Obituaries

Ralph Martin

Ralph Martin

Apr 26, 2004

Ralph R. Martin, 81, of Washington Street, died April 26 at 4:45 p.m. in the Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since April 2. He was the husband of Betty (Green) Martin, West Lawn. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Robert and Florence (Hasson) Martin. Martin was a self-employed free-lance artist for 15 years...

Violet Shaffer

Violet Shaffer

Apr 24, 2004

Violet M. Shaffer, 83, formerly of Temple and ManorCare Assisted Living, West Reading, died April 24 at 9:45 p.m. in Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Reading, where she had been a resident for two weeks. She was predeceased by her husband, Raymond H. Shaffer Sr. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late James A. and Jenny Mae...

Michael Brooks

Michael Brooks

Apr 20, 2004

Michael J. Brooks, 24, of Penn Avenue, West Reading, died of natural causes April 20 in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia. Born in Reading, he was a son of Daniel Brooks and Susan OBoyle, both of Reading. Brooks was employed for the past three years as a line leader by the Premium Beverage Co., Wyomissing. Brooks, who was the...

Ray Balthaser

Ray Balthaser

Apr 16, 2004

Ray L. Balthaser, 90, of North 10th St., died April 16 at 4:25 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. He was the husband of June E. (Trythall) Balthaser. Born in Kutztown, he was a son of the late Jeremiah F. and Laura (Levan) Balthaser. He was employed for more than 30 years as a truck driver by Stichter Hardware of...

Efigenio Torres

Efigenio Torres

Apr 9, 2004

Efigenio Torres, Sr., 92, of Carbon Street died April 9 at 4:25 a.m. in his residence. His wife, Monserrate (Rivera) Torres, died in 1992. Born in Villalba, Puerto Rico, he was a son of the late Crespin and Rosaura (Santiago) Torres. Torres had been employed for more than 20 years in shipping and receiving by the St. Vincent de Paul...

Edward Wawrzonek

Edward Wawrzonek

Apr 3, 2004

Edward A. Wawrzonek, 74, of South 18th Street, died April 3 at 8:40 a.m. in his residence. He was the husband of Genevieve V. (Sabulsky) Wawrzonek. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late George and Julia (Glodzik) Wawrzonek. Wawrzonek had been employed for more than 30 years as a molder by Reading Gray Iron Castings Inc., retiring...

Harry Hommas

Harry Hommas

Mar 22, 2004

Harry R. Hommas, 97, formerly of Mulberry Street, died March 22 at 10 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where he had resided since March 1996. His wife, Stella M. (Pflum) Hommas, died Aug. 18, 1968. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late John and Ida M. (Richards) Hommas. Hommas was employed for 31 years...

David Hughes

David Hughes

Mar 20, 2004

David J. Hughes, 57, of Monroe Avenue, Spring Township, died of natural causes March 20 at 1:10 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since March 1. He was the husband of Patricia A. (Esterline) Hughes. Born in Reading, he was a son of Anna L. (Hunter) Hughes, Womelsdorf, and the late David A. Hughes. Hughes is...

Kathryn Williams

Kathryn Williams

Mar 17, 2004

Kathryn E. Williams, 64, of Bernhart Avenue, Muhlenberg Township, died of natural causes March 17 at 8:10 a.m. in the Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Reading, where she had resided two days. Her husband, Harold W. Williams, died in February 1992. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Miriam (Kline) Schwarz. Williams was employed for...

Emily Benne

Emily Benne

Mar 15, 2004

Emily K. Benne, 81, formerly of Mulberry Street, died March 15 at 9:45 a.m. in Cedar Haven, Lebanon, where she had resided since 2000. Her husband, Stephen Benne, died April 7, 1969. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Joseph A. and Emily E. (Woodworth) Vogel. Benne was a member of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Reading....

