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Ernest A. Lanza

Ernest A. Lanza

Feb 17, 2014

Ernest A. Lanza, 89, of Centre Twp., passed away Monday, February 17th in his residence. He was married to June A. (Wagner) Lanza. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Ernest S. and Margaret (Hoffman) Lanza. He was a manufacturing representative for a number of companies that sold raw material to the shoe manufacturing industry. He retired...

Deborah L. (Good)  Spatz

Deborah L. (Good) Spatz

Feb 16, 2014

Deborah L. Spatz 53 of Hamburg died Sunday morning in her residence. Born in Miami, Florida on February 24, 1960 she was the daughter of the late Richard H. and Joyce A. (James) Good. She was mother of four children, Jessica A. wife of Jeffrey Ernst of Laureldale; Shannon M. wife of Clarke Brossman of Lenhartsville; Stephanie L. Spatz of...

Sharon Lynn Morganti

Sharon Lynn Morganti

Feb 16, 2014

Sharon Lynn Morganti, 63, of Temple, passed away Saturday night in her residence of natural causes. She was married to Anthony A. Morganti, Sr. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of Roy Wolf of Sinking Spring and her late mother, Margaret Arlene (Hornberger) Laughlin. She was predeceased by her step mother, Miriam Wolf. She was employed by Northkill Rod...

Ronald C. "Ronnie" Phillips

Ronald C. "Ronnie" Phillips

Feb 14, 2014

Ronald C. "Ronnie" Phillips, 77, of Fleetwood, passed away Friday, February 14th at Kutztown Manor. He was the husband of Myrna A. (Moyer) Phillips, a guest at Chestnut Knoll in Boyertown. Born in Richmond Twp., he was the son of the late Charles and Sarah (Keller) Phillips. Ronald was self-employed as a hairdresser, owning a business in Fleetwood. As a...

Joan D. Richards

Joan D. Richards

Feb 11, 2014

Joan D. Richards, 90, of Muhlenberg Twp., passed away Tuesday, February 11th in St. Joseph Medical Center. She was married to Stantin J. Richards who passed away December 30, 1997. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late John Scheuring and Augusta (Impink) Scheuring. She was a member of Holy Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church. She was employed...

June D. (Stine)  Hillbish

June D. (Stine) Hillbish

Feb 8, 2014

June D. Hillbish, 81, of Temple, passed away Saturday, February 8th in her residence of natural causes. She was married to Earl R. "Pete" Hillbish. June and Earl celebrated fifty nine years of marriage. Born in Cressona, she was the daughter of the late John E. Stine and Margaret (Scheithauer) Stine. She was formerly employed by Morey's Coach House and...

Leon G. Schmehl

Leon G. Schmehl

Feb 6, 2014

Leon G. Schmehl, 90, of Muhlenberg Twp., entered into eternal rest Thursday, February 6th at ManorCare in Laureldale. He was the husband of Mary Jane (Adams) Schmehl. Born in Reading, PA, he was the son of the late Alvin and Minnie (Lengel) Schmehl. Leon graduated from Ontelaunee Vocational School in 1942. He subsequently attended Mastbaum Vocational School, Penn State Extension,...

Fern L. (Blake)  Werley

Fern L. (Blake) Werley

Feb 6, 2014

Fern L. (Blake) Werley, 83, of Penn Twp., passed away Thursday, February 6th in the Reading Hospital of natural causes. She was married to Robert W. Werley, Fern and Robert celebrated sixty five years of marriage. Born in Reading on August 17, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Charles Blake and Cora (Geisinger) Blake. Fern was the owner...

Arlan E. Wessner

Arlan E. Wessner

Feb 4, 2014

Arlan E. Wessner, 83, of Fleetwood, passed away Tuesday, February 4th in his residence of natural causes. He was married to Dorothy A. (Gontkovsky) Wessner. Born in Maidencreek Twp., he was the son of the late George Wesner and Verna (Keim) Wesner. He was a truck driver for Wetterau Foods in Muhlenberg Twp. for many years and he also served...

Harriet A. (Kemmerer)  Noll

Harriet A. (Kemmerer) Noll

Jan 29, 2014

Harriet A. Noll, 88, of Temple, passed away Wednesday January 29th in M. S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey PA., where she had been a patient for two days. She was married to the late Herbert E. Noll who passed away June 14, 1987. Born in Maidencreek Twp., she was the daughter of the late Charles Kemmerer and Sarah (Burkhart) Kemmerer....

