Obituaries

Irene D. (Wertz) Lape

Sep 14, 2022

Irene D Lape, 93 of West Reading passed away peacefully on Wednesday at 6:45 AM in Reading Hospital and Medical Center where she had been a patient since September 12th. She was the widow of Jacque Lape who died January 18, 2001.

Born in Muhlenberg Township, she was a daughter of the late Frederick R....

Nancy J. (Kane) Crim

Sep 13, 2022

Nancy J. Crim, 79, passed into her Heavenly home on September 13, 2022, in her home. She was a retired teacher with the Reading School District (2003) and the wife of the late C. Edward Crim, a long-time teacher and coach at Tulpehocken High

School. Born on September 25, 1942, in Upper Darby, PA and raised in...

Robin A. (Luckenbill) Wessner

Sep 7, 2022

Robin A. Wessner, 67, of Schuylkill Haven, passed away September 7th in Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, following a long battle with heart disease, with her loving husband of seventeen years Mark A. Wessner by her side.

Born in Bernville, she was the daughter of the late Luther Luckenbill and Anna (Sonday) Luckenbill Wanner.

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June D. (Bixler) Sweitzer

Sep 4, 2022

June D. (Bixler) Sweitzer, 85, of Benner Twp. previously residing in Huntingdon County, passed away Sunday, September 4th in Stoneridge Poplar Run in Myerstown, PA.

June was married for sixty-five years to her loving husband Galen L. Sweitzer.

Born in Brecknock Twp., Berks County, on June 8, 1937.

She was the daughter of...

Betty A. (Seifrit) Klopp Ulrich

Sep 4, 2022

Betty A. (Seifrit) Klopp Ulrich, 92, of Fleetwood, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2022, in Willow Brook Nursing Home.

Born on August 21, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Charles F. and Mamie H. (Anderson) Seifrit.

Betty was the wife of the late Earl F. Ulrich. Betty was remarried to her second husband,...

William F. "Bill" Klein

Sep 3, 2022

William “Bill” F. Klein, 86, of Ontelaunee Township, passed away September 3, 2022 in the Reading Hospital surrounded by his loving family.

Born on September 10, 1935, he was a son to the late William Klein. Bill was the husband of the late Elinor J. (Schlegel) Klein.

Bill was a 1953 graduate of Reading High...

Roderick F. "Rod" Eaken

Aug 25, 2022

Roderick F. “Rod” Eaken, 89, of Bernville, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning August 25, 2022.

Rod was married to Mary Jane (Reigel) Eaken on November 16, 1979. They would have celebrated forty-three loving years of marriage doing everything together.

Rod was born in Akron, Ohio; he was the son of the late R. W....

Russell C. "Cap" Weidman

Aug 23, 2022

Russell Charles “Cap” Weidman, 88, of Upper Bern Twp., passed away Tuesday, August 23rd in his residence surrounded by his loving family.

Russell was married for forty-eight loving years to Dawn Phoebe (Stoudt) Weidman.

Born in Bernville, he was the son of the late Woodrow Wilson Weidman and Dora Mae (Long) Weidman.

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M. Donald Fornwalt

Aug 23, 2022

M. Donald Fornwalt, 86, of Bethel, passed away on August 23, 2022 in his home surrounded by his loving family.

Born on October 20, 1935 in Williamsburg, PA,  he was a son to the late Daniel J. and Harriet E. (McCall) Fornwalt. He was the husband of Anna M. (McCue) Fornwalt with whom he shared 66 years...

Anthony P. Valeriano, Jr.

Aug 7, 2022

Anthony P. Valeriano, Jr., 70, of Penn Twp., passed away Sunday, August 7th.

He was married to Myrtle A. Valeriano.

He was a plumber and in the construction industry.

Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Anthony Valeriano, Sr. and Fern M. (Weidner) Valeriano.

Surviving are his children,...

