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Charles Hock
Sep 29, 2006
Charles J. Hock, 80, Reading, died Sept. 29, 2006, at 7:05 p.m. in his residence. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Francis A. and Stella L. (Harter) Hock. Hock was employed as a salesman in the menA�a�a��s department by BoscovA�a�a��s North, and as a music teacher for various schools in the Reading area. He was a...
Diana Whelan
Sep 27, 2006
Diana (Brunetto) Whelan, co-founder of a Reading funeral home, went peacefully to the Lord on Sept. 27, 2006, at 6:05 a.m. in Victoria Manor, North Cape May, N.J. Whelan, 92, formerly of Reading, was predeceased by her husband, Francis J. A�a�A"BudA�a�A� Whelan, on Sept. 22, 1992. She was the co-founder of Whelan Funeral Home Inc., North Ninth Street, in 1946...
Joseph Gentile
Sep 15, 2006
Joseph Gentile, 85, Spring Township, died Sept. 15 at 8:25 p.m. in ManorCare, West Reading, where he was a patient since May 11. He was the husband of Dorothy (Medvetz) Gentile. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Adam and Jenny (John) Gentile. He worked as a truck driver and crane operator for Parish Structural Products Division...
Eliud Robledo
Sep 13, 2006
Eliud Robledo, 57, Reading, died Sept. 13 at 1:20 a.m. in Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, after a month and a half-long stay. He was the husband of Gardenia (Vizcaino) Robledo. He was born in Manhattan, N.Y., on March 24, 1949. He is also survived by four sons: Juan Disla and Alex Rodolfo, both of Reading, and Eluid and Hector Robledo,...
Willie Brown
Aug 29, 2006
Willie James Brown, 87, Reading, died Aug. 29 in Jamaica Memorial Hospital, New York. His wife, Ruby Brown, died Dec. 22, 2004. Born in Simpson, Ga., he was a son of the late Will and Mary (Watson) Brown. Brown was employed for 48 years in the shipping and receiving department of LudenA�a�a��s Inc., Reading, retiring in 1990. He was an...
Luis Rivera
Aug 25, 2006
Luis A. Rivera, 62, Reading, died Aug. 25 in his residence. He was the husband of Noelia (Morales) Rivera, Reading. Born in Puerto Rico on March 3, 1944, he was a son of Inez Ballester, Connecticut. He worked for the former Ames Distribution Center, Ontelaunee Township, for 16 years, retiring in 2003. Rivera was a member of Movement of Faith...
Emily Avila
Aug 23, 2006
Emily Avila, 2, Reading, passed away Aug. 22 at 6:20 p.m. in Hershey Medical Center. She was a daughter of Benjamin Avila and Maria Guzman, Reading. Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home, 444 N. Ninth St., Reading, is in charge of arrangements.
Candido Murillo
Aug 13, 2006
Candido Zavala Murillo, 38, Reading, passed away Aug. 13 at 2:26 a.m. in Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia. Services will be Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home, 444 N. Ninth St. Viewing will be 6 to 8 p.m. Burial will be in Guanajuato, Mexico.
Angela Paniagua
Aug 12, 2006
Angela Paniagua, 69, Reading, died Aug. 12 at 1:10 a.m. in a sonA�a�a��s residence in Reading. Born in the Dominican Republic on May 1, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Abelardo Pena and Catalina Paniagua. She is survived by two sons, Rafael and Christian Rosario, both of Reading, and two daughters, Anna Maria Rosario and Adela Calderon, both...
Dale Stevenson
Aug 6, 2006
Dale T. Stevenson, 59, Mount Penn, died Aug. 6 at 2:30 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Thomas and Alma (Klein) Stevenson. Stevenson was employed for 15 years as a line operator by Hofmann Industries, Sinking Spring, retiring in 2001. He was a graduate of Reading High School. Stevenson was...