Betty L. Rahn

Betty L. Rahn

Jan 25, 2014

Betty L. Rahn, 68, of Bethel, passed away Saturday January 25th in St. Joseph Medical Center of natural Causes. She was married to Robert A. Rahn, Sr. Born in Exeter Twp., she was the daughter of the late Chester Weidenhammer, Sr. and Ethel (Hoffman) Weidenhammer. She was employed by Post Precision in Strausstown for many years. Additional survivors include three...

Eugene R. Malandra

Eugene R. Malandra

Jan 24, 2014

Eugene R. Malandra, 82, passed away in his residence in Bern Twp., with his loving family by his side, on Friday January 24th. He was married to Nancy Lee (Eckroth) Malandra. Eugene and Nancy were married for sixty years. Born in Temple, he was the son of the late Massimo Malandra and Philomena (DeAngelo) Malandra. He was employed as a...

Virginia W. "Ginny" (Henne)  Moyer

Virginia W. "Ginny" (Henne) Moyer

Jan 23, 2014

Virginia W. (Henne) Moyer, age 80, of Richmond Township, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 23, 2014, in her residence of natural causes. She was the widow of Raymond W. Moyer who passed on October 23, 2002. Mrs. Moyer (known to many as "Ginny") was born on December 24, 1933 in Upper Tulpehocken Township. She was the daughter of the...

Harry C. Dussinger

Harry C. Dussinger

Jan 20, 2014

Harry C. Dussinger, 74, of Sinking Spring, passed away suddenly on Monday January 20th in the Reading Hospital, shortly after being admitted, of natural causes. He was married to Lanette A. (Miller) Dussinger. Harry and Lanette celebrated fifty three years of marriage. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Frank Dussinger and Elsie (Berkey) Dussinger. He was...

Lillian J. (Zappacosta)  Schlegel

Lillian J. (Zappacosta) Schlegel

Jan 13, 2014

Lillian J. Schlegel, 93, of Temple, passed away Monday evening in her home. She was the wife of the late Harvey Schlegel, who passed away in 1972. Born in Temple, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Carmella (Malandra) Zappacosta. Lillian was a member of Holy Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church. She had been employed as a floor...

Ronald M.K. "Ron" Schoener

Ronald M.K. "Ron" Schoener

Jan 12, 2014

Ronald M. K. "Ron" Schoener, 79, of Sinking Spring, passed away Sunday, January 12th in the Reading Hospital following a stay of eight days. He was the husband of Eleanor J. (Eisenhart) Schoener. Ron and Eleanor would have celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary on April 6th. Born at home in Bernville, he was the son of the late Douglas F....

Danny E. Allen

Danny E. Allen

Jan 9, 2014

Danny E. Allen, 48, of Reading passed away Thursday in his residence. Born in Chicago, he was the son of Mark and Sharon (Saari) Allen. Danny worked as a chiropractor in Reading. Surviving in addition to his parents is a son, Luke. Funeral services are private at the convenience of the family and entrusted to the Milkins Giles Funeral Home,...

Helen M. (Keller)  Franklin

Helen M. (Keller) Franklin

Jan 5, 2014

Helen M. Franklin, 74, of Maidencreek Twp. passed away Sunday, January 5th in her residence. She was the wife of John Franklin who died December 28, 2002. Born in Hamburg, she was the daughter of the late Adolf Gartenschalger and Ruth (Glosser) Keller. Helen was employed as a presser for the Fleetwood Shirt Factory for thirty years and subsequently for...

Marion Loeb Oswald

Marion Loeb Oswald

Jan 5, 2014

Marian Oswald, 82, of Bethel Twp., passed away Sunday January 5th in the Reading Hospital. She was married to the late Claude D. Oswald who passed away November 29, 1987. Born in Jefferson Twp., she was the daughter of the late Clarence Loeb and Mary Rebecca (Degler) Loeb. She was employed in the textile industry for many years. Surviving are...

Constance H. (Kanish)  Miller

Constance H. (Kanish) Miller

Jan 4, 2014

Constance H. Miller, 82, formerly of Muhlenberg Township, died January 4, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. in the Jacksonville, FL Memorial Hospital. Constance had resided in the Jacksonville Fl area for the past several years. Mrs. Miller was the widow of Lyman H. Miller who died in 2002. Constance was born in St. Clair, Schuylkill County on March 14, 1931. She...

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