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Elsie M. Zimmerman, 87, of North 13th Street, died Oct. 24 at 10:46 a.m. in her residence. She was the wife of Fred B. Zimmerman. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Luther and Mary E. (Gantz) Witmyer. Zimmerman was a member of St. Stephens United Church of Christ, Reading. She is also survived by two sons,...
Margaret J. Redcay, 85, formerly of Reading, died Oct. 22 at 5:20 a.m. in Phoenixville Hospital, where she had been a patient five days. She was taken to the hospital from the Montgomery County Geriatric Center, Royersford. Her husband, Douglas L. Redcay, died in 1993. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late William Wismer and Mabel (Snovel)...
Russell Joseph Buckingham Sr., 89, formerly of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., died Oct. 22 at 6:05 a.m. in the Lutheran Home at Topton, where he had resided 15 days. He was taken to the Lutheran Home at Topton from Country Meadows of Wyomissing, where he had resided since May 2000. His wife, Annie (Schupak) Buckingham, died in December 1990. Born in...
Jeffrey A. Chandler, 40, of St. Peter's Street, Schuylkill Haven, was found dead Sept. 13 in his car on Willow Road, Centre Township, officials said. The cause of death is under investigation. Born in Houston, he was a son of Larry F. Chandler, Magnolia, Texas, and Patricia E. (Alford) Avery, Doyline, La. Chandler was employed for the past two years...
John M. Weinhold, 51, of Spring Street, died of natural causes Sept. 8 at 11:05 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient since Aug. 16. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Ralph H. and Emma (Miller) Weinhold. Weinhold is survived by a brother, Timothy M., Reading; and five sisters: Delores E....
Rose M. Ravert, 76, of Lance Place died of natural causes Aug. 29 at 10:15 a.m. in Beverly Manor, Exeter Township, where she had been a patient since July 31. She was the wife of John Ravert. Born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, she was a daughter of the late Vincent and Victoria (Wentko) Wojnarski. Ravert was a member of St....
Services for Alvin A. Fuentes, 2, who died Aug. 27 at 4:04 p.m. in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, will be held in the Dominican Republic. Burial will be in Municiple Cemetery, Higuey, Dominican Republic. Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of arrangements. Fuentes was flown to Children's Hospital after he fell from a second-floor window in his Chestnut...
Jose Galarza, 48, of Fern Avenue died of natural causes Aug. 21 at 7:26 p.m. in his residence. Born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, he was a son of the late Antonio and Pilar (Santiago) Galarza. Galarza was a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Reading. He is survived by a brother, Roberto, in Yauco, and three sisters, Antonia and...
Joan E. Lord, 68, died of natural causes Aug. 6 at 6:20 p.m. in her residence on McCoy Lane, Bern Township. She was the wife of William P. Lord. Born in Meriden, Conn., she was a daughter of the late Robert and Susan (Sulik) Stevens. Lord was employed for 11 years as a corporate secretary by Lord Manufacturing Co., Hamburg,...
Patricia Ann Koharcheck, 56, of New Holland Avenue died of natural causes Aug. 4 at 11:40 a.m. in Reading Hospital. She was the wife of Stephan M. Koharcheck. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John Border and Crista Eyrich. Koharcheck was employed for 20 years as an orderer by Izod/Phillips Van Heusen, Reading, last working in...
Altagracia Moquete, 59, of North 10th Street, Reading, died of natural causes Aug. 2 at 4:40 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient for three days. She was the wife of Ramon Sepulveda, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Born in Santo Domingo, she was a daughter of Mirta Quinones, Santo Domingo, and the late Demetrio M....
Lynda Lee High, 54, of Annon Street, Robeson Township, died of natural causes July 27 at 12:47 p.m. in her residence. Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence W. and LaRue A. (Muringer) Sweitzer. High is survived by two sisters, Lori M. (Sweitzer) Beam and Kathy L. (Sweitzer) Knott, both of Reading. Services will be private....
Eugenio Santos Rosado, 74, of South Sixth Street died July 11 at 12:50 a.m. in the emergency room at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was born in Puerto Rico. Rosado was employed for 10 years as a picker by Giorgio Mushroom Co., Maidencreek Township, retiring in 1991. He was a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Reading. Surviving are...
Clara R. Henry, 88, of Lackawanna Street, died June 22 at 11:20 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient three days. Her husband, George G. Henry Sr., died in 1989. Born in Lebanon, she was a daughter of the late Herman and Agnes (Hartman) Eisenhower. Henry was a 1932 graduate of Lebanon Catholic High School and a...
Robert G. Kondracki, 66, of Mull Avenue, Sinking Spring, died June 14 at 12:30 p.m. in Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Reading. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late George and Mary J. (Michalik) Kondracki. Kondracki was employed for many years as an electrician, first by the Tennessee Valley Authority, Alabama, and later in the Reading area,...
Mary E. Moyer, 98, formerly of Reading, died June 3 at 3:35 p.m. in Beverly Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Exeter Township, where she had resided eight years. Her husband, James L. Moyer, died in 1989. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Oliver and Sally (Stock) Endy. Moyer was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church,...
Services for Andrew J. DeFazio, 43, of Main St., Centerport, who died May 29 in Maidencreek Township, will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Incarnation Lutheran Church, Reading. Burial will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Gethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale. Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of arrangements. DeFazio was killed when his vehicle struck a tree along Route...
Ursula H. Czubba Job, 84, of North Fifth Street died May 22 at 8:50 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since May 2. She was predeceased by her husband, Alfons Job, and by her first husband, Fritz Czubba. Born in Insterberg, Germany, she was a daughter of the late Otto and Emma (Lutat) Wulf. Job had...
Charles W. Brown, 82, of Pine Street, died May 18 at 5:15 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where he had been a patient since March. He had been predeceased by his wife, Violet M. (Hause) Brown. Born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, he was a son of the late Erwin J. Sr. and Angelina A. (Rose) Brown. Brown...
Kenneth M. Drey Sr., 70, of Valley View Mobile Park, Muhlenberg Township, died May 11 at 11:10 p.m. in his residence. He was the husband of Iris N. (Rosado) Drey. His first wife, Kathryn H. (Hochman) Drey, died in 1998. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Claude A. Sr. and Alice (Neider) Drey. Drey had been...
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