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Claire S. Roth
Apr 11, 2014
Wernersville, Friday, April 11, 2014 -- CLAIRE STREETER ROBINSON ROTH entered into eternal life 4/11/2014 after a series of health issues. Born and raised in Athol, MA, she graduated in 1938 from a private school in Northfield, MA and later attended art school in Trenton, NJ. She married her hometown sweetheart, Bernhard "Bernie" A. Roth, in January 1942. After his...
Frank J. Schwab
Apr 7, 2014
Frank J. Schwab, 93, of Muhlenberg Twp., passed away Monday, April 7th in his home. He was the widower of Ruth (Adam) Schwab, who passed away June 15, 2010. Born in Evansville, PA, he was the son of the late Isaac and Theresa (Sayer) Schwab. Frank was a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Kutztown. He was employed as...
Edward M. Kotlarek
Apr 6, 2014
Edward M. Kotlarek, 70, of Upper Tulpehocken Twp, passed away Sunday April 6th in Manor Care Health Services in Sinking Spring. He was married to Jane E. (Whyte) Kotlarek. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Charles and Alice (Lisowski) Kotlarek. He was employed by the U. S. Postal Service as a maintenance mechanic in the bulk...
Kenneth J. Wysopal
Apr 4, 2014
Kenneth J. Wysopal, 85, of Temple, passed away Friday, April 4th in his residence. He was married for sixty one years to E. Marlene (Tobias) Wysopal. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Jacob and Virginia (Long) Wysopal. He was a 1947 graduate of Central Catholic High School, he then served for four years in the Army...
Barbara Ann Ortiz
Apr 2, 2014
Barbara Ann Ortiz, loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and sister, 67, of Reading, passed away Wednesday April 2nd in the Reading Hospital of natural causes. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Elias Snyder and Emily (Schlegel) Snyder. She was formerly employed by Goodwill Industries on 5th St. in Muhlenberg Twp. as a supervisor. Surviving are her...
Mildred E. (Mengel) Balthaser
Mar 31, 2014
Mildred E. Balthaser, 79, of Bernville, passed away Monday , March 31st in the Reading Hospital. She was married to the late Dale E. Balthaser who passed away in 1973. Born in Hamburg, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Mengel and Elsie (Young) Mengel. She graduated from Hamburg High School and was employed by TTMA in Frystown as...
June R. (Rhine) Delp
Mar 29, 2014
June R. Delp, 92, of Lower Alsace Twp., passed away Saturday, March 29th in her home. She was the widow of William E. Delp who passed away July 6, 2006. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Charles F. and Irene M. (Davis) Rhine. June graduated from Muhlenberg High School in 1939. She was employed as a...
Mabel M. (Lash) Einsel
Mar 25, 2014
Mabel M. Einsel, 93, formerly of Temple, passed away Tuesday, March 25th at Manor Care in Sinking Spring. She was the widow of Milo S. Einsel who passed away in November 1989. Born in Temple, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Laura (Weber) Lash. Mabel had been a member of Christ United Church of Christ, Temple,...
Margaret A. (Schatz) Wolff
Mar 16, 2014
Margaret A. Wolff, 92, formerly of Temple, passed away Sunday, March 16th in Pottstown where she resided with her daughter. She was the widow of Clarence E. Wolff, who passed away June 11, 2004. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late John G. and Susan E. (Eckenroth) Schatz. Margaret was a graduate of the Reading Hospital nursing...
Herbert D. "Mush" Blatt
Mar 15, 2014
Herbert D. "Mush" Blatt, 91, of Temple, passed away Saturday, March 15th at St. Joseph's Medical Center. Born in Laureldale, he was the son of the late Herbert R. and Edna W. (Wanner) Blatt. Herbert served his country as an Army sergeant in the F Company, 115th Regiment, 29th Infantry Division during WWII. He landed on D-Day on June 6,...
