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Obituaries
Francis Hartgen
May 8, 2003
Francis J. Hartgen, 91, of Locust Street, died May 8 at 8:50 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient eight days. His wife, Miriam M. (Shenk) Hartgen, died April 29, 2000. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late William J. and Jane (Hadfield) Hartgen. Hartgen was employed for 13 years by Textile...
Anna Folk
May 2, 2003
Anna Mae Folk, 89, of Rothermel Street, Muhlenberg Township, died May 2 at 9:10 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where she had been a patient two weeks. Her husband, David T. Folk Sr., died Feb. 1, 1964. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Franklin and Anna (McGee) Rhodes. Folk was a member of...
Rick Kissinger, Sr
Apr 29, 2003
Rick J. Kissinger Sr., 43, of Locust Street, died of natural causes April 29 at 5:10 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. He was the husband of Maribeth (Wojcik) Kissinger. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Walter J. and Edith (Fiovanti) Kissinger. Kissinger was a self-employed mechanic for 20 years. He was an Army and Navy...
Dorothy Brunner
Apr 12, 2003
Dorothy R. Brunner, 80, formerly of North Tenth Street, died April 12 at 5:45 p.m. in Berks Heim Annex. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Harrison W. and Helen C. (Janiszewski) Brunner. Brunner had been employed for 26 years as a data processor by several local companies until her retirement in 1974. There are no immediate...
Veronica Geissler
Apr 8, 2003
Veronica A. Geissler, 77, of Bern Street died April 8 at 10:15 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient six days. Her husband, Saylor W. Geissler, died in 1980. Born in Ireland, she was a daughter of the late Agnes Murphy. Geissler was a member of St. Margaret Roman Catholic Church, Reading. Surviving are two sons, Ivan...
Raymond Peters
Mar 13, 2003
Raymond A. Peters, 86, of Moss Street died March 13 at 3:20 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. His wife, Virginia C. (Harter) Peters, died Dec. 30, 1982. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Joseph H. and Rosa (Bumm) Peters. Peters was employed for 31 years as a laborer by GPU Corp., Reading, retiring in 1979....
Neil Weiler
Mar 4, 2003
Neil A. Weiler, 68, of West Windsor Street, died of natural causes March 4 at 6:10 p.m. in his residence. Born in Reading, he was a son of Dorothy A. (Madara) Weiler, with whom he resided, and the late Merrill E. Weiler. Weiler was employed for many years as a machine operator by W.H. Boots, Robesonia, retiring in 1998. Services...
Frances Muldowney
Feb 18, 2003
Frank C. Muldowney, 56, of West College Avenue, Wernersville, died of natural causes Feb. 18 at 7:37 p.m. in the emergency care unit at Reading Hospital. Born in Frackville, Schuylkill County, he was a son of the late William and Mary L. (Muldowney) Brennan. Muldowney served in the Air Force 21 years as an engineer, retiring in 1986. He was...
Marion Reinhart
Feb 10, 2003
Marion Reinhart, 94, formerly of Rothermel Street, Muhlenberg Township, died Feb. 10 at 6:05 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where she had resided since Dec. 26. Born in Pottstown, she was a daughter of the late Charles D. and Mary (Schell) Reinhart. Reinhart was a member of Holy Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Hyde Park. There are...
Dolores Spanich
Feb 9, 2003
Dolores C. Spanich, 72, of Michigan Drive, Sinking Spring, died Feb. 9 at 6:58 a.m. in her residence. She was the wife of Michael J. Spanich. Born in Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Anna (Barnisky) Valasek. Spanich had been employed for 20 years by Hess's, Allentown, retiring as customer service manager in 1993....
Elisabeth Grace
Feb 4, 2003
Elisabeth A�a�A"BettyA�a�A� Grace, a retired real estate business owner, died Feb. 4 at 12:50 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Spring Township, where she had resided since 1996. Grace, 88, formerly of Lincoln Drive, Wernersville, was predeceased by her husband, William J. Grace Sr., in 1957. She was the owner-operator of Betty Grace Real Estate for 31 years, retiring in...
Marion Kern
Feb 4, 2003
Marion P. Adcock Kern, 79, of Perkiomen Avenue, Exeter Township, died Feb. 4 at 6:10 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient two weeks. She was predeceased by her first husband, Frederick E. Adcock, and by her second husband, Sherman Kern. Born in Lansdale, Montgomery County, she was a daughter of the late Myron and...
Catharine Schrantz
Feb 3, 2003
Catharine A. Schrantz, 95, formerly of the Episcopal House, North Ninth Street, died Feb. 3 at 5:15 p.m. in Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, West Reading, where she had resided two years. Her husband, Lester Schrantz, died in 1988. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Jennie (Reinard) Klemmer. Surviving is a son, Richard...
Florencio Rios
Feb 2, 2003
Florencio S. Rios, 68, died of natural causes Feb. 2 at 7:49 p.m. in his residence on Green St. He was the husband of Carmen M. (Agosto) Soto, Born in Alvonito, Puerto Rico, he was a son of the late Ralph and Candita (Morales) Soto. Rios was an Army Veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of St....
Jacob Morales
Jan 31, 2003
Jacob Morales, 48, of Bingaman Street died of natural causes Jan. 31 at 5:04 a.m. in Wyomissing Nursing and Rehabilitation Hospital, Reading, where he had been a patient three days. Born in Salina, Puerto Rico, he was a son of Estaban Morales, Reading, and the late Dominga Rivera. Morales is also survived by a sister, Naomi Morales, and two brothers,...
George Leisey
Jan 20, 2003
Services for George A. Leisey, 75, of North Fourth Street will be Friday at 1 p.m. in Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton. Leisey was pronounced dead Jan. 20 at 6:21 p.m. in Reading Hospital after his car slammed into a tree in Wyomissing, officials said. He was the husband of Doris...
Viola Ritz
Jan 14, 2003
Viola Mae Ritz, 85, of West Green Street died Jan. 14 at 2:30 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient one week. Born in Strausstown, she was a daughter of the late James and Tama (Wagner) Klose. Ritz was employed for 11 years as a foster grandparent by the Hamburg State Hospital, until her retirement. She was...
Anna Zweir
Jan 12, 2003
Anna M. Zweir, 90, formerly of North 10th Street, died Jan. 13 at 5:21 a.m. in Laurel Center Genesis ElderCare, Tilden Township. Her husband, Raymond E. Zweir, died July 21, 1986. Born in Lebanon County, she was a daughter of the late Herman L. and Agnes (Hartman) Eisenhour. Zweir was a member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Reading. She...
Marietta Stover
Jan 12, 2003
Marietta F. Stover, 85, of Lancaster Avenue, Shillington, died Jan. 12 at 10:50 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since Jan. 2. Her husband, Paul L. Stover, died Dec. 10, 1965. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late George S. and Marietta (Schmel) Stoudt. Stover was employed for 40 years as a packer...
Milargo Leas
Jan 7, 2003
Milagro F. Leas, 31, died of natural causes Jan. 7 at 4:25 a.m. in her residence on Dwight Street, Spring Township. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Pearl H. (Schweitzer) Torres, with whom she resided. Leas was employed for six years as a nursing assistant by Berks Heim, last working in 1999. She received a general equivalency diploma...
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