Fausta Audiffred

Fausta Audiffred

Mar 14, 2004

Fausta Audiffred, 89, of Pine Street, died March 14 at 10:40 a.m. in her residence. Her husband, Juan Audiffred, died in 1962. Born in Puerto Rico, she was a daughter of the late Carlos Vazquez and Petra Maldonado. Audiffred was a member of the Spanish Pentecostal Church of Reading. She is survived by two sons, Ismael Vazquez, Puerto Rico, and...

Wendy Dinger-Ladd

Wendy Dinger-Ladd

Feb 29, 2004

Wendy Lynn Dinger-Ladd, 37, of First Street Extension, Tilden Township, died of natural causes Feb. 29 at 12:12 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient two days. She was predeceased by her first husband, Barry R. Shelton, on April 16, 1995, and by her second husband, Timothy M. Ladd, on May 4, 1999. Born in Reading, she...

Roland Heffner, Sr

Roland Heffner, Sr

Feb 23, 2004

Roland L. Heffner Sr., 69, died of natural causes Feb. 23 at 11:30 a.m. in his residence on North Fifth Street. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Elmer J. and Carrie E. (Knapp) Heffner. Heffner was employed for 10 years as a roofer by Russell Baum Heating & Plumbing, Reading, retiring in 1999. He was an...

Wilson Bultron

Wilson Bultron

Feb 17, 2004

Wilson Bultron, 34, of North 10th Street, was dead on arrival Feb. 17 at 8 a.m. in the emergency room of St. Joseph Medical Center. The cause of death is under investigation by the Berks County coroner's office. Born in Patillas, Puerto Rico, he was a son of Rafel Bultron, Puerto Rico, and Evangelina Echevarria, Reading. He had been last...

Timothy Wawrzyniak

Timothy Wawrzyniak

Feb 11, 2004

Services for Timothy J. Wawrzyniak, 40, of Cherry Street, who died Feb. 11 in Richmond Township, will be private. Private burial will be in Berks County Memorial Gardens, Maidencreek Township. Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of arrangements. Wawrzyniak was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle crash along Route 662 at 3:28 p.m. by the Berks...

Harry Koppenberg, Sr

Harry Koppenberg, Sr

Feb 8, 2004

Harry B. Koppenberg Sr., 81, of Fidelity Street died Feb. 8 at 1:20 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient for one day. He was the husband of Marie C. (Selak) Koppenberg. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Harry L. and Matilda (Eyler) Koppenberg. Koppenberg had been employed for 33 years...

Peter Rosselli

Peter Rosselli

Feb 7, 2004

Peter R. Rosselli, 85, formerly of the Market Square Apartments, Penn Street, died Feb. 7 at 1:40 p.m. in Zerbe Sisters Nursing Home, Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, where he had been a resident since June. He was the husband of Elizabeth R. (Stock) Rosselli. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, he was a son of the late John and Anna (Yemon)...

Arlene Martin

Arlene Martin

Feb 5, 2004

Arlene M. Martin, 86, of South 11th Street, died Feb. 5 at 9:32 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient since Jan. 29. She was the wife of Robert Martin. Born in Lancaster County, she was a daughter of the late Bessie Good. Martin had been last employed for 10 years by Just Pottery, Reading,...

Frances Weller

Frances Weller

Jan 21, 2004

Frances H. Weller, 82, formerly of Longleaf Drive, Blandon, died Jan. 21 at 1:20 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where she had resided two years. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Henry W. and Mary M. (Keener) Borr. Weller was employed for 15 years as a laborer by AT&T Reading Works, Muhlenberg Township,...

Richard Komlodi

Richard Komlodi

Jan 20, 2004

Richard C. Komlodi, 57, died Jan. 20 at 10:40 a.m. in his residence in the Eisenhower Apartments, Franklin Street. The cause of death is under investigation. Born in Reading, he was a son of Jacob S. and Mary (Frederick) Komlodi. Komlodi was a graduate of Reading High School. Surviving is a brother, A.J. Komlodi, Muhlenberg Township. Graveside services will be...

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