Obituaries

Ernesto Amaro

Ernesto Amaro

Apr 19, 2006

Ernesto V. Amaro, 82, Reading, died April 19 at 10 a.m. in Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, West Reading, where he had resided 19 days. Born in Puerto Rico, he was a son of the late Serfain Vega and Isabel Amaro. Surviving are two sons, Hector L. Vega, Shillington, and Luis E. Vega, Lancaster. Other survivors include a brother,...

James Brown

James Brown

Apr 15, 2006

James A. Brown, 81, Reading, died April 15 at 10:05 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Muhlenberg Township, where he had resided since Feb. 23. He was predeceased by his wife, Mabel (Simpson) Brown. Born in Berks County, he was a son of the late James B. and Catharine (Satter) Brown. Brown was employed for more than 15 years as...

Michael Darinsig

Michael Darinsig

Apr 15, 2006

Michael G. Darinsig, 47, a resident at Shenandoah Manor, Schuylkill County, formerly of Reading, died of natural causes April 15 at 1:34 p.m. in the Hershey Medical Center, Dauphin County. Born in Reading, he was a son of George and Ruth E. (Jenkins) Darinsig, Reading. Darinsig is also survived by a son, Michael G. Jr., Reading. Other survivors include two...

Alberta Schmieder

Alberta Schmieder

Apr 5, 2006

Alberta A. Schmieder, 91, formerly of Reading, died April 5 at 5:50 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Spring Township, where she had resided since June 2001. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Paul J. and Annie M. (Holzinger) Schmieder. Schmieder was employed for 20 yeas as a sewing machine operator by Gotham Lingerie, Reading, retiring...

Rosa Peralta

Rosa Peralta

Apr 1, 2006

Rosa M. Peralta, 85, Reading, died April 1 at 7:54 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading. She was predeceased by her husband, Benjamin Liriano. Born in the Dominican Republic, she was a daughter of the late Luis M. Peralta and Jenerosa Baret. Peralta was a former teacher in the Dominican Republic. She was a member of St. Peter's...

Paul Martz

Paul Martz

Mar 30, 2006

Paul D. Martz, 89, Cumru Township, died March 30 at 2:50 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient for one day. He had been predeceased by his wife, Mable Martz. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late John F. and Mable U. (Snyder) Martz. Martz was founder and owner-operator of Aluminum Alloys Inc., Sinking...

Virginia Swanson

Virginia Swanson

Mar 17, 2006

Virginia H. Swanson, 76, Cumru Township, died of natural causes March 17 at 12:42 p.m. in Reading Hospital. Her husband, Gustav A. Swanson, died in 1973. Born in Fleetwood, she was a daughter of the late Kermit L. and Kathryn L. (Foose) Hartman. Swanson had been employed for 32 years in purchasing by AT&T Reading Works, Muhlenberg Township, retiring in...

Baby Ortiz

Baby Ortiz

Mar 15, 2006

The infant daughter of Noel and Maria Ortiz, Reading, was stillborn March 15 at 1:15 a.m. in Reading Hospital. She is also survived by a brother, Feliberto Colon, and two sisters, Noelia and Maria Cristina Ortiz, all of Reading. Services will be private in the Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. Burial will be private in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton....

Clayton Sellers

Clayton Sellers

Mar 14, 2006

Memorial services for Clayton J. Sellers, 23, York, formerly of Reading, will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. Sellers killed the mother of his 2-year-old daughter and himself March 14 in a car parked on railroad tracks in York, officials said. Sellers died in the York Hospital following a domestic argument, investigators said. Born...

Giovanny Landa

Giovanny Landa

Mar 5, 2006

Giovanny A. Landa, 16-day-old son of Juan Landa and Ashley Vest, Reading, died of natural causes March 5 at 7:15 a.m. in St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, where he had been a patient for more than 2 weeks. He was born in Reading. Landa is also survived by his maternal grandparents, James Vest, in New Jersey, and Barbara Vest,...

