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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...
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...
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...
Ronald C. "Ronnie" Phillips
Feb 14, 2014
Ronald C. "Ronnie" Phillips, 77, of Fleetwood, passed away Friday, February 14th at Kutztown Manor. He was the husband of Myrna A. (Moyer) Phillips, a guest at Chestnut Knoll in Boyertown. Born in Richmond Twp., he was the son of the late Charles and Sarah (Keller) Phillips. Ronald was self-employed as a hairdresser, owning a business in Fleetwood. As a...
Joan D. Richards
Feb 11, 2014
Joan D. Richards, 90, of Muhlenberg Twp., passed away Tuesday, February 11th in St. Joseph Medical Center. She was married to Stantin J. Richards who passed away December 30, 1997. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late John Scheuring and Augusta (Impink) Scheuring. She was a member of Holy Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church. She was employed...
June D. (Stine) Hillbish
Feb 8, 2014
June D. Hillbish, 81, of Temple, passed away Saturday, February 8th in her residence of natural causes. She was married to Earl R. "Pete" Hillbish. June and Earl celebrated fifty nine years of marriage. Born in Cressona, she was the daughter of the late John E. Stine and Margaret (Scheithauer) Stine. She was formerly employed by Morey's Coach House and...
Leon G. Schmehl
Feb 6, 2014
Leon G. Schmehl, 90, of Muhlenberg Twp., entered into eternal rest Thursday, February 6th at ManorCare in Laureldale. He was the husband of Mary Jane (Adams) Schmehl. Born in Reading, PA, he was the son of the late Alvin and Minnie (Lengel) Schmehl. Leon graduated from Ontelaunee Vocational School in 1942. He subsequently attended Mastbaum Vocational School, Penn State Extension,...
Fern L. (Blake) Werley
Feb 6, 2014
Fern L. (Blake) Werley, 83, of Penn Twp., passed away Thursday, February 6th in the Reading Hospital of natural causes. She was married to Robert W. Werley, Fern and Robert celebrated sixty five years of marriage. Born in Reading on August 17, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Charles Blake and Cora (Geisinger) Blake. Fern was the owner...
Arlan E. Wessner
Feb 4, 2014
Arlan E. Wessner, 83, of Fleetwood, passed away Tuesday, February 4th in his residence of natural causes. He was married to Dorothy A. (Gontkovsky) Wessner. Born in Maidencreek Twp., he was the son of the late George Wesner and Verna (Keim) Wesner. He was a truck driver for Wetterau Foods in Muhlenberg Twp. for many years and he also served...
Harriet A. (Kemmerer) Noll
Jan 29, 2014
Harriet A. Noll, 88, of Temple, passed away Wednesday January 29th in M. S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey PA., where she had been a patient for two days. She was married to the late Herbert E. Noll who passed away June 14, 1987. Born in Maidencreek Twp., she was the daughter of the late Charles Kemmerer and Sarah (Burkhart) Kemmerer....
Betty L. Rahn
Jan 25, 2014
Betty L. Rahn, 68, of Bethel, passed away Saturday January 25th in St. Joseph Medical Center of natural Causes. She was married to Robert A. Rahn, Sr. Born in Exeter Twp., she was the daughter of the late Chester Weidenhammer, Sr. and Ethel (Hoffman) Weidenhammer. She was employed by Post Precision in Strausstown for many years. Additional survivors include three...
Eugene R. Malandra
Jan 24, 2014
Eugene R. Malandra, 82, passed away in his residence in Bern Twp., with his loving family by his side, on Friday January 24th. He was married to Nancy Lee (Eckroth) Malandra. Eugene and Nancy were married for sixty years. Born in Temple, he was the son of the late Massimo Malandra and Philomena (DeAngelo) Malandra. He was employed as a...
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