Harold R. Haas

Aug 5, 2022

Harold R. Haas, 81, of Robesonia, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2022, in his residence.

Born on July, 5, 1941, he was a son to the late Howard and Mabel (Egan) Haas. Harold was the husband of the late Arlene Haas with whom he shared 51 years of marriage at her time of passing on May...

Michael F. DeLong

Jul 30, 2022

Michael F. “Balboa” “Schmidty” DeLong, 66, of Bernville, passed away Saturday morning in Tower Health, Reading Hospital.

He was the beloved son of Janice C. (Sheidy) DeLong of Bernville and the late Mark G. DeLong.

He was a 1973 graduate of Tulpehocken High School.

He was employed by Boyertown Foundry where he was...

James R. Bohn

Jul 25, 2022

James R. Bohn, 84, of Muhlenberg Park, passed away Monday, July 25th in Suburban Woods Health and Rehabilitation Center in Norristown.

Jimmy was the husband of Phyllis M. (Zelano) Bohn whom he married on October 5, 1963. Jimmy and Phyllis would be married fifty-nine years this October.

Born in Reading, he was the son of...

Ernest L. Oswald

Jul 23, 2022

Ernest Lyle Oswald, 88, of Temple, passed away in his home Saturday, July 23, 2022, surrounded by his loving wife and children.

Born on May 19, 1934, he was a son to the late Robert I. and M. Fay (Johnson) Oswald. Ernest was the husband of Shirley (Rarick) Oswald with whom he shared 66 loving years of...

Helen D. (Guidotti) Filippini

Jul 18, 2022

Helen D. (Guidotti) Filippini, age 87, of Muhlenberg Township, passed away on July 18, 2022.  She was the widow of the late Emidio (Meme) Filippini who passed away Oct. 23, 2007.  Born in Temple, PA, on Feb. 7, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Emidio and Felicia (Valeriano) Guidotti.

Helen worked for Temple Sportswear as...

Barbara J. (Mengel) Eisenbrown

Jul 16, 2022

Barbara Jean (Mengel) Eisenbrown, a life-long resident of Bernville, Pennsylvania, died peacefully July 16, 2022, in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was 94 years of age.

Born in Reading, October 14, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Mengel and Lillian (Wilhelm) Mengel.

Barbara graduated from Penn-Bernville High School in...

Ruth E. (Seidel) Weitzel

Jul 3, 2022

Ruth Eleanor Weitzel has met her savior on 7/3/2022 in Henderson, North Carolina. Born in Sharpsville, Pa. on 10/28/1923, she was the middle child of 5 children.

Her parents were Paul Breneiser Seidel and Emma Stuart Forstler.

She married her high school sweetheart, Keith Charles Weitzel, on Thanksgiving Day in 1945, after he returned from...

Charlotte C. Dreibelbis

Jul 3, 2022

Charlotte C. Dreibelbis, 81, of Bernville, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2022 in Reading Hospital.

Born on March 4, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Stanton Clay and Catherine (Fox) Wolf. She was the companion of Stanley F. Moszcienski.

She was a 1959 graduate of Hamburg Area High School and was a1960 graduate...

Thomas A. Bubbenmoyer

Jun 30, 2022

Thomas A. Bubbenmoyer, 84, of Exeter Township passed away on Thursday June 30, 2022, in his residence surrounded by his loving family.

Thomas was the son of the late Franklin and Janette (Price) Bubbenmoyer. He was the husband of the late Janet Bubbenmoyer whom passed away in 2002. Thomas was currently married to Helen (Frantz) Bubbenmoyer with...

Fay N. (Walleisa) Long

Jun 26, 2022

Fay N. Long, 94, formerly of Laureldale, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022 in Tel Hai Retirement Community where she resided for over 20 years.

Born on October 2, 1927, she was a daughter to the late Howard S. and Beulah M. (Job) Walleisa. Fay was the wife of the late Donald L. Long whom passed away...