Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Temple, Bernville, Berks County, PA & Surrounding Areas

Curtis C. Lesher
Oct 26, 2013
Curtis C. Lesher 90 of Strausstown died Saturday morning in the Stone Ridge Retirement Living, Myerstown where he had been a guest for the past four months. Curtis was the widower of Elva J. (Faust) Lesher who died February 9, 2006. Mr. Lesher was born in Upper Tulpehocken Township on April 12, 1923. He was the son of the late...

Bernard W. Osche
Oct 24, 2013
Bernard W. Osche, 83, of Penn Twp., formerly of Butler, PA, passed away Thursday October 24th of natural causes in his residence. He was married to Dorothy (Trimbur) Osche. Bernard and Dorothy were married October 24, 1953 and celebrated their sixty year anniversary on Thursday. Born in Butler City, he was the son of the late Walter Osche and Gertrude...
Alton F. Gilbert Jr
Oct 22, 2013
Alton F. Gilbert, Jr. 85 of Laureldale died Tuesday morning at 4:40 A.M. in the Manor Care Laureldale where he had been a guest sine August 28th. He was the husband of Carol A. (Epler) Gilbert. They had shared fifty-eight years of marriage. Alton was born in Reading on October 29, 1927. He was the son of the late Alton...
Evelyn M. Troutman
Oct 20, 2013
Evelyn M. Troutman, 92, of Bernville, passed away Sunday October 20th in the residence of her son, Eric H. Troutman, in Bernville. She was married to the late Henry L. Troutman who passed away December 22, 2012. Evelyn and Henry were married September 25, 1948 and celebrated sixty four years of marriage. Born in Jefferson Twp., she was the daughter...
Theodore S. "Bear" Golowski
Oct 20, 2013
Theodore S. "Bear" Golowski, 69, of Exeter Twp., passed away Sunday, October 20 at the Mifflin Center in Shillington. Born in Reading, PA, he was the son of the late Joseph and Lottie (Trzska) Golowski. Theodore was a 1962 graduate of Central Catholic Alumni and a 1972 graduate of police academy. A member of the Fraternal Order of Police, he...

Arline Metzong
Oct 20, 2013
Arline Metzong, 92, formerly of Temple, passed away Sunday October 20th in the Berkshire Center in Exeter Twp. She was married to the late Cornelius "Neal" Metzong. Born in West Brunswick, Schuylkill Co., she was the daughter of the late Harry Horn and Olive (Kramer) Horn. Services will be private at the convenience of the family. The Milkins Giles Funeral...
Wayne W. Lesher
Oct 16, 2013
Wayne W. Lesher, 77, of Jefferson Township, passed away Wednesday October 16th in the Reading Hospital. He was married to Shirley M. (Davis) Lesher. Wayne and Shirley were married on June 11, 1960 and celebrated fifty three years of marriage. Born January 3, 1936 at his family home in Jefferson Township, he was the son of the late Arthur and...
Michele A. Schell
Oct 15, 2013
Michele A. (Hasker) Schell 55 of Laureldale died Tuesday morning at 7:05 A.M. in the Reading Hospital. She was the wife of Donald J. Schell. They had shared a marriage of twenty-seven years. Born in Reading on November 30, 1957 she was the daughter of the late Harold R. Hasker and Mary Ellen (Rauenzahn) Hasker Gertler Surviving in addition to...
Anna S. Stoudt
Oct 15, 2013
Anna S. Stoudt, 80, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, of Muhlenberg Twp., passed away Tuesday, October 15th in St. Joseph Medical Center, Bern Twp. She was married to Richard L. Stoudt, Sr. Anna and Richard were married for sixty two years. She was the daughter of the late John Sayer and Julia (Pinter) Sayer. She was employed by Wyomissing...
Joyce M. (Strickler) Weaver
Oct 12, 2013
Joyce M. Weaver, age 69, passed away early Saturday morning, October 12th at Berks Heim. She was the wife of Harold S. Weaver, Sr. with whom she had shared 53 years of marriage. Born in Womelsdorf, PA, she was the daughter of the late John I. and Mildred (Behney) Strickler. Mrs. Weaver had been a member of Friedens Lutheran Church....
William G. "Bill" Graeff
Oct 7, 2013
William G. "Bill" Graeff, 87, loving father, grandfather, and brother, formerly of Leesport, passed away Monday October 7th in Phoebe Berks in Wernersville. He was married to the late Eunice E. (Mohr) Graeff who passed away August 11, 2012. William and Eunice were married February 14, 1948 and celebrated 64 ½ years of marriage. Born in Perry Twp., he was...
Alice M. "Peg" Morgan
Oct 6, 2013
Alice M. "Peg" Morgan, 86, of Exeter Twp., passed away on Sunday, October 6th in the residence of her daughter, Pat Mayer, in Sinking Spring. She was married to the late Arthur P. Morgan who passed away in 1998. Born in Aurora, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late William Mullenax and Susie (Martin) Mullenax. She was a...
James H. "Jimmy" Stoudt
Oct 6, 2013
James H. "Jimmy" Stoudt 77 of Ontelaunee Township died Sunday morning in the Reading Hospital with his loving wife, Ardele L. (Roloff) Stoudt, by his bedside. They were married September 29, 1956 and they had just celebrated their fifty-seventh anniversary. James was born on September 15, 1936 in Centre Township. He was the son of the late John and Eva...
Louella J. Stoudt
Oct 4, 2013
Louella J. Stoudt, 83, of Muhlenberg Twp., passed away Friday October 4th in her residence with her loving family by her side. She was married to the late Mervin G. Stoudt who passed away January 1, 1983. Born in Leesport, she was the daughter of the late George Althouse, Sr. and Ida Mae (Clawser) Althouse. She was a waitress at...
Janice A. Snyder
Oct 4, 2013
Janice A. Snyder, 84, of Muhlenberg Twp., passed away Friday October 4th in Hershey Medical Center. She was married to the late John E. Snyder who passed away April 29, 2006. Janice and John celebrated fifty three years of marriage. Born in Delphis, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late P. W. Pritchard and Elva Eve (Bellinger) Kocher. She...

Pearl I. (Strohecker) Williams
Oct 2, 2013
Pearl I. Williams, age 100, passed away at the Reading Hospital on October 2nd. She had resided in Laureldale for 96 years. She was the widow of the late Evan T. Williams, who passed away in 1971. Born in 1913 in Upper Tulpehocken Twp., she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Annie Laura (Kline) Strohecker. Pearl was a...

John R. Reed
Oct 1, 2013
John R. Reed, 82, of Bernville, passed away Tuesday, October 1st in the Laurel Center in Hamburg. He was married to Irene R. (Sonon) Reed. Born in Jefferson Twp., he was the son of the late George and Mary Reed. He was employed by Hoffman Industries for many years. He served in the Army during the Korean War. Additional survivors...

Kermit C. Seyler
Sep 29, 2013
Kermit C. Seyler, 85, of Ontelaunee Twp., passed away Sunday, September 29th in his residence. Kermit was married to the late Gloria A. (Neher) Seyler who passed away October 27, 2008. Born April 17, 1928 in Blandon, he was the son of the late Cora (Williams) Miller. He was employed by Baldwin Hardware for thirty five years retiring in 1993....
Carl Richard Enlow
Sep 27, 2013
Dr. Carl Richard Enlow, 69, passed away Friday September 27, 2013 at Geisinger Hospital in Danville, PA. He was born December 28, 1943 in McClellandtown, PA, a son of the late Elroy and Vivian (Swisher) Enlow. Carl was the late husband of Connie Enlow for 41 years. Carl was a graduate of German Township High School. He attended Waynesburg College...
James J. Dalton III
Sep 25, 2013
James J. Dalton, 3rd, 69, of Muhlenberg Twp., passed away Wednesday, September 25th in his residence of natural causes. He was married to the late Dawn E. (Mull) Dalton. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late James J. Dalton, Jr. and Laura (Schoelkope) Dalton. He graduated from Muhlenberg High School in 1961 and then served in the...