Martha Canouse
Aug 5, 2025
Martha Canouse, 90, of Port Saint Lucie, FL, and formerly of West Lawn, PA, passed away on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. She was the widow of Harry D. Canouse, who passed away on March 19, 1988.
Born in Berwick to the late Fred and Alice (Kochman) Starvatow, graduated from Bloomsburg University with her Bachelor's of Education. She was a primary school...
Robert P. Behm
Aug 5, 2025
Robert P. Behm, 90, passed away in his Wyomissing residence on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, with his loving wife, Christine, by his side. They shared 26 wonderful years together.
Born in West Reading on August 27, 1934, he was the son of the late Robert and LaRue (Ravel) Behm. He was a graduate of Reading High School, Class of 1952. Bob...
Carol I. Gardecki
Aug 5, 2025
Carol I. Gardecki, 88, of West Lawn, passed away on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, in the care of Reading Hospital. Born in State Hill, she was the only child of the late Harold L. and Edna M. (Noecker) DeLong.
A graduate of Wilson High School and Kutztown State Teacher's College, Carol taught math at Wilson for several years. She later worked...
James R. Korth
Aug 4, 2025
James R. Korth, 78, of Sinking Spring, passed away August 4, 2025, at Reading Hospital.
Jim is survived by his wife of 44 years, Melissa A. (Nadolsky) Korth; his daughters, Jennifer A. (Justin) Kriczky, of Spring City, PA, and Jamie M. (Jeff) Korth-Gibson, of Winchester, VA; his sister, Kathy (Jim) Mordy, of Seattle, WA; and his two grandchildren, Addison James Kriczky...
Charles D. Levering
Aug 3, 2025
Charles D. "Charlie" Levering, 60, suddenly passed away August 3, 2025, at the Reading Hospital.
He was the loving husband of Joan L. Levering, married 32 years.
Born at the Reading Hospital and raised in Wyomissing Hills, he was a son of the late Alvin and Arlene Levering.
He was a graduate of Wyomissing High School, class of 1982.
Charlie co-owned AL Levering Plumbing...
Judith A. Geschwindt
Aug 3, 2025
Judith Ann Geschwindt, 77, passed away peacefully on August 3, 2025, after battling cancer for more than three years. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on January 26, 1948, daughter of the late Mamie and Donald Brownmiller, Judy shared 58 years of marriage with her best friend and husband, Edward. Judy will be remembered by family and friends for her beautiful smile...
Stella Nowotarski
Aug 2, 2025
Stella Nowotarski, 87, of Exeter Township, passed away on Saturday, August 2, 2025 at Laureldale Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was the widower of Frederick J. Nowotarski, Sr. in 2014. They shared over 54 wonderful years together.
Born in the Province of Bialystok, Poland, where she lived her first years during WWII. She was the daughter of the late Stanislaw...
Paul A. Fink
Aug 2, 2025
Paul A. "Finky" Fink, 87, lifelong resident of Hamburg, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, August 2, 2025, in the care of St. Joseph Hospital. Loving husband of the late Elizabeth "Betty" G. Fink, who passed away on March 26, 2014, they shared 54 years of marriage.
Son of the late Clarence and Grace (Klopp) Fink, Paul served in the National Guard....
Anna M. Connors
Aug 2, 2025
Anna Connors, 92, formerly of Greenfields, passed away peacefully on August 2, 2025, at the Highlands in Wyomissing, with her family by her side. She was the loving wife of the late James M. Connors for 65 years. Anna was born in Queens, NY, the youngest of four children of Jacob and Emma Albrecht, immigrants from Germany. She graduated from...
Doris J. Ostrowski
Aug 1, 2025
Doris J. (Dunn) Ostrowski, 89, of Reading passed away on August 1, 2025, in her residence.
She was the wife of the late Joseph S. Ostrowski, Sr.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Bernard and Charlotte (Starr) Dunn.
Doris was a graduate of Reading High School in 1954. She worked for the Reading School District until her retirement.
