Home at Topton, where she had resided since April.
She was taken to the Lutheran Home at Topton from Outlook Pointe, Reiffton.
Born in the Bronx, N.Y., she was a daughter of the late Matthew and Kathryn (Driscoll) Charde.
O'Connell was employed for 30 years as a special education teacher...
George H. Noll
Nov 18, 2002
George Henry "Butch" Noll, 89, of 7 Irish Mountain Road, Alsace Township, died November 18th at 8:40 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services, Muhlenberg Township where he had been since 9/27/2002.
He was married March 27, 1937 to Hilda Catherine (Delp) Noll.
Born in Reading, Pa., he was a son of the late William W. and Mary (Kaucher) Noll.
He worked as a pre-boarder...
Arthur L. Moyer
Nov 17, 2002
Arthur L. Moyer, 85, formerly of Portland Avenue, Spring Township, died Nov. 17 at 5:10 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where he had been a resident since May 15.
He was the husband of R. Jeanette (Reber) Moyer.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Harold and Mary (Moore) Moyer.
Moyer had been employed for 25 years...
Florence M. Luppold
Nov 17, 2002
Florence Mable (Mull) Luppold, 80, of 827 Bellevue Avenue, Laureldale, died November 17th at 3:40 p.m. in the Reading Hospital and Medical Center where she had been since November 9th.
She was the widow of Steward H. who died September 6, 1992.
Born in Exeter Township, she was a daughter of the late Edwin J. and Mamie L. (Kerchner) Mull.
Luppold worked in...
Helen M. Koch
Nov 17, 2002
Helen M. Koch, a retired school teacher, died Nov. 17 at 12:20 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient two days.
Koch, 89, a resident of the Highlands at Wyomissing, formerly of Meadowlark Road, Wyomissing, was predeceased by her husband, attorney Henry M. Koch Sr., on Dec. 4, 1994.
She was employed as a kindergarten teacher by Bethany Children's...
Nicholas Milones
Nov 16, 2002
Nicholas Milones, 87, of Wayne Avenue, Wyomissing, retired owner of two local businesses, died Nov. 16 at 1:56 a.m. in the Reading Hospital emergency room.
He was the husband of Sophie (Odages) Milones.
Born in Mytilene, Greece, he was a son of the late Steven and Helen (Hasapi) Milones.
Milones owned and operated Nick's Uptown News, Penn Street, from 1971 until 1987. He...
Kanaan Salloum
Nov 16, 2002
Kanaan Salloum, 88, formerly of Westwood Road, Colony Park, died Nov. 16 at 12:47 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Laureldale, where he had resided since April 2001.
His wife, Salwa (Salloum) Salloum, died in August 1983.
Born in Salaata, Lebanon, he was a son of the late Rizkallah and Nabiha (Kamel) Salloum.
Salloum had been mayor of Salaata, retiring in 1994.
He was...
Winfred A. Neher
Nov 16, 2002
Winfred A. Neher, 98, formerly of Herb Road, Muhlenberg Township, died Nov. 16 at 8:25 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Laureldale, where he had been a resident since Aug. 16.
His wife, Dorothy G. (Kuusman) Neher, died Mar. 15, 1999.
Born in Pennsburg, Montgomery County, he was a son of the late Robert A. and Bessie M. (Wingert) Neher.
Neher had been...
Frank Carabello
Nov 13, 2002
Frank Carabello, 91, formerly of Clifton Avenue, died Nov. 13 in the Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, where he had resided since 1997.
His wife, Fannie (Ninetto) Carabello, died in June 1987.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Anthony and Josephine (Messina) Carabello.
Carabello was employed for 12 years as an electrician by the Reading School District, retiring in...
Fred J. Capozello
Nov 13, 2002
Fred J. Capozello, a retired city tavern owner, died Nov. 13 at 8:17 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since Oct. 7.
Capozello, 74, of Chestnut Street, Birdsboro, formerly of West Reading, was the owner-operator of the Hof Brau Tavern and Restaurant, Reading, from 1983 until his retirement in 1988.
Born in West Reading, he was a son...
Richard W. Reddy
Nov 12, 2002
Richard W. Reddy, retired engraving department supervisor at Reading Eagle Company, died Nov. 12 at 10:45 p.m. in Phoebe Berks Health Care Center, Wernersville.
Reddy, 81, a resident at Phoebe Berks Village, Wernersville, for the past year, formerly of Montieth Avenue, Midvale Manor, was employed by Reading Eagle Company from Jan. 29, 1940, until his retirement Oct. 26, 1990.
Born in Reading,...
Louise T. Ferdinandi
Nov 11, 2002
Louise T. Ferdinandi, 88, died Nov. 11 at 12:30 p.m. in her residence on Holland Square, West Reading.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John B. and Clelia (Cinti) Ferdinandi.
Ferdinandi was employed for 41 years by the state Bureau of Employment Security, Reading, retiring as assistant manager in December 1974.
She was a member of St. Mark's United...
Patrick M. Mcknight
Nov 11, 2002
Patrick Michael McKnight, 56, died November 11th at 3:35 p.m. in his residence at 207 Fischer Lane, Apt 207, Reading, Pa., 19601.
Born in Reading, Pa., he was a son of Grace G. (Gison) with whom he resided.
He was a 1965 graduate of Reading High School.
McKnight worked for many years in customer service, last working in 1997.
He was a member of...
Ruth M. Cardinal
Nov 10, 2002
Ruth M. Cardinal, 83, formerly of Playground Drive, West Reading, died Nov. 10 at 7:45 p.m. in St. Luke's Hospital Hospice Center, Bethlehem.
She was taken to the hospital from Country Meadows of Bethlehem.
She was the wife of Carmen Cardinal, also a resident at Country Meadows of Bethlehem.
Born in West Reading, she was a daughter of the late Harvey and Mary...
Mary M. Albert
Nov 9, 2002
Mary M. Albert, 89, formerly of 835 Franklin Street, Eisenhower Apts., Reading died November 9th at 4:15 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services, West Reading where she had been since 1995.
She was predeceased by her first husband Phillip Pezzino in 1971 and was the widow of Joseph Albert who died in 1997.
Born in St. Stefano, Providence of Mecciana, Sicily, Italy, she...
Dorothea C. Kleppinger
Nov 8, 2002
Dr. Dorothea C. Kleppinger, 79, a longtime physician and civic leader, formerly of Cumru Township, died Nov. 8 in the Highlands at Wyomissing, where she had resided since 2000.
Her husband, Dr. Richard K. Kleppinger, died in March 1996.
Born in Kutztown, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Jacob W. and Carrie (Rauch) Bittner.
Kleppinger practiced family medicine in Kutztown from...
Richard Cardinal
Nov 8, 2002
Richard Cardinal, 64, of Bentley Drive, Palm Harbor, Fla., formerly of West Reading, died of natural causes Nov. 8 in the Veterans Affairs Hospital, St. Petersburg, Fla., where he had been a patient since Nov. 1.
Born in West Reading, he was a son of the late Charles and Mary (Lavigna) Cardinal.
Cardinal was the owner of the Italian-American Club, West Reading,...
John F. Donohue
Nov 8, 2002
John Francis "Jack" Donohue, 80, of 5124 Wilshire Road, Muhlenberg Township died November 8th at 6:40 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center where he had been since November 5th.
He was the husband of Virginia E. (Purcell) Donohue, at home.
Born in Scranton, Pa., Luzerne County he was a son of the late Michael and Agnes (Scanlon) Donohue.
He was a 1940 gratuate...