GLORIA "BETSY" JANE (SCHAEFFER) FIDLER, 84 OF MOHRSVILLE PASSED AWAY FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2015 IN THE ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, READING, WHERE SHE WAS A PATIENT SINCE DECEMBER 31, 2014.
BORN IN BERNVILLE, PA ON NOVEMBER 6, 1930, GLORIA "BETSY" WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE RAY C. AND JENNIE B. (SCHOCK) SCHAEFFER OF BERNVILLE. SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF 8 CHILDREN. SHE WAS THE WIFE OF THE LATE CARL D. FIDLER WITH WHOM SHE SHARED 46 YEARS BEFORE HIS PASSING, DECEMBER 27, 2005.
SHE ATTENDED PENN-BERNVILLE SCHOOL. SHE HAD A PHOTO FINISHING BUSINESS IN BERNVILLE FROM 1950 - 1958.
SHE WORKED FOR R. C. SCHAEFFER'S GARAGE, BERNVILLE; ALSO THE BERNVILLE SHOE FACTORY; POLYMER CORPORATION READING; AND SHE RETIRED FROM THE THRIFT DRUG STORE, READING, AFTER 18 YEARS IN 1991.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ST THOMAS CHURCH, BERNVILLE AND THE ANDULHEA HERITAGE CENTER, REHRERSBURG, PA
SHE WAS AN AUTHOR OF 4 BOOKS, "RED BRIDGE", "R. C. SCHAEFFER GARAGE", "BERNVILLE MOVIES" AND A "HIKING BOOK."
SHE LOVED TO WRITE, TAKE PICTURES, VISITING FLEE MARKETS, HIKING, HER 2 CATS, AND SHE LOVED CARS, CARS, CARS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SISTER, GRACE DEGLER; AND TWO BROTHERS, ROBERT, OF TEMPLE, AND GEORGE, OF BIRDSBORO; AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS. GLORIA WAS PREDECEASED BY A SISTER, CATHERINE, AND THREE BROTHERS, LUTHER, JOHN AND CLINTON.
SERVICES AND INTERMENT WILL BE PRIVATE AT THE CONVENIENCE OF THE FAMILY.
MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO ST. THOMAS CHURCH, 536 N. MAIN STREET, BERNVILLE, PA. 19506