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Kenneth Sweitzer
Dec 7, 2004
Kenneth R. Sweitzer, 71, died of natural causes Dec. 7 at 9:40 a.m. in his residence in Reading. He was the husband of Ann M. Sweitzer. Born in Mohnton, he was a son of the late William M. and Laura Edna (Grimes) Sweitzer. Sweitzer was employed for 23 years as a carpenter by Rachlin Furniture of Wernersville, retiring in 1991....
Thelma Auchenbach
Nov 28, 2004
Thelma A. Auchenbach, 91, formerly of Sinking Spring, died Nov. 28 in the Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Reading, where she had resided since August 2003. Her husband, Ralph Auchenbach, died March 16, 1983. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late George and Annie (Maurer) Hill. Auchenbach was the owner-operator of the Parkside Bakery, Reading, for 31...
Fern Hoffmaster
Nov 27, 2004
Fern S. Hoffmaster, 85, Reading, died Nov. 27 at 10 a.m. in the Trans Level Care Center of St. Joseph Medical Center. Her husband, Richard L. Hoffmaster Sr., died June 25, 1996. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Arthur B. and Ada M. (Adams) MacLatchie. Hoffmaster was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Reading. She...
Edna Gates
Nov 15, 2004
Edna M. Gates, 78, formerly of Reading, died Nov. 15 at 12:34 p.m. in Reading Hospital. She was taken to the hospital from Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, West Reading. Her husband, Jesse I. Gates, died May 1, 2001. Born in Alsace Township, she was a daughter of the late Harvey and Stella (Wentzel) Gerhart. Surviving is a daughter,...
C. Demaio
Oct 26, 2004
C. Ruby DeMaio, 95, Pinellas Park, Fla., formerly of Reading, died Oct. 26 at 11:28 p.m. in Northside Hospital & Heart Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Howard N. and Carrie M. (Kolb) Schaeffer. DeMaio had been employed for 15 years as a threader by Narrow Fabric Co., West Reading, retiring in...
Elizabeth Waninger
Oct 22, 2004
Elizabeth C. Waninger, 85, formerly of Reading, died Oct. 22 at 6:40 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, shortly after admission. She was taken there from Berkshire Center, Exeter Township, where she had resided since June. Her husband, Ralph J. Waninger, died in June 2001. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Katherine (Wilding) Sarvas....
Theodore Celmer
Oct 21, 2004
Theodore J. Celmer, 75, Reading, died Oct. 21 at 8:10 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient since Sept. 27. His wife, Patricia A. (Haas) Celmer, died Sept. 29, 1998. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Frank and Mary (Pochron) Celmer. Celmer had been employed for many years by Western Electric...
Clifford Rock
Oct 9, 2004
Clifford J. Rock, 86, died Oct. 9 at 11:50 p.m. in his residence in Reading. His wife, Laura I. (Ferryman) Rock, died May 21. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late William and Mamie Agora (Miller) Rock. Rock was employed for 17 years by Doehler-Jarvis Farley Industries Inc., Stowe, and was last employed by Western Electric Co.,...
Barbara Smith
Oct 5, 2004
Barbara J. Smith, 56, Reading, died of natural causes Oct. 5 at 12:52 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of John R. and Ernestine M. (Lane) McNamara, Reading. Smith was employed for 10 years as a machine operator by Interstate Container Corp., Reading. She is also survived by a daughter, Valerie H. Ziegler,...
Gertrude Pruitt
Oct 3, 2004
Gertrude B. Pruitt, 96, formerly of Reading, died Oct. 3 at 10:15 p.m. in Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, West Reading, where she had resided since 1998. She was predeceased by her husband, William J. Pruitt. Born in Columbia, S.C., she was a daughter of the late J.D. and Mary A. (Coon) Black. Pruitt was employed for many years...
Virginia Lewis
Oct 3, 2004
Virginia B. Lewis, 90, formerly of Reading, died Oct. 3 at 5 a.m. in Berks Heim Annex, where she had resided since June. Her husband, Floyd A. Lewis, died in 1971. Born in Birdsboro, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Zenith Seyfert. Lewis was employed for 35 years as a machine operator by Luden's Inc., Reading,...
Eleanor George
Sep 28, 2004
Eleanor M. (Lipka) George, 81, formerly of Reading, died Sept. 27 at 9:15 p.m. in Berks Heim Annex, where she had resided since Oct. 1, 2003. Surviving is a son, Jesse E. Jr., Temple. Services will be private. Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of arrangements.
Jose Borrero
Sep 24, 2004
Services for Jose Antonio Borrero Sr., 58, Reading, will be tonight at 8 in the Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. Borrero died Sept. 24 at 8:50 a.m. in the infirmary of Laurel Highlands State Correctional Institution in Somerset, Somerset County. The cause of death was an anoxic brain injury and the death was ruled an accident, officials said. He was...
Mary Coyle
Sep 14, 2004
Mary L. A�a�A"MerchA�a�A� Coyle, 89, Reading, died Sept. 14 at 1:50 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient six weeks. Her husband, Daniel J. Coyle, died in 1979. Born in Five Points, Schuylkill County, she was a daughter of the late Peter and Clara (Streranko) Lazarchick. Coyle was employed for more than 30 years as a seamstress...
Bruce Fisher
Aug 26, 2004
Bruce W. Fisher, 56, died of natural causes Aug. 26 at 3:44 p.m. in his Muhlenberg Township residence. He was the husband of Susan E. (McDonald) Fisher. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late John M. and Mary L. (Bowman) Fisher. Fisher had been employed as a painter by Uhrig's Professional Painting, Paper-hanging & Carpentry, Reading, retiring...
Jeffrey Orrs, Sr
Aug 22, 2004
Jeffery L. Orrs Sr., 49, Pottstown, died of natural causes Aug. 22 at 12:45 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. Born in Reading, he was a son of Anna L. (Heller) Orrs, Reading, and the late David L. Orrs. Orrs was employed for seven years as a dock worker by Dewey Pyle Trucking, West Chester. He was a veteran of...
Joseph Zimmerman
Aug 22, 2004
Joseph H. Zimmerman, 42, Cumru Township, died of natural causes Aug. 22 at 4:27 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since Aug. 9. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Harry A. and Mary M. (Zeimer) Zimmerman. Zimmerman was employed for the past 26 years as an assembler by Prospectus Berko, Shillington. Surviving...
Lydia Perez
Aug 18, 2004
Lydia Ponce-Perez, 71, Reading, died of natural causes Aug. 18 at 2:23 a.m. in her residence. Her husband, Gonzalez Avila, died Nov. 11, 1993. Born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, she was a daughter of the late Jovito Ponce and Valentina Perez. Ponce-Perez had been employed most of her life as a seamstress in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. She was...
Donald Brubaker
Aug 18, 2004
Donald Allen Brubaker, 32, Reading, died of natural causes Aug. 18 at 7:50 p.m. in his residence. Born in Pottsville, he was a son of Lavern W. Brubaker, Ephrata, and Sue M. (Miller) Ramos, with whom he last resided. Brubaker was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Reading. He is also survived by two brothers, Michael T. Miller, Leola, Lancaster...
Lewis Paulshock
Aug 6, 2004
Lewis Paulshock, 87, of Hazelton, formerly of Reading, died August 6 at 1:25 am at St. Joseph Hospital, Hazelton. His wife, Verna M. (Eisenhauer) Paulshock, died November 7, 1974. Born in Landsford, Carbon County, he was the son of Michael and Mary (Luckach) Paulshock. Paulshock was employed for 17 years as a machine operator for Luden's, Inc., Reading, retiring in...
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