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Fern Siggins

Dec 20, 2010

Fern M. Siggins, 92, of Reading passed away December 20, 2010 at 5:37 am in Spruce Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was the wife of the late Edward C. Siggins who passed away July 2, 1996. Born in Reading she was the daughter of the late Francis D. and Florence V. (Rohrbach) Stitzer. Mrs. Siggins was employed by...

William Mcquiston, Jr

Dec 20, 2010

William R. McQuiston, Jr., 65, of Alsace Township, passed away December 20, 2010 at 11:46 pm in The Reading Hosptial & Medical Center. He was the husband of Mary K. "Kathy" (Kravatz) McQuiston. Born in West Reading he was the son of the late William R. and Olga M. (Bicci) McQuiston. Mr. McQuiston was an elevator mechanic for Schindler and...

Helen Strauch

Dec 19, 2010

Helen M. Strauch, 86, of Muhlenberg Township, passed away December 19, 2010 at 7:30 am in her residence. She was the wife of the late Earl E. Strauch who passed away in 1983. Born in Reading she was the daughter of the late Michael and Anna (Hrebonek) Zajac. Mrs. Strauch is survived by her daughters Linda H. Strauch with...

Daniel Tannenbaum

Dec 16, 2010

Daniel Tannenbaum, 85, of Lower Alsace Twp., passed away December 16, 2010 at 2:07 PM in his residence. He was the husband of Shoshana E. (Harrison) Tannenbaum who passed away March 3, 2010. Born in New York City on September 28, 1925, he was the son of the late Morris and Sarah (Gornitz) Tannenbaum. He is survived...

Mildred Levan

Dec 16, 2010

Mildred E. Levan, 96, formerly of Reading, passed away December 16, 2010 at Berks Heim where she was a resident for 9 years.

Born in Stonersville, PA, she was the daughter of the late Clifton E. and Elizabeth E. (Epler) Levan. She was employed at the former Meridian Bank as a Bookkeeper for 30 years...

Robert Fix

Dec 13, 2010

Robert W. Fix, 92, of Exeter Township, passed away December 13, 2010 at 5:18 am in Berkshire Center. He was the husband of Ethel I. (VanPelt) Fix. Born in Gibraltar, he was the son of the late William Q. and Annie V. (Garman) Fix. Mr. Fix was a master electrician and foreman for Medlar Electric of Reading for many...

Marguerite Sanner

Dec 13, 2010

Marguerite H. Sanner, 101, formerly of Cumru Township, passed away December 13, 2010 at 4:50 pm in The Highlands at Wyomissing Heather Court. She was the wife of the late John P. Sanner who passed away June 13, 1999. Born in Blandon, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Sallie (Lachman) Himmelreich. Mrs. Sanner was a graduate...

Robert Giles

Dec 13, 2010

Robert C. Giles, 87, of Cumru Township, passed away December 13, 2010 at 2:00 pm in The Reading Hospital & Medical Center. He was the husband of Helen (Pantalone) Giles to whom he was married to for 61 years. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Ralph Giles, Sr. and Edith (Eisenbise) Kissinger. Mr. Giles was...

Doris John

Dec 12, 2010

Doris Adel St. John, 88, of Topton and formerly of New York, passed away December 12, 2010 in Kutztown Manor where she resided since March 30, 2004. Born in Brooklyn, NY on March 28, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Charles J. and Viola (Wood) Ankner.

She was employed as an investor in New York....

Grace Miller

Dec 11, 2010

Grace M. Miller, 86, of Exeter Twp., passed away December 11, 2010 at 4:46 PM in her residence. She was the wife of Russell D. Miller who passed away July 28, 2010. Born in Temple on May 19, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Estella (Lewars) Kantner.

Mrs. Miller was a 1942 graduate...

Frances Sweigart

Dec 11, 2010

Frances J. Sweigart, 89, passed away peacefully under hospice care at the Reading Hospital on Saturday December 11 at 10:25 P.M.,where she had been a patient since December 1st. She was a resident at The Villa at Morlatton for the last year, moving there from Reading.

Frances was the daughter of the late Howard and...

Jack Mast

Dec 10, 2010

Jack R. Mast, 71, of Sinking Spring, passed away December 8, 2010 in Phoebe Berks Healthcare Center wher he resided since December 3rd. He was the husband of Carol E. (Showers) Mast. Born in Reading on August 20, 1939, he was the son of the late John Aaron Mast and Dorothy E. (Richards) Mast.

Mr. Mast was...

William Stephenson

Dec 9, 2010

William R. Stephenson, 85, of Lewes, Delaware, formerly of Reading, passed away December 9, 2010 in Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, Delaware. Born in Reading he was the son of the late William J. and Elsie (Paine) Stephenson. He was a welder for Dana Corp. in Reading and a Navy veteran of WWI. Mr. Stephenson is survived by his sister...

Judith Tice

Dec 9, 2010

Judith C. Tice, 64, of Kutztown, passed away December 9, 2010 at 2:40am in the Lehigh Valley Hospital.

Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Virginia (Anderson) McKinney and the wife of James H. Tice.

Judith was a 1963 graduate of Mt. Penn High School and...

Ralph Gerhart

Dec 7, 2010

Ralph F. Gerhart, 99, of Topton formerly of Pennside, passed away December 7, 2010 at 6:30 AM in Reading Hospital & Medical Center where he was a patient since December 5th. He was the husband of Mae E. (Schlegel) Gerhart. Born in Reading on April 20, 1911, he was the son of the late Henry R. and Catherine (Fair)...

Margaret Borek

Dec 6, 2010

Margaret M. "Peg" Borek, 87 of Kutztown Road, Temple, died December 6 at 3:35 AM in her residence. She was the widow of Frank Borek, who died June 16, 1993.

She was born in Reading.

Surviving is one son; Frank C. Borek, at home.

Christine Emery

Dec 6, 2010

Christine L. Emery, 66, of Cumru Twp., passed away December 6, 2010 in Reading Hospital & Medical Center where she was a patient since December 4th. She was the wife of William S. Emery who passed away in 2004. Born in Harrisburg on October 29, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Leonard V. and Grace O. (Auman)...

The Bak

Dec 6, 2010

The Very Rev. Boleslaw R. Bak, 95, a priest who had served a Berks County parish, passed away Decmeber 6, 2010 at 12:35 pm in Berks County Home-Berks Heim. Rev. Bak served St. Stephen's Polish National Catholic Church(PNCC) from 1974-1982. Prior to coming to Reading, he served as assistant to the late Prime Bishop Francis Hodur at St. Stanislaus...

John Sweesey

Dec 5, 2010

John E. Sweesey, 69, of Shillington, passed away December 5, 2010 at 11:33 PM in Reading Hospital & Medical Center. Born in Oley on December 13, 1940, he was the son of the late Clinton J. and Elda K. (Hartman) Sweesey.

He was employed by The City of Reading in the Water Bureau for 33 years. He...

Dorothy Tyson

Dec 5, 2010

Dorothy (Garman) Tyson passed away Dec. 5, 2010, at 4 a.m. at Reading Hospital, where she was a patient for two months after the discovery of severe abdominal infection. Her last days were comforted by the attendance of her loving husband, daughter and best friend. Hospice guided her through her final pain relief.

Dorothy was a daughter...