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Adeline Hartman
Apr 20, 2017
Adeline "Alby" Hartman, 95 of Mays Landing NJ, formerly of Shillington, passed away on April 20, 2017, in Linwood Care Center, Linwood, NJ. She was the wife of the late William "Don" Hartman who passed away on December 9, 1989. Mr. Hartman was locally known as "Mr. Turtle Man". Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late John...
David Wolfe
Apr 20, 2017
David Lawrence Wolfe, 78, of Dallas, Texas, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. He was the partner of Bjorgvin "Rocky" Berndsen. Born in Reading, David was the son of the late Nicholas and Kathryn (Unger) Wolfe. He served in the United States Army in Vietnam and was a former Vice President of Neiman...
Thomas Hertzog
Apr 19, 2017
Thomas P. Hertzog, 72, of Springfield, VA, passed away on April 19, 2017 at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, VA. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Thomas A. Hertzog and Pearl R. (Petsch) Hertzog. Thomas was a US Army veteran, serving during the Vietnam War. He was self-employed as Certified Public Accountant in Virginia. He is survived...
Emma Rahn
Apr 18, 2017
Emma L. Rahn, 91, formerly of Fleetwood, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at The Summit Nursing and Rehab Center in Lehighton. She was born on July 23, 1925 to the late Daniel and Emma (Behn) Rahn. Emma proudly graduated from The Reading Hospital School of Nursing in 1947. She was employed by The Reading Hospital her entire career in...
Kathryn Heebner
Apr 16, 2017
Kathryn E. Heebner, 88, of Reading, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017 in her home. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth L. and Esther M. (Bean) Bachman. Mrs. Heebner was employed by AT&T in Reading for 35 years as a general laborer retiring in 1994. She is survived by her son Robert F. Heebner, Jr....
Mildred Monasmith
Apr 15, 2017
Mildred C. Monasmith, 99, formerly of Spring Township, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017 at 1:15 pm in Mifflin Center where she was guest since September of 2016. She was the wife of the late Florin H. Monasmith who passed away January 5, 1975. Born in Mount Penn, Mrs. Monasmith was the daughter of the late London and Katie O....
William Iii
Apr 12, 2017
William S. Good, III, 60, of Spring Township, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017 in his home. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late William S. Good, Jr. and Jane (Aston). William is survived by his sister Susan L. Sallada with whom he last resided. Bean Funeral Homes & Crematory, Sinking Spring is in charge of arrangements...
Leonard Coleman
Apr 11, 2017
Leonard S. Coleman, 88, of Muhlenberg Township, passed away in his residence on April 9, 2017 at 5:00 pm. Born and raised in Reading, he was the son of the late Leonard S. and Mary (Vogel) Coleman, and husband of the late Betty R. (Reisinger) Coleman. Mr. Coleman is survived by his children Bonita L. Coleman Smith, wife of Stan...
Artur Zagorodnyuk
Apr 9, 2017
Artur Zagorodnyuk, 22, of Exeter Township, passed away Sunday, April 9, 201 at 5:40 pm as a result of a motorcycle accident in Spring Township. Born in Ukraine, he was the son of Alexandr Zagorodnyuk of Odessa, Ukraine and Lyudmila (Mitichkina) Scearce of Exeter Township. Artur was a 2013 graduate of Exeter High School where he participated in football and...
Nancy Eck
Apr 8, 2017
Nancy M. Eck, 77, of Cumru Twp., passed away April 8, 2017 at her residence. Born in Birdsboro, she was the daughter of the late Harry W. and Valrea (Kennedy) Murray. Nancy was a graduate of Daniel Boone High School and a former employee of Birdsboro Corp., and former officer of Des-Eng-Con Corp. She was a member of St. Mark's...
Reverend Usnr
Apr 7, 2017
Reverend Monsignor Francis X. Barrett, USNR, 91, of Holy Family Villa For Priest, Bethlehem, passed away Friday April 7, 2017 at 2:25 pm in his residence. Born in Philadelphia, Monsignor Barrett was the son of the late John F. and Mary E. (Conlin) Barrett. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Monsignor Barrett is survived by...
Catherine Wickel
Apr 6, 2017
Catherine "Kitty" V. Wickel, 86, of Wyomissing, passed away on April 6, 2017 at Berks Heim. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late John and Catherine (Hartman) Wickel. Catherine was employed as a clerk at the Hallmark Store at the Fairgrounds Square Mall. She was a lifetime member of the Berks County Dog Training Club. She was...
Helen Johnson
Apr 6, 2017
Helen A. Johnson, 94, of Sinking Spring, PA went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 6, 2017. Born October 5, 1922 in St. Paul, MN, she was the daughter of the late Axel and Alma Almquist, and was married to the late Everett C. Johnson of Reading, PA. She is survived by her children and their spouses...
Robert Gifford, Jr
Apr 6, 2017
Robert L. Gifford, Jr., 91, of The Highlands, Wyomissing, died Thursday, April 6, 2017. Robert L. Gifford was born in West Newton, MA and graduated from Brown University in 1946 with degrees in Civil Engineering and Naval Science. He served in the US Navy as a Lieutenant Commander in World War II and Korea and in the US Navy Reserves,...
Mary Grant
Apr 4, 2017
Mary Ellen Grant, 92, of Exeter Township, passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at the Reading Hospital. She was the loving wife of the late Harry R. Grant who passed away in 2006. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Charles H. and Mary Mable (Rothenberger) Messner. Mrs. Grant attended Birdsboro High School and was a...
Raymond Ricketts
Apr 1, 2017
Ricky Ricketts, 20 years of age of Shillington died April 1, 2017 at home of Batten Disease. Ricky is survived by his mom Marcia Miller and his 2 best friends, his sisters Rae Ricketts and Rachel Ricketts both at home. Ricky is also survived by his grandmother Mary Miller of Reading. Ricky attended Governor Mifflin High School. He had previously...
Lawrence Tranovich
Mar 30, 2017
Lawrence A. Tranovich, 72, of Reading, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 7:32 pm in Reading Hospital. He was the husband of Karen R. (Koenig) Tranovich. Born in Reading, Larry was the son of the late Andrew A. and Cecelia (Golembiewski) Tranovich. He was a 1962 graduate of Central Catholic High School and received his bachelors of science degree...
Lance Stauffer
Mar 27, 2017
Lance Brian Stauffer, 78, of Shillington, passed away Monday, March 27, 2017 at 9:50 pm in Lebanon VA Medical Center following an eight month battle with leukemia. He is survived by his wife of 54 years Phyllis I. (Doskus) Stauffer. Born in Lancaster, Lance was the son of the late Harold and Thelma (Hunchberger) Stauffer. He was a 1956 graduate...
Dorothy Roy
Mar 26, 2017
Dorothy M. Roy, 85, formerly of Reading, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 8:30 am in Phoebe Berks Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Randall R. Roy who passed away November 12, 2004. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late John S. and Dorothy E. (Hassler) Sands and was a 1950 graduate...
Linda Klinesmith
Mar 25, 2017
Linda L. Klinesmith, 71, of Exeter Twp., passed away on March 25, 2017 at The Reading Hospital. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Lester S. and Carrie M. (Boas) Coller. Linda was a 1963 graduate of The Reading High School. She went on to become a floral interior designer. She worked for many local florists, including...
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