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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...
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...
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...
Henry Brenner
Jan 7, 2003
Henry M. Brenner, 80, of Mulberry Street, died Jan. 7 at 9:12 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient one day. He was the husband of Lois E. (Christian) Brenner. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Benjamin and Anna (Heller) Brenner. Brenner was employed for 40 years as a truck driver...
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...
Helen Moyer
Jan 1, 2003
Helen M. Moyer, 84, of Barberry Avenue, Muhlenberg Township, died Jan. 1 at 3:45 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since Dec. 14. Her husband, John F. Moyer, died June 9, 1984. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin F. and Mary A. (Beavens) Steffy. Moyer was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses,...
Roberto Altamirano, Sr
Dec 28, 2002
Roberto Altamirano Sr., 63, of North Ninth Street, died of natural causes Dec. 28 in St. Joseph Medical Center. He was the husband of Yolanda (Zubia) Altamirano. Born in Tepeji Del Rio, Mexico, he was a son of the late Cruz and Inez (Soria) Altamirano. Altamirano had been employed for three years as a receiver by Acme, Denver, Lancaster County....
Margaret Metz
Dec 22, 2002
Margaret B. Metz, 87, of Berkshire Center, Exeter Township, died Dec. 22 at 8:45 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient two days. She was predeceased by her husband, Roy R. Metz, in 1972. Born in Vera Cruz, Lehigh County, she was a daughter of the late William and Bertha (Scholtz) Krause. She is survived by two...
Frank Wilson
Dec 22, 2002
Frank J. Wilson, 58, of Market Square, Pottsville, died of natural causes Dec. 22 at 12:15 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since Nov. 3. Born in Schuylkill County, he was a son of the late Lincoln and Dorothy (Black) Wilson. Wilson had been employed for 18 years as a clerk by Acme Markets, Muhlenberg Township,...
Floyd Geibel
Dec 21, 2002
Floyd F. Geibel, 83, of Bernville Road, Penn Township, died Dec. 21 at Berks Heim Annex, where he had been a patient since September. His wife, Mary H. (Harter) Geibel, died Dec. 17, 2001. Born in Cumru Township, he was a son of the late Frederick and Nora (Freeman) Geibel. Geibel had been employed for 20 years as a technician...
Rita Scholl
Dec 19, 2002
Rita C. Scholl, 75, of Loch Raven Boulevard, Baltimore, formerly of Reading, died Dec. 19 at 3 a.m. in the emergency room at Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Albert L. and Mary C. (Schaffner) Honeker. Scholl was last employed for 10 years as an administrative assistant by Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore....
Robert Gregro
Dec 14, 2002
Robert W. Gregro Sr., 79, of St. Albans Drive, Spring Township, died Dec. 14 at 2:30 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since Nov. 18. He was the husband of Elizabeth E. (Winters) Gregro. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Raymond and Mildred (Gerhart) Gregro. Gregro had been employed for 15 years...
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