Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Temple, Bernville, Berks County, PA & Surrounding Areas
Tyler James Kulp
May 3, 2014
Tyler James Kulp, 27, of Laureldale, passed away Saturday May 3rd in Armstrong County as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Tyler was married to Bethany (Plants) Kulp. Tyler and Bethany were married August 5, 2012. Born in West Reading, he is the son of Thomas James Siegfried and Cecily (Kulp) Siegfried of Laureldale. He was a member of...

Helen M. Moyer
May 1, 2014
Helen M. (Dietrich) Moyer, 83, formerly of Temple, died peacefully Thursday at 3:08 P.M. in the St. Joseph's Medical Center. She was the widow of Lawrence E. Moyer, who died February 10, 2012. Helen was born in Richmond Township on August 12, 1930, the daughter of the late Pious E. and Ida M. (Hottenstein) Dietrich. A craftswoman specializing in quilted...

Erma M. Speicher
May 1, 2014
Erma M. Speicher, 95, of Jefferson Twp., passed away Thursday May 1st in Reading Hospital. She was the widow of the late Cyrus W. Speicher who passed away February 18, 2008. Erma and Cyrus celebrated sixty nine years of marriage. Born in Oley Twp., she was the daughter of the late Adlai S. Welder and Mary E. (Reinert) Welder. She...
Felix "Pop" Lombardo
Apr 28, 2014
Felix "Pop" Lombardo 86 of Cumru Township died Monday at 4:23 P.M. in the Reading Hospital. He was the loving husband of Julia T. (Roccamanta) Lombardo. They had shared sixty-five years of marriage first meeting in junior high school. Felix was born on April 2, 1928 in Reading. He was the son of the late Joseph A. & Caroline (Zaffiro)...
David J. Luckenbill Sr
Apr 23, 2014
David J. Luckenbill, Sr., 81, of Bernville passed away Wednesday April 23rd in Reading Hospital. He was married to Patricia A. (Lutz) Luckenbill. Born in Penn Twp., he was the son of the late Leon and Mary (Strunk) Luckenbill. He was a truck driver for Helms Burn Ryder Pie Nationwide for many years. For many years he was a farmer...

Sue Alice Blimline
Apr 20, 2014
Sue Alice Blimline, 59, of Shillington, passed away Sunday April 20th in her residence of natural causes. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Russell Leroy Blimline and Wilhelmina Alice (Rhoads) Blimline. She graduated from Governor Mifflin High School and McCann's Business School. She was a senior administrator assistant for Worley-Parsons Architecture Engineering Firm. She is survived...
Harold C. Marbarger Jr
Apr 20, 2014
Harold C. Marbarger, Jr., 83, loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother, of Hyde Park, Muhlenberg Twp. passed away April 20th in Reading Hospital. He was married to Betty Lou (Meck) Marbarger. Harold and Betty Lou celebrated fifty eight years of marriage. Born in West Reading, he was the son of the late Harold C. Marbarger, Sr. and Dorothy (Sturm) Marbarger....

Beverly J. Weller
Apr 16, 2014
Beverly J. Weller, 83, of Ontelaunee Twp., passed away Wednesday April 16th in the Reading Hospital of natural causes. She was married to Charles G. Weller. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late William Strouse and Marian (Rentschler) Strouse. She was a 1949 graduate of Muhlenberg High School and a member of Good Shepherd United Church of...
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)...