Robert Sanders
Feb 2, 2012
Robert R. Sanders, 59, of Lynn Twp., Lehigh Co., died Thursday, February 2, 2012 in Schuylkill Medical Center East, Pottsville. He was taken there from Orwigsburg Center. Born in West Reading, he was the son of Elizabeth R. (Miller) Sanders, Albany Twp., and the late Ray F. Sanders. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Robert worked...
Roxanna Adams Cupp
Feb 1, 2012
Roxanna J. Adams Cupp, 91, formerly of Hamburg, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012 in the Mennonite Home, Lancaster. She was preceded in death by three husbands: George E. Adams, died January, 1964; Harvey L. Balthaser, Sr., died December 1976; and Lloyd C. Cupp, died May 1995. Born in Tilden Twp., she was the daughter of the late Milton and Louise...
Esther Zimmerman
Feb 1, 2012
Esther C. Zimmerman, 98, of Perry Twp., died Wednesday, February 1, 2012 in her residence. Her husband, Clare A. Zimmerman, died April 25, 1982. Born in Kutztown, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Bertha (Dietrich) Coller. She worked on the family farm along with her husband. Esther and her husband also operated a potato stand at the...
John Markovich
Jan 28, 2012
John P. Markovich, 68, of Windsor Twp., died Saturday, January 28, 2012 in Schuylkill Medical Center South Jackson Street, Pottsville. He was the husband of Jane B. (Bickel) Markovich. They were married on May 26, 1984. Born in Pittsburgh, he was the son of the late Thomas and Rose (Gritz) Markovich. He was a 1961 graduate of Seton-LaSalle High School,...
Terry Hagenman
Jan 27, 2012
Terry J. Hagenman, 67, of Centre Twp., died in his residence on Friday, January 27, 2012. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Reis D. and Anna C. (Thren) Hagenman. He was a 1962 graduate of Muhlenberg High School. Terry was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. He worked for Brush Wellman, Shoemakersville, until...
Oliver Burkhart
Jan 26, 2012
Oliver H. Burkhart, 68, of Bethel Twp., died Thursday, January 26, 2012 in University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he was awaiting a lung transplant. He was the husband of Carol M. (Leisey) Burkhart. They were married on April 11, 1964 and celebrated 47 years of marriage. Born in Strausstown, he was the son of the late Paul R. and...
William Burdge
Jan 26, 2012
William Burdge, "Bud", 81, of Leesport, died Thursday, January 26, 2012 in St. Joseph Medical Center, Bern Twp. He was the husband of Anna G. "Gerry" (Reed) Burdge. Born in Port Royal, Juniata, Co., he was the son of the late Vincent and Ada (Yingst) Burdge. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Bud worked for Wetterau,...
Charles Haas
Jan 22, 2012
Charles Ronald Haas, 76, of Zieglerville, Montgomery Co., died Sunday, January 22, 2012 in his residence in Shoemakersville. He was predeceased by his wife, LInda (McFalls) Haas. Born in Langhorne, he was the son of the late Charles L. and Marie (McCarthy) Haas. He was a graduate of Frankford High School, Philadelphia. Ron, as he was known to family and...
Lillian Schlegel
Jan 22, 2012
Lillian I. Schlegel, 84, of Hamburg, died Sunday, January 22, 2012 in the Laurel Center, Tilden Twp. Her husband, Clarence E. Schlegel, died August 4, 1991. Born in Perry Twp., she was the daughter of the late Luther W. and Ida M. (Wink) Ketner. For nineteen years, she was the sexton at Zion's United Church of Christ, Perry Twp. Lillian...
Delton Blakeney
Jan 17, 2012
Delton Blakeney, aka "John", 89, of Perry Twp., died Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in St. Joseph Medical Center, Bern Twp., where he was a patient since January 12. He was the husband of Betty E. (Strausser) Blakeney. They were married on December 29, 1950 and celebrated 61 years of marriage. Born in Raleigh, Mississippi, he was the son of the...