Edna Neider

Edna Neider

Mar 4, 2006

Edna V. Neider Edna V. Neider, 96, died March 4 at 2:45 a.m. in her residence in Reading. Her husband, Francis R. Neider, died in 1955. She was born in Reading. Neider was employed for 25 years as a waitress by Esther's Restaurant, Reading, retiring in 1996. She was a member of the First Evangelical Congregational Church, Reading. Surviving is...

Maritza Diaz

Maritza Diaz

Mar 4, 2006

Maritza "Cuca" Diaz, 40, died of natural causes March 4 at 11:30 p.m. in her residence in Reading. Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, she was a daughter of Angel Luis Diaz, Holyoke, Mass., and Nilsa Rosario, Reading Diaz was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Reading. She is also survived by two brothers, Nelson Diaz, Reading, and Angel Diaz...

Anthony Denatala, Sr

Anthony Denatala, Sr

Feb 26, 2006

Anthony G. Denatala Sr., 82, Laureldale, died Feb. 26 at 5:55 p.m. in Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, West Reading, where he had resided since October. He was the husband of Nancy Y. (Schramm) Denatala. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Theodore and Camillo (Pillera) Denatala. Denatala was employed for 241/2 years as a laborer...

Clayton Riffle

Clayton Riffle

Feb 22, 2006

Clayton N. Riffle, 70, Reading, died Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m. in the Trans Level Care Center of St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient since Feb. 17. He was the husband of Jean R. (Henne) Riffle. Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland County, he was a son of the late Merle and Bessie (Berkey) Riffle. Riffle had been...

Drucilla Hancock

Drucilla Hancock

Feb 21, 2006

Drucilla A�a�A"TutA�a�A� Hancock, 56, Reading, died of natural causes Feb. 21 at 10:01 a.m. in Reading Hospital. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Preston and Helen (Gutrich) Hancock. Hancock was employed for more than 15 years as a nurse's aide by ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading. Surviving are a daughter, Elaine J. Hancock, Reading; and...

Nelson Conley

Nelson Conley

Feb 19, 2006

Nelson T. Conley, 79, Reading, died Feb. 19 at 7:55 p.m. in Berkshire Manor, Exeter Township, where he had resided four days. He was the husband of Betty A. (Mingora) Conley. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Robert O. Conley Sr. and Dorothy E. (Thomas) Conley. Conley was an alderman in Reading for 18 years and...

Robert Sandman

Robert Sandman

Feb 19, 2006

Robert E. Sandman, 72, died of natural causes Feb. 19 at 5:13 a.m. in his residence in Flying Hills. He was the husband of Arlene S. (Balatgek) Sandman. Sandman was born in Chicago. He was employed for 15 years as a security guard by Security Guards Inc., Wyomissing, last working in 2003. Sandman was an Army veteran. He is also...

Ines Castro

Ines Castro

Feb 18, 2006

Ines Ramos Castro, 97, formerly of Puerto Rico, died Feb. 18 at noon in her Reading residence. Her husband, Genaro Hernandez, died in 1992. Born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, she was a daughter of the late Ines Ramos and Wensesla Castro Ramos. She was a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Reading. Surviving are a son, Genaro Hernandez, Glen...

Lucille Hunsberger

Lucille Hunsberger

Feb 11, 2006

Lucille A. Hunsberger, 90, formerly of Reading, died Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. in Berks Heim, where she had been a resident for four years. Her husband, Henry H. Hunsberger, died in 1997. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Andrew C. and Eva B. (Young) Heckman. Hunsberger had been employed for 17 years in assembly by...

Rose Lutz

Rose Lutz

Feb 4, 2006

Rose M. Lutz, 55, Temple, died of natural causes Feb. 4, in ManorCare Health Services, Laureldale, where she had resided since July 9, 2005. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of Anna (Tobias) Firestine, Womelsdorf and the late David J. Kreisher. Lutz resided with Arthur D. Schmehl. She is also survived by a stepfather, John C. Firestine, Womelsdorf. Other...

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