Robert E. Baker
Mar 7, 2014
Robert E. Baker of Cornwall Manor and previously of Berks and Cumberland counties, husband of the late Barbara A. (Kilheffer) Baker, died Friday, March 7, 2014, at home just days after celebrating his 89th birthday with his extended family. He was the son of the late Harold and Anna (Hoover) Baker. Born March 4, 1925, in New Cumberland, he was...
Arlena Focht
Mar 4, 2014
Arlena V. Focht 89 formerly of Leesport died Tuesday morning at 8:35 a.m. in the Kutztown Manor where she had been a guest for the past four years. Widow of Chester J. Focht who died December 30,1993 Mrs. Focht was born in Greenwich Township on April 10, 1924. She was the daughter of the late Isaac M. and Suppora (Moser)...
Robert Giamotti
Feb 26, 2014
Robert (Bob) Giamotti, 93,CDR, USN, Retired 1993, passed away after a brief bout of pneumonia, on February 26, 2014. He was born on June 9, 1920 to James and Philomena (DiCicco) Giamotti of Temple. Bob was the youngest son of Italian parents. He was a graduate of Muhlenberg High School where he excelled in sports, especially baseball and basketball. Bob...
Luke F. Natale
Feb 20, 2014
Luke F. Natale, 87, of Muhlenberg Twp., passed away Thursday in the Reading Hospital with his loving family by his side. He was married to Angela R. (Pizzutelli) Natale. Luke and Angela celebrated fifty two years of marriage. Born in Phoenixville, he was the son of the late Vincenzo and Florence (Petrillo) Natale. He was employed by Carpenter Technology for...
John Robert Krause
Feb 19, 2014
John Robert Krause, 54, of Muhlenberg Twp., passed away Wednesday, February 19th in his home after a long battle with cancer with his loving family by his side. He was the husband of Patti-Jo (Pearson) Krause, with whom he shared 24 years of marriage. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Robert Krause and Eva (Snyder) Tillman....
Elwood Daniel Reis
Feb 18, 2014
Elwood Daniel Reis, 103, of Leesport, passed away Tuesday February 18th in the Laurel Center, Tilden Twp. He was married to the late Viola (Oswald) Reis who passed away July 4, 1994. Born in Richmond Twp., he was the son of the late Daniel and Catherine (Erb) Reis. He was employed for many years by the former Bowers Battery, which...
Harry A. Ward
Feb 18, 2014
Harry A. Ward, 80, formerly of Bloomsburg, passed away Tuesday, February 18th in Berks Heim in Bern Twp., Berks County, PA. He was married to Marilyn Ward of Wyomissing, PA. Born in Bloomsburg, he was the son of the late LaRue and Alice Ward. He was employed by the Bloomsburg Hospital as a assistant hospital administrator, retiring after over thirty...
Ernest A. Lanza
Feb 17, 2014
Ernest A. Lanza, 89, of Centre Twp., passed away Monday, February 17th in his residence. He was married to June A. (Wagner) Lanza. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Ernest S. and Margaret (Hoffman) Lanza. He was a manufacturing representative for a number of companies that sold raw material to the shoe manufacturing industry. He retired...
Deborah L. (Good) Spatz
Feb 16, 2014
Deborah L. Spatz 53 of Hamburg died Sunday morning in her residence. Born in Miami, Florida on February 24, 1960 she was the daughter of the late Richard H. and Joyce A. (James) Good. She was mother of four children, Jessica A. wife of Jeffrey Ernst of Laureldale; Shannon M. wife of Clarke Brossman of Lenhartsville; Stephanie L. Spatz of...
Sharon Lynn Morganti
Feb 16, 2014
Sharon Lynn Morganti, 63, of Temple, passed away Saturday night in her residence of natural causes. She was married to Anthony A. Morganti, Sr. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of Roy Wolf of Sinking Spring and her late mother, Margaret Arlene (Hornberger) Laughlin. She was predeceased by her step mother, Miriam Wolf. She was employed by Northkill Rod...
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