In addition...
Christopher T. Winterstein
Aug 1, 2025
Christopher "Chris" Winterstein, 53, passed away on Friday, August 1, 2025. He was the husband of Onome (Ehijator) Winterstein. Born in Mt. Holly, NJ, he was the son of the late Donald Winterstein and C. Deborah (Clift) Lord.
Chris worked for Alpha Packaging as a machine and forklift operator. He volunteered for various Search and Rescue Departments for 26 years. He...
John Franklin Peffer
Jul 31, 2025
John Franklin Peffer, 86, passed away on July 31, 2025, at his Leesport home. He was the husband of Dorothy Irene (Williams) Peffer. They married on September 18, 1965 and shared 59 years together.
Born in Easton, he was the son of the late Russel Stanly Peffer, Sr. and Elsie Elizabeth (Maurer) Peffer. John graduated from Easton Area Highschool and Teterboro...
John Wright
Jul 31, 2025
John Wright, Jr., 76, of Reading, passed away on July 31, 2025. He was born November 16, 1948, in Darlington, SC, to his parents, John Wright Sr. and Mary Wright, formerly Mary Mcleod. He was raised in Brooklyn, NY.
John proudly and honorably served in the United States Air Force. After his service, he worked as a tax preparer and was...
Martha C. Morales
Jul 31, 2025
Martha C. Morales, 83, passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2025, at the Reading Hospital.
Born in Colombia, she was the daughter of the late Andres Morales and Rosa Morales Gomez.
After graduating from high school, Martha worked as a seamstress.
Martha loved her family. She had a green thumb and grew beautiful flowers and plants. She also enjoyed watching the birds.
Martha is...
Carl Gethmann
Jul 30, 2025
Carl Gethmann, 89, passed away on July 30, 2025, at the Reading Hospital. He was the widower of the late Rita (Kasprzak) Gethmann. They shared 65 wonderful years together.
A New York City native, Carl served his country honorably in the Navy. He was employed as a Technical Writer in the Information Technology sector for many years. He was a voracious...
Elizabeth Sell
Jul 30, 2025
Elizabeth "Betty" (Matz) Sell, 91, passed away July 30, 2025, at The Heritage of Green Hills, Shillington.
Her husband, Fred C. Sell, died on February 27, 2006.
Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Clara (Stutzman) Matz.
She was a graduate of Reading High School.
Betty worked as a bookkeeper for Overhead Door of Reading and later for the...
Rosemary Ann Mccurdy
Jul 29, 2025
Rosemary Ann McCurdy, 73, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully but unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in her Wyomissing residence. She and her husband Barry L. McCurdy would have celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary on September 17th.
She was born in Reading to the late Robert and Jane (Pagnotti) Bitting.
Rosie, as her friends knew her, graduated from Holy...
Helen Hyduke
Jul 29, 2025
Helen (Mollick) Hyduke, 104, peacefully entered into the presence of her Savior, Jesus, on July 29, 2025, surrounded by her loving family in her Spring Township residence.
She was the widow of Peter Hyduke.
Born In Cleveland OH, she was a daughter of the late Stephen and Susan (Jarick) Mollick.
Helen was a meticulous and talented seamstress whose expertise attracted many throughout her...
Nicholas James Ragonese
Jul 29, 2025
Nicholas James Ragonese, 46, of Reading, passed away on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. He was the loving husband of Kassie A. (Krupiak). They were together for six wonderful years.
Nick was born in Brooklyn, NY, but grew up locally in Reading, PA. He attended Wilson High School where he played football and graduated in 1997.
For the last eight years he worked...
David L. Pocius
Jul 28, 2025
David Lance Pocius passed away on July 28, 2025 at Reading Hospital.
David was born in Quakertown and grew up outside of Pennsburg, PA. He was a 1975 graduate of Quakertown Community High School. He continued his education at University of Hartford where he earned a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Secondary School Teaching in 1979. He was employed as a...