Clark Seigfried
Jun 8, 2011
Clark L. Seigfried, 91, of Hamburg, died Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 2:30 am in the Laurel Center, Tilden Twp. He was the husband of Myrl M. (Stoudt) Seigfried. They were married on January 25, 1944 and celebrated 67 years of marriage. Born in Auburn, he was the son of the late Earl B. and Mabel C. (Hummel) Seigfried. Clark...
Dorothy Speirs
Jun 5, 2011
Dorothy M. Speirs, 58, of Centre Twp., died Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 5:09 am in St. Joseph Medical Center, Bern Twp., where she was a patient since May 15. She was the wife of Kenneth L. Speirs. They were married on January 24, 1981 and celebrated 30 years of marriage. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of Florence...
Catherine Stump
Jun 5, 2011
Catherine E. Stump, 66, of Tilden Twp., died Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 5:55 am in her residence. She was the wife of Richard S. Stump. They were married on August 2, 1969 and would have celebrated 42 years of marriage. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Rev. Catherine A. (Wakefield) Shubrooks, Boyertown; and the late William R....
Milton Shollenberger
Jun 4, 2011
Milton O. Shollenberger, "Nip", 90, of Tilden Twp., died Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 5:15 pm in the Reading Hospital where he was a patient since May 26. He was the husband of Mildred N. (Mengel) Shollenberger. They were together for 63 years and marrried on November 1, 1952. Born in Tilden Twp., he was the son of the late...
Robert Riegel
Jun 4, 2011
Robert L. Riegel, 80, of Centerport, died Saturday, June 4, 2011 in the Laurel Center, Tilden Twp., where he was for one week. He was the husband of June R. (Machemer) Riegel. They were married on June 12, 1954 and would have celebrated 57 years of marriage. Born in Centre Twp., he was the son of the late Robert P....
Ronald Metzler
Jun 1, 2011
Ronald J. Metzler, 59, of Leesport, died Wednesday, June 1, 2011 in the Reading Hospital. Born in Lancaster, Ron was the son of the late Robert and Elizabeth (Stokes) Metzler. He was a 1969 graduate of Schuylkill Valley High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Ron owned and operated 61 Brew Thru in Leesport for...
Minerva Schappell
May 31, 2011
Minerva J. Schappell, 95, formerly of Shoemakersville, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011 in the Laurel Center, Tilden Twp., where she resided since June 2004. Her husband, Earl A. Schappell, died June 7, 1993. Born in Bowers, she was the daughter of the late Edwin R. and Martha M. (Whitenight) Brobst. She worked for twenty-one years as a sewing machine operator...
Gurney Lasko
May 30, 2011
Gurney L. Lasko, 62, of Frackville, died Monday, May 30, 2011 at 10:15 pm in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, where he was a patient since May 18. He was the husband of Connie I. (Guldin) Lasko. They were together for thirty-thee years and married on November 26, 1982. Born in West Reading, he was the son of Evelyn...
Mary Blatt
May 29, 2011
Mary M. Blatt, 93, of Centre Twp., died Sunday, May 29, 2011 in the Reading Hospital after a lengthy illness. Her husband, Lloyd M. Blatt, Sr., died January 8, 2000. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Charles I. and Mary A. (Shuker) Miller. Mary was a member of Salem (Belleman's) Church, Centre Twp. She was a...
Linda Loose
May 24, 2011
Linda M. Loose, 63, of Centre Twp., died Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in Milton S. Hershey Medical Center where she was a patient since May 16. She was the wife of Thomas G. Loose. They were married on April 5, 1969 and celebrated 42 years of marriage. Born in Tucson, Arizona, she was the daughter of the late Melvin Barnes...
Lee Smith
May 23, 2011
Lee S. Smith, 85, of Davenport, Florida, and formerly of Hamburg, died Monday, May 23, 2011 in his residence. His wife, Catherine L. (Gardner) Smith, died January 1993. Born in Hamburg, he was the son of the late Nevin B. and May S. (Balthaser) Smith. He was a 1944 graduate of Hamburg High School and graduate from McCann's Business School....
Margaret Aldridge
May 20, 2011
Margaret Ann Aldridge, "Peg", 95, formerly of Tilden Twp., died Friday, May 20, 2011 at 1:45 pm in Orwigsburg Center, Orwigsburg, where she resided for seven years. Her husband, Harvey E. "Henry" Aldridge, died March 10, 1989. Born in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Catherine (Sherpensky) Besparis. Peg and her husband owned and...
Charles Adams
May 20, 2011
Charles J. Adams, Jr., 87, died May 20, 2011, at his residence in Exeter Township. He is survived by his wife, Mabel Pauline (Williamson) Adams; son Charles J. Adams III and his wife, Theresa Mary Ann (Kunkel) Adams; grandchildren Emily Adams (wife of Yanek Korff, Vienna, Virginia); and Kevin Adams (husband of Jennifer Adams, Sinking Spring); and great-grandchildren Alanna and...
Diane Thurkow
May 15, 2011
Diane Thurkow, 50, of Shartlesville, died Sunday morning, May 15, 2011 in St. Joseph Medical Center where she was a patient since Saturday. She was the wife of Paul E. Thurkow. Born in Hatboro, she was the daughter of Irene (Whery) Richardson, Green Lane, PA; and the late Robert Richardson. She was a 1978 graduate of Huntingdon High School. Diane...
Morris Leibensperger
May 13, 2011
Morris G. Leibensperger, 90, of Tilden Twp., died Friday, May 13, 2011 at 8:09 pm in the Reading Hospital where he had been taked earlier that day. He was taken there from the Laurel Center, Tilden Twp., where he was