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Harold L. Althouse
Jan 6, 2018
Milkins Giles Funeral Home, 4914 Kutztown Rd., Temple, PA 19560 Harold L. Althouse, 72, of Hagerstown, MD, formerly of Muhlenberg Twp., passed away Saturday, January 6th in Doey's House Hospice of Washington County in Hagerstown, MD. Harold was married to Catherine R. (Rothenberger) Althouse. Born in Reading he was the son of the late Harold Althouse, Sr. and Ellen I....
John C. Blatt
Jan 5, 2018
John C. Blatt, 75, of North Heidelberg Twp., passed away Friday, January 5th in the Reading Hospital. John was married for forty nine loving years to May L. (Hollenbach) Blatt. Born in North Heidelberg Twp., he was the son of the late Ralph and Sarah (Yoder) Blatt. John was a member of North Heidelberg Church United Church of Christ. He...
Harold D. Reinhart
Jan 4, 2018
Harold D. Reinhart, 81, of Jefferson Twp., passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving wife and family, on Thursday evening, January 4th in his residence. He was married to Anna C. (Schrack) Reinhart. Harold and Anna would be married for sixty loving years on April 12th. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Theodore and Clara (Stump)...
Christian E. Sherman
Jan 1, 2018
Christian E. Sherman, 91, of the Masonic Village of Elizabethtown, formerly of Laureldale and Coatesville, passed away Monday, January 1st in Lancaster General Hospital. He was married to the late Joanna S. (Bubp) Sherman who passed away October 28, 2013. Born in Muhlenberg Twp., he was the son of the late William T. and Mae (Trivits) Sherman. He was of...
Colleen A. Wenrich
Dec 27, 2017
Colleen A. Wenrich, 63, of Muhlenberg Twp., passed away Wednesday evening in her residence of natural causes. She was married to Dana A. Wenrich. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Woodrow Allen and Eva Allen. Additional survivors include two children, Jason Brown and wife Laura and Tammy Brown and longtime partner Justin Schlegel. Also, a brother...
Sean M. Orner
Dec 26, 2017
Sean M. Orner, 18, of Bethel, Pa and senior student of Tulpehocken High School, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017, after a tragic automobile accident. Sean is the tender, fun-loving son of John M. and Lorie L. (Leisey) Orner. He was born on September 16, 1999 at Reading Hospital and was planning to graduate high school in just five short...
Bessie E. Krumanocker
Dec 25, 2017
Bessie E. (Guth) Krumanocker, 95, of Ontelaunee Township, passed away Monday, December 25th in the Reading Hospital. Bessie was married to the late Henry S. Krumanocker, Sr. who passed away August 2, 1996. Born in Allentown, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Guth. She was a faithful member of Maidencreek Church in Blandon. Bessie and her...
Pearl G. Zimmerman
Dec 23, 2017
Pearl G. Zimmerman, 75, of Bern Twp., passed away Saturday evening December 23rd in her residence with her loving family by her side. Pearl was married to the late Leon R. Zimmerman who passed away January 4, 1993. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Helen B. (Gicker) Houck. She was a member of Bern...
Cyrus H., "Butch" Long Jr
Dec 17, 2017
Cyrus H. "Butch" Long, Jr., 78, of Mohrsville, passed away Sunday, December 17th in Penn State St. Joseph Hospital. Cyrus was married to the late S. Marie (Shubrooks) Long who passed away May 30, 2011. Cyrus was the son of the late Cyrus H. Long, Sr. and Sara Belle (Brown) Long. He was a member of Tri-County Worship Center in...
Steven C. Keppley
Dec 16, 2017
Steven C. Keppley, 62 of Bern Township, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017 in the Reading Hospital. Born in Reading, Steve was the son of Shirley I. (Dietrich) Keppley and the late Richard T. Keppley. Steve was a graduate of Schuylkill Valley High School, class of 1973 and worked as a Communications Supervisor for Carpenter Technology Corporation. He loved the...
Robert W. Wike
Dec 11, 2017
Robert W. Wike, 88, of Muhlenberg Township passed away in the early hours of Monday, December 11, 2017 in the Reading Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Married for 66-years, Bob was the loving husband of Marlene F. (Baer) Wike. He was born in Reading and a graduate of Reading High School, class of 1947. After graduating Bob worked...
Donald F. Rutter
Dec 10, 2017
Donald F, Rutter, 95, of Upper Tulpehocken Twp., passed away Saturday, night in the Reading Hospital. He was married to the late Mary A. (Eisenhower) Rutter who passed away November 24, 2006. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Earl and Esther (Sheip) Rutter. Born April 7, 1922 he joined the Army and was accepted into paratrooper...
Merlin J. Grube
Dec 6, 2017
Merlin J. Grube, 92, of Centre Township, passed away Wednesday December 6th in his residence. He was married to the late Earline E. (Blatt) Grube who passed away April 25, 1974. Born in Barnesville, Schuylkill Co., he was the son of the late Walter Grube and Amy (Rex) Grube. For his entire life Merlin was self employed on his family's...
Wayne D. Swisher
Dec 2, 2017
Wayne D. Swisher, 72, of Alsace Twp., passed away Saturday, December 2nd in his residence. Wayne was married for twenty three years to Cora H. (Jones) Swisher. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Philip and Annette (Dion) Swisher. Wayne served as Sergeant in the Army, 1st battalion 46st infantry 196th infantry brigade in Vietnam July 1969...
Shirley M. Miller
Dec 1, 2017
Shirley M. (Schlappich) Miller, 82, of Bernville, Pa passed away at home on Friday, December 1, 2017. Shirley was the long-devoted wife of the late Carole Miller who died October 7, 2007. Born in Sinking Spring, Pa, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Pauline (Rhine) Schlappich. Shirley was a graduate of Wilson High School, class of 1953...
Doris S. Jaxheimer
Nov 30, 2017
Doris S. Jaxheimer, 93 a resident of The Highlands Skilled Nursing, Wyomissing died Thursday morning. Mrs. Jaxheimer was the widow of Reverend Dr. Samuel C. Jaxheimer former pastor of St Luke's Lutheran Church, Reading, who died January 20, 2000. Born in West Hazelton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank E. and Wilhelmina (Splett) Swinesburg Surviving is a...
Richard W. Good
Nov 29, 2017
Richard W. Good, 75, of Bern Twp., passed away Wednesday, November 29th in his residence. He was married to Russellene A. (Shubrooks) Good. Born in Reading, he was the son of Edna (Meck) Glodzik of Reading and the late Warren Good. He was employed for over twenty years for Met-Ed in Reading retiring in 1995. He was a member of...
Donald F. Kline
Nov 26, 2017
Donald F. Kline, 89, formerly of Bernville, died on Sunday, November 26 in Tower Health (The Reading Hospital and Medical Center). Born in Bernville, he was a son of the late William A. and Sallie A. (Strause) Kline. He was employed 42 years as a Title Searcher and Title Officer of the former Berks Title Insurance Company, retiring in 1990....
Donald E. "Pef Peffer" Becker
Nov 25, 2017
Donald E. "Pef" "Peffer" Becker, 88, of Blandon, passed away Saturday morning, November 25th in his residence. He was married to the late Jean I. (Gift) Becker who passed away August 28, 2015. Born in Blandon, he was the son of the late Paul L. and Emily (Reinert) Becker. He was employed for over forty years for the former Empire...
Jean R. Fieni
Nov 25, 2017
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