Dennis Kaufman
Jan 14, 2012
Dennis L. Kaufman, 64, of Tilden Twp., died unexpectedly on Saturday, January 14, 2012 in St. Joseph Medical Center, Bern Twp., shortly after arrival. He was the husband of Sheila A. (Emore) Kaufman. They were married on October 24, 1964 and celebrated 47 years of marriage. Born in West Reading, he was the son of the late Howard B. and...
John Eyer
Jan 13, 2012
John L. Eyer, Jr., 69, of Upper Bern Twp., died Friday, January 13, 2012 at 7:40 pm in the residence of his nephew, Scott A. Hartman, and his wife Denise, with whom he resided. His wife, Sandra A. (Arndt) Eyer, died March 5, 2000. Born in Lenhartsville, he was the son of the late John L., Sr., and Hannah (Smith)...
Gene Koraltan
Jan 11, 2012
Former owner of Cham Chack of Hollywood, Gene R. Koraltan, "Boodie", 79, of West Lawn, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 in the Reading Hospital where he was a patient since Monday. He was the loving husband of Shirley J. (Sterner) Koraltan, formerly of Hamburg, who passed away on January 22, 2010, after 52 years of marriage. Gene was...
Ira Lutz
Jan 10, 2012
Ira E. Lutz, 42, of Centre Twp., died Tuesday, January 10, 2012 in the Reading Hospital where he was a patient since Sunday. Born in West Reading, he was the son of John P. Lutz, Centre Twp., and Ann L. (Lesher) Moore, Reading. He was a graduate of Schuylkill Valley High School. Ira worked as a plumber for various contractors...
Richard Mayer
Jan 10, 2012
Richard Devern Mayer, Sr., 81, of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, went to sleep in Jesus on January 10, 2012, at his son's assisted living home in Dayton, Maryland. Richard was born in Denver, Colorado, to Michael John and Katherine Peshka Mayer. He grew up in Philadelphia, where he graduated from Philadelphia Academy. He was also a graduate of Washington Missionary College...
Dennis Mays
Jan 6, 2012
Dennis R. Mays, 69, formerly of Leesport, died Friday, January 6, 2012 in the Lebanon VA Medical Center, where he was a patient for one week. Born in Bern Twp., he was the son of the late Lloyd and Florence (Edwards) Mays. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Dennis worked for Glen-Gery Brick Corporation and Berks Building Block. He also...
Shirley Heintzelman
Jan 1, 2012
Shirley D. Heintzelman, 76, of Perry Twp., died Sunday, January 1, 2012 in the Reading Hospital. She was the wife of Kermit I. Heintzelman. They were married on December 6, 1969 and celebrated 42 years of marriage. Born in West Reading, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Roslyn (Generose) Bowers. She was a 1954 graduate of Reading...
Ruth Miller
Dec 31, 2011
Ruth C. Miller, 89, formerly of Hamburg, died Saturday, December 31, 2011 in the Laurel Center, Tilden Twp., where she resided for seven years. Born in Windsor Twp., she was the daughter of the late Jacob R. and Minnie L. (Merkel) Leiby. She worked for seventeen years in the food service department of the Hamburg Center, retiring in 1984. She...
Elizabeth Bickel
Dec 31, 2011
Elizabeth I. Bickel, 81, formerly of Mohrsville, died Saturday, December 31, 2011 in Berks Heim, Bern Twp., where she resided for three months. She previously resided at Hearthstone since January 2010. Her husband, Norman N. Bickel, died August 11, 1993. Born in Mohrsville, she was the daughter of the late Clarence L. Weaver and Alberta M. (Potteiger) Weaver Sterling. She...
Sarah Kerchner
Dec 28, 2011
Sarah J. Kerchner, 69, of Albany Twp., died December 28, 2011 in Liberty Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Allentown. She was the wife of Marvin L. Kerchner. Born in Weisenberg Twp., Lehigh Co., she was the daughter of the late Richard C. and Helen (Leslie) Uhler. She worked for twenty years as a bus driver for Carl R. Bieber, Kutztown, and...
