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Dolores Martin
Aug 30, 2019
Dolores Fernandez Martin, 92, passed away Friday, August 30, 2019 at 5:20 pm in Fairlane Gardens, Exeter Township. She was the wife of the late Manuel Martin. Born in Havana, Cuba, she was the daughter of the late Jose Fernandez and Josefa Fernandez. Mrs. Martin was a hairdresser and also worked for the Board of Education in NYC. She is...
Frederick Shelton, Jr
Aug 29, 2019
Frederick Carl Shelton, Jr., 86, of Douglassville, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2019 in Berkshire Center. He was the husband of Leona M. (Westley) Shelton. Born in Reading, Mr. Shelton was the son of the late Frederick C. Shelton, Sr. and Maybella Georgianna (Stitzer) Huey. He was a member of Grace Gospel Church Chapel in Gilbertsville. He served in the...
Marie Hafer
Aug 28, 2019
Marie J. Hafer, 69, of Wernersville, passed away on August 28, 2019 at Phoebe Berks Health Care Center. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Jane M. (Heister) Hafer. Marie was employed as an Administrative Assistant for IBM for 24 years. She was last employed as a receptionist for Penn Ankle and Foot Care....
Ian Macomber
Aug 28, 2019
Ian S. Macomber, 39, of Exeter Township, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 3:20 am in his residence. He was the husband of Tara K. (Klementisz) Macomber. Born in West Chester, Ian was the son of John F. and Sarah A. (Gains) Macomber. He was a 1998 graduate of Downingtown High School and was previously employed by SEI Investments...
Paul Light
Aug 25, 2019
Paul H. Light, 96, of Sinking Spring, passed away Sunday, August 25, 2019 in Southeastern VA Medical Center. He was the husband of the late Jane D. (Hunsperger) Light who passed away August 12, 2014. Born in Reading, Mr. Light was the son of the late Pierce and Anne Light. He served in the United States Navy during World War...
Donald Sterner
Aug 24, 2019
Donald R. Sterner, 92, of Ruscombmanor Township, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 11:05 am in Reading Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Betty A. (Hoffert) Sterner and on September 4, 2019 they would have celebrated 71 years of marriage. Born in Muhlenberg Township, Mr. Sterner was the son of the late Frank A. and Esther M. (Moyer)...
Barbara Smaglinski
Aug 21, 2019
Barbara L. Smaglinski, 73, of Muhlenberg Township, passed away on August 21, 2019 at Arden Courts of Allentown. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Catherine (Hoverter) Boltz. Barbara graduated from Reading High School in 1964. She retired as a Vice President from National Penn Bank where she spent 26 of the 45 years she...
Patricia Harris
Aug 18, 2019
Patricia A. Harris, 77, of Robesonia, passed away Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 12:41 pm in Phoenixville Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Robert L. Harris who passed away June 7, 2018 and her brother Johnny who died in infancy. Born in Reading, Pat was the daughter of the late Casmir and Kathryn (Maurer)...
Laura Bednar
Aug 18, 2019
Laura M. Bednar, 66, of Orwigsburg, passed away on August 18, 2019, after a courageous 21 year battle with cancer, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. She was the wife of John L. Bednar. Together they celebrated 36 years of marriage. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Ira and Ruth (Chipperfield) Rohrbach. Laura was employed as a...
Frederick Krieg, Jr
Aug 18, 2019
Frederick R. Krieg, Jr., 70, of Spring Township, passed away Sunday, August 18, 2019 in Berks Heim. He was the husband of Sharon A. Krieg. Born in Pottsville, Mr. Krieg was the son of the late Frederick R. Krieg, Sr. and Leona (Lord) Krieg. He was a graduate of Schuylkill Haven High School and served in the United States Navy...
Richard Mccullough
Aug 15, 2019
Richard H. McCullough, 91, of Reading passed away Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 9:30 am in Reading Hospital. He was the husband of the late Lois A. (Dunnigan) McCullough who passed away February 27, 2009. They were married on June 12, 1948. Born in Reading, Mr. McCullough was the son of the late Sylvester J. and Martha (Fox) McCullough. He...
Robert Saeger
Aug 15, 2019
Robert A. Saeger, 88, passed away in Providence Place Senior Living, Pine Grove, Thursday, August 15, 2019. He was the husband of the late June Elizabeth (Smith) Saeger who passed away June 3, 2019. Born in Catasauqua, PA he was the son of the late Austin R. and Marion I. (Roth) Saeger. Mr. Saeger was a member of St. John's...
Gerald Burkert
Aug 14, 2019
Gerald R. Burkert, 82, of Maidencreek Township, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2019 in his residence. He was the husband of Barbara A. (Fritz) Burkert. Born in Reading, Mr. Burkert was the son of the late Raymond P. and Mamie D. (Reinert) Burkert. He served in United States Army National Guard for 5 years and was employed by Eastern Machine...
Brian Bendel
Aug 11, 2019
Brian A. Bendel, 69, of Denver, passed away on August 11, 2019 at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia. He was the husband of Harriet F. (Heath) Bendel. Together they celebrated 34 years of marriage. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Stanford F. and Catherine E. (Addis) Bendel. Brian attended Reading High School and Wyoming Seminary...
Beverly Hurley
Aug 11, 2019
Beverly A. Hurley, 69, formerly of Shillington, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2019 at 7:30 am at the home of her sister, Wendy Noll of Leesport. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Joseph I. Seltzer, Sr. and Joyce E. (Forred) Seltzer. Beverly was employed by Alcon Research in Sinking Spring as an optic assembler until her...
Nancy Taylor
Aug 10, 2019
Nancy Taylor, 85, of Leesport, passed away on August 10, 2019 at her residence. She was the wife of Fred Alan Taylor. Together they celebrated 62 years of marriage. Born in Leigh, Lancashire County, England, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Annie (Wheeler) Parsons. While living in England, Nancy was employed as a secretary to the sales...
Ruben Velazquez
Aug 6, 2019
Ruben Velazquez, 65, of Sinking Spring, passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 5:04 pm in his residence. Born in New York City, he was the son of the late Antonio Velazquez and Gladys Mercedes Barreto. Ruben is survived by his brothers Anthony Velazquez of Sinking Spring and John Baptist Velazquez of Bronx, New York and was preceded in death...
Margaret Copeland
Aug 6, 2019
Margaret M. "Peggy" Copeland, 95, formerly of Shillington, passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2019 in Berks Heim. She was the wife of the late Robert B. Copeland who passed away December 17, 2016 and to whom she was married to for 71 years. They married in 1945 in Victoria, Texas where he was stationed in the Army Airforce during World...
Erika Wagner
Aug 6, 2019
Erika M. Wagner, 96, formerly of Wyomissing, passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 2:02 pm at Columbia Cottage. She was the wife of William Wagner who passed away June 10, 2006. Born in Kleinrheinfeld, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Hans and Marie (Grasmann) Hahn. Mrs. Wagner was a member of Saint Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church...
Margaret Allen
Aug 4, 2019
Margaret H. "Peggy" Allen (nee Ziegler), 88, of Lower Alsace Township, passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 6:05 a.m. in Reading Hospital. She was the wife of Thomas P. Allen. Born in Reading, Peggy was the daughter of the late John J. and Anna Mae (Dekkard) Ziegler. She was employed by Luden's in Reading as a candy maker for...
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