Obituaries
Lee R. Lewis
Sep 2, 2002
Lee R. Lewis, 80, of Kurtz Mill Road, Brecknock Township, died Sept. 2 in Zerbe Sisters Nursing Center, Narvon, Lancaster County.
Born in Muhlenberg Township, he was a son of the late Clarence S. and Blanche R. (Ernfield) Lewis.
Lewis was employed for 11 years by the Pennsylvania Railroad in Philadelphia and was the owner-operator for several years of a beer distributorship...
Trent M. Sincavage
Aug 31, 2002
Trent M. Sincavage, 3, of Lincoln Avenue, Wyomissing, died Aug. 31 in the residence of his great-grandmother in Douglassville.
The cause of death has been withheld, pending completion of tests by the Berks County coroner's office.
Born in Reading, he was a son of James G. and Tammy T. (Trace) Sincavage.
Sincavage was a member of Atonement Lutheran Church, Wyomissing.
He is also survived...
Thomas R. Brucker
Aug 30, 2002
Thomas R. Brucker, 69, of Museum Road, Shillington, died Aug. 30 at 10:55 a.m. in Reading Hospital, shortly after arrival.
Born in Schenectady, N.Y., he was a son of the late George and Ellen J. (Taylor) Brucker.
Brucker had been employed as a stock assistant by Weis Markets, Shillington.
He was a member of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, West Reading.
Brucker was a...
Joan K. Becker
Aug 28, 2002
Joan K. Becker, 61, of Illinois Avenue, Lower Heidelberg Township, died of natural causes Aug. 28 at 7:05 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since Aug. 5.
She was the wife of Russell V. Becker Jr.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Claude Keim, Reading, and Miriam (Mohn) Keim, Sinking Spring.
Becker was employed for the past...
Betty L. Maltby
Aug 24, 2002
Betty L. Maltby, 78, of Seminary Avenue, Muhlenberg Township, formerly of El Hatco Drive, Temple, died Aug. 24 in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient for one week.
Her husband, James A. Maltby, died Oct. 6, 1996.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late George M. and Estella M. (Clemens) Kline.
Maltby had been employed for...
William C. Cauff
Aug 24, 2002
William C. Cauff, 83, of Magnolia Avenue, Riverview Park, died Aug. 24 in his residence.
He was the husband of Kathryn K. (Smith) Cauff.
Born in Frackville, he was a son of the late William J. and Myrtle B. (Guinther) Cauff.
Cauff had been employed for 38 years as a machinist by the Reading Railroad, retiring in 1979.
He was a member of Faith...
A. Albert Broslow
Aug 22, 2002
A. Albert Broslow, 80, of Thrush Road, Wyomissing, died Aug. 22 at 8 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since Aug. 20.
His wife, Linda W. (Watson) Broslow, died July 23, 2000.
Born in Queens, N.Y., he was a son of the late Benjamin and Sarah (Pittinsky) Broslovsky.
Broslow had spent many years as the co-owner of the former...
Richard E. Rapp
Aug 22, 2002
Richard E. Rapp, 83, of Augusta Lane, Flying Hills, formerly of Cortland Avenue, Kenhorst, died Aug. 22, in the residence of his stepdaughter in New Hope, Bucks County.
He was the husband of Dorothy (Francadilla) Paglione Rapp. He was predeceased by his first wife, Catherine (Lemmer) Rapp, in 1971.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Ross and Mary...
Song Hui Ye
Aug 22, 2002
Song Hui Ye, 33, of 4001 8th Avenue Temple was killed August 22nd in his business, the Peking Restaurant in the Kamart Shopping Plaza, Fifth Street Highway, Muhlenberg Township.
Ye was tied up, beaten and stabbed to death during an apparent early morning robbery attempt, according to township police and the Berks County Coroner's Office.
He was the husband of Kesheng Zou.
Born...
Barbara Ann Seidel
Aug 21, 2002
Barbara Ann "Snook" Seidel, 60, of 722 Georgia Avenue, Riverview Park, Muhlenberg Township died August 21st at 1:14 a.m. in The Reading Hospital and Medical Center where she had been since Tuesday.
She was the wife of Donald Edward Seidel.
Born in Shillington, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Paul and Dorothy (Bitting) Hoch.
Seidel was a 1959 graduate of Governor...
Charles T. Tregembo
Aug 21, 2002
Charles T. Tregembo, 75, of 707 Belmont Avenue, Laureldale, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center August 21st at 4:52 am.
He was taken there from ManorCare Health Services, Inc., West Reading, where he had been a patient since August 12th.
Tregembo was the husband of the late Josephine E. (Warmkessel) Tregembo who died May 1, 1985.
Born...
Etta E. Brown
Aug 19, 2002
Etta E. Brown, 84, of Tulpehocken Avenue, West Reading, died Aug. 19 at 2:50 a.m. at Manor Care, West Reading, where she resided since July 16.
Her husband, George D. Brown, died Oct. 22, 1993.
Born in West Reading, she was a daughter of the late Mahlon and Bertha (Strauss) Greim.
Brown was employed as a topper for many years at Berkshire Knitting...
William R. Boldt
Aug 19, 2002
William R. Boldt, 87, formerly of Fairview Avenue, Mount Penn, and Providence House, Reading, died Aug. 19 at Beverly Manor, Exeter Township, where he had resided since April 2.
His wife, Claire M. (Haggerty) Boldt, died March 11, 2000.
Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Robert and Catherine (Steigerwald) Boldt.
He was employed as a full-fashioned knitter for 20...
Enrico T. Premici
Aug 17, 2002
Enrico T. "Harry" Premici, 79, of 511 Grill Ave., Cumru Township died August 17th at 11:05 a.m. in Reading Hospital and Medical Center where he had been since August 3, 2002.
He was the husband of Catherine (Lombardo) Premici.
Born in Reading, Pa., he was a son of the late Angelo and Lillian (Mobila) Premici.
He was employed as a Operator for a...
Raymond Earl Kieffer
Aug 17, 2002
Raymond Earl Kieffer Jr., 86, formerly of 600 Wellington Ave., Lincoln Park died August 17th at in Topton Lutheran Home where he had been since October 2001.
He was the husband of Noel S. (Schubert) Kieffer of the Topton Lutheran Home.
Born in Shillington, Pa., he was a son of the late Raymond E. and Martha S. (Sowa) Kieffer Sr.
He worked for...
Marie M. Beck
Aug 16, 2002
Marie M. Beck, 103, formerly of 155 West Green Street, Reading, died August 16th at 2:50 p.m. in Berks Heim where she had been a patient since May 20, 1992.
Born in Reading, Pa., she was a daughter of the late John and Mary E. (Hartz) Beck.
Beck worked as a cash girl for Pomeroy, Dives and Stewart, Reading, for a number...
Miriam K. Kochel
Aug 15, 2002
Miriam K. Kochel, a retired church organist and choir director, died Aug. 15 at 1:30 a.m. in the residence of a daughter, Frances (Kochel) Frezeman, North 15th Street, where she had resided since January.
Kochel, 94, of Belmont Avenue, Laureldale, was an organist and choir director for 36 years at Christ Reformed, Temple; Epiphany Lutheran, South Temple; St. Mark's Lutheran, Reading;...
Dorothea C. Hughes
Aug 14, 2002
Dorothea C. Hughes, retired co-owner of a Reading travel agency, died Aug. 14 at 6:22 a.m. in her residence on Tewkesbury Drive, Wyomissing Hills.
Hughes, 83, was the wife of Maurice P. Hughes.
Hughes was owner with her husband of Roamer Tours, Reading, from 1966 until her retirement in 2000.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John and Charlotte...
Suzann A. Gehret
Aug 14, 2002
Suzann Alice Gehret, 69, of 3417 River Road, Muhlenberg Township, died August 14th at 9:39 a.m. in The Reading Hospital and Medical Center where she had been for one day.
She was married April 8, 1950 to Barry Paul Gehret.
Born in Reading, Pa., she was a daughter of Grace N. (Moyer) Steffey of Hamburg and the late M. Luther Steffey.
She was...
Leo L. Faller
Aug 14, 2002
Leo Lawrence Faller, Sr., formerly of 2110 Elizabeth Ave., Laureldale died August 14th at 7:20 p.m. in his residence at 354 Haas Road, Windsor Township.
He was married February 26, 1949 to Jane C. (Garner) Faller.
Born in Reading, Pa., he was a son of the late Joseph and Sally (Bare) Faller.
Faller worked for 33 years as a hook-up man for Dana...
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