James Davis
Aug 1, 2006
James L. Davis, 78, Reading, died Aug. 1 at 3:32 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. He was the husband of Margaret I. (Bilger) Davis, Sinking Spring. Davis was born in Natural Bridge, Va., on Nov. 5, 1927. He was employed for 10 years as a truck driver by Delaware Valley of Leesport, retiring in 1995. Davis was a graduate...
Violet Pichel
Jul 30, 2006
Violet E. (Weir) Pichel, 85, Leesport, formerly of Reading, died July 30 at 8:01 p.m. in The Hawthorne Personal Care Home, Reading. Her husband, John W. Pichel, passed away Dec. 30, 1993. Born in Reading on Sept. 17, 1920, Pichel was a daughter of the late David Weir and Millie (Miller) Visner. She was employed for 44 years as a...
Anna Volmer
Jul 19, 2006
Anna M. Volmer, 87, Reading, died July 19 at 5:50 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services, West Reading, where she had resided since Sept. 2, 2004. Born in Mount Holly, N.J., she was a daughter of the late Frances K. Volmer-Phillips and stepdaughter of the late Rex J. Phillips. Volmer was employed for 22 years as a nurseA�a�a��s aide by Berks...
Kathleen Scheider
Jul 17, 2006
Kathleen H. A�a�A"MaryA�a�A� Scheider, 75, a resident at Spruce Manor, West Reading, formerly of Reading, died July 17 at 1:15 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient three days. Born in Shenandoah, she was a daughter of the late John and Helen (Reimiller) Scheider. Scheider was employed for nine years as a machine operator by...
Violet Welch
Jul 11, 2006
Violet M. Welch, 97, Reading, died July 11 at 1:15 p.m. in Berks County Home-Berks Heim, Bern Township, where she had been a resident for 31/2 years. Her husband, James H. Welch, died Aug. 8, 1974. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John and Lizzie (Marks) Thomas. Welch was employed for 21 years as a nurse...
Violet Welch
Jul 11, 2006
Violet M. Welch, 97, Reading, died July 11 at 1:15 p.m. at Berks Heim, where she had resided for 31/2 years. She was the widow of James H. Welch, who passed away Aug. 8, 1974. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John and Lizzie (Marks) Thomas. She was employed for 21 years as a licensed practical...
Gary Hagaman
Jul 2, 2006
Gary L. Hagaman, 66, Reading, died July 2 in Reading Hospital. Born in Earlville, he was a son of the late Emmett G. and Dorothy M. (Chrisman) Hagaman. Surviving are a son, Monte D., Exeter Township; a sister, Judith (Hagaman) Englebach, Exeter; two brothers, Allan, Hershey, and W. Roger, in North Carolina; and two grandsons. Services will be July 23...
Dario Nova
Jun 30, 2006
Dario Eulogio Esquivel Nova, 75, West Lawn, died of natural causes June 30 in St. Joseph Medical Center. He was the husband of Beatriz Tapia Arias. Born in Mexico, he was a son of the late Victor and Ricarda (Nova) Esquivel. Also surviving are 10 children, including Maria (Esquivel) Moreno, and Noel and Jesus Esquivel, all of Reading; and many...
Hipolito Lebron
Jun 25, 2006
Hipolito Lebron, 79, Philadelphia, formerly of Puerto Rico, died June 25 at 9:59 a.m. in the residence of a son, Ismael Lebron, Reading. He was the husband of Maria J. DeJesus, in Puerto Rico. Born in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, he was a son of the late Geraldo Gomez. Lebron was the former owner-operator of a restaurant in Puerto Rico...
Carmelo Jimenez
Jun 24, 2006
Carmelo M. Jimenez, 64, formerly of Puerto Rico, died June 24 at 8:30 a.m. in his Reading residence. Born in Puerto Rico, he was a son of the late Augustine and Candida (Medina) Jimenez. He was employed for 23 years as a janitor by Giorgio Mushroom, Fleetwood, retiring earlier this year. Jimenez, who resided with Donna Clark, is survived by...
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