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Pearl G. Zimmerman
Dec 23, 2017
Pearl G. Zimmerman, 75, of Bern Twp., passed away Saturday evening December 23rd in her residence with her loving family by her side. Pearl was married to the late Leon R. Zimmerman who passed away January 4, 1993. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Helen B. (Gicker) Houck. She was a member of Bern...
Cyrus H., "Butch" Long Jr
Dec 17, 2017
Cyrus H. "Butch" Long, Jr., 78, of Mohrsville, passed away Sunday, December 17th in Penn State St. Joseph Hospital. Cyrus was married to the late S. Marie (Shubrooks) Long who passed away May 30, 2011. Cyrus was the son of the late Cyrus H. Long, Sr. and Sara Belle (Brown) Long. He was a member of Tri-County Worship Center in...
Steven C. Keppley
Dec 16, 2017
Steven C. Keppley, 62 of Bern Township, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017 in the Reading Hospital. Born in Reading, Steve was the son of Shirley I. (Dietrich) Keppley and the late Richard T. Keppley. Steve was a graduate of Schuylkill Valley High School, class of 1973 and worked as a Communications Supervisor for Carpenter Technology Corporation. He loved the...
Robert W. Wike
Dec 11, 2017
Robert W. Wike, 88, of Muhlenberg Township passed away in the early hours of Monday, December 11, 2017 in the Reading Hospital after a long battle with cancer. Married for 66-years, Bob was the loving husband of Marlene F. (Baer) Wike. He was born in Reading and a graduate of Reading High School, class of 1947. After graduating Bob worked...
Donald F. Rutter
Dec 10, 2017
Donald F, Rutter, 95, of Upper Tulpehocken Twp., passed away Saturday, night in the Reading Hospital. He was married to the late Mary A. (Eisenhower) Rutter who passed away November 24, 2006. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Earl and Esther (Sheip) Rutter. Born April 7, 1922 he joined the Army and was accepted into paratrooper...
Merlin J. Grube
Dec 6, 2017
Merlin J. Grube, 92, of Centre Township, passed away Wednesday December 6th in his residence. He was married to the late Earline E. (Blatt) Grube who passed away April 25, 1974. Born in Barnesville, Schuylkill Co., he was the son of the late Walter Grube and Amy (Rex) Grube. For his entire life Merlin was self employed on his family's...
Wayne D. Swisher
Dec 2, 2017
Wayne D. Swisher, 72, of Alsace Twp., passed away Saturday, December 2nd in his residence. Wayne was married for twenty three years to Cora H. (Jones) Swisher. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Philip and Annette (Dion) Swisher. Wayne served as Sergeant in the Army, 1st battalion 46st infantry 196th infantry brigade in Vietnam July 1969...
Shirley M. Miller
Dec 1, 2017
Shirley M. (Schlappich) Miller, 82, of Bernville, Pa passed away at home on Friday, December 1, 2017. Shirley was the long-devoted wife of the late Carole Miller who died October 7, 2007. Born in Sinking Spring, Pa, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Pauline (Rhine) Schlappich. Shirley was a graduate of Wilson High School, class of 1953...
Doris S. Jaxheimer
Nov 30, 2017
Doris S. Jaxheimer, 93 a resident of The Highlands Skilled Nursing, Wyomissing died Thursday morning. Mrs. Jaxheimer was the widow of Reverend Dr. Samuel C. Jaxheimer former pastor of St Luke's Lutheran Church, Reading, who died January 20, 2000. Born in West Hazelton, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank E. and Wilhelmina (Splett) Swinesburg Surviving is a...
Richard W. Good
Nov 29, 2017
Richard W. Good, 75, of Bern Twp., passed away Wednesday, November 29th in his residence. He was married to Russellene A. (Shubrooks) Good. Born in Reading, he was the son of Edna (Meck) Glodzik of Reading and the late Warren Good. He was employed for over twenty years for Met-Ed in Reading retiring in 1995. He was a member of...
Donald F. Kline
Nov 26, 2017
Donald F. Kline, 89, formerly of Bernville, died on Sunday, November 26 in Tower Health (The Reading Hospital and Medical Center). Born in Bernville, he was a son of the late William A. and Sallie A. (Strause) Kline. He was employed 42 years as a Title Searcher and Title Officer of the former Berks Title Insurance Company, retiring in 1990....
Donald E. "Pef Peffer" Becker
Nov 25, 2017
Donald E. "Pef" "Peffer" Becker, 88, of Blandon, passed away Saturday morning, November 25th in his residence. He was married to the late Jean I. (Gift) Becker who passed away August 28, 2015. Born in Blandon, he was the son of the late Paul L. and Emily (Reinert) Becker. He was employed for over forty years for the former Empire...
Jean R. Fieni
Nov 25, 2017
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Joseph George Franklin Meitzler
Nov 25, 2017
Joseph George Franklin Meitzler, 83, of Myerstown and formerly of Schuylkill Haven, passed away Saturday, November 25th in WellSpan Health, Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon. He was married to Beatrice E. (Rentschler) Meitzler. Born in Schuylkill Haven, he was the son of the late George and Martha (Burns) Meitzler. For forty one years he was employed by Argo Mills in...
Fern R. Furillo
Nov 19, 2017
Fern R. Furillo, 95, of Lower Alsace Township, passed away Sunday November 19th in the Berkshire Center in Exeter Township. Fern was married to the late Carl A. Furillo, Sr. who passed away January 21, 1989. Born in Laureldale, she was the daughter of the late Mayberry and Mabel (Boyer) Reichart. Fern was very devoted to her late husband Carl....
Elizabeth "Betty" Shide
Nov 17, 2017
Elizabeth "Betty" Shide, 95, went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 17, 2017 at Laurel Center in Hamburg, Pa where she had been a resident since 2012. Born in Easton, Pa, she was a daughter of the late James Herb of Easton, Pa and the late Edna R. (Peters) Reeves-Trommatter of Temple, Pa. Betty was a resident of...
Jay Clarence Becker
Nov 16, 2017
Jay Clarence Becker, 78, of Blandon, passed away Thursday, November 16th in his residence. Jay was married for fifty years to Sharen (Rothenberger) Becker. Born in West Reading, he was the son of the late Clarence and Kathryn (Delp) Becker. Jay was a member of Maidencreek Church in Blandon. Jay served his country in the Army for four years. Jay...
Dennis Barrall
Nov 14, 2017
Dennis Barrall, 70, of Blandon, PA passed away Tuesday, November 14, 2017. Dennis was the loving husband of Kristine (Bossler) Barrall for 47 years. Born in Reading on September 11, 1947, Dennis was the oldest son of the late Rosabelle (Mengel) and Milton Barrall. Dennis was devoted to his family and proud of his sons. He worked primarily as an...
Richard A. Smith Sr
Nov 13, 2017
Richard A. Smith Sr., 75, of Temple, PA passed away Monday, November 13, 2017. Born in Bethlehem, he was a son of the late Paul A. and Anna Mae (Marsteller) Smith, Sr. Richard was the husband of the late Sandra (Knecht) Smith. Richard is survived by his son, Richard A. Smith, Jr and a brother, Paul A. Smith, Jr. Milkins...
Margaret M. Wicklein
Nov 12, 2017
Margaret M. Wicklein, age 87, a resident of Berkshire Center, Exeter Twp., died Sunday morning after a lengthy illness. She was a resident of South Temple for nearly 60 years. Born in Reading in 1930, Margaret Aileen Morgan, she was the daughter of Mildred Harvey Morgan and Warren Thomas Morgan. "Peggy", to relatives and friends, attended grade school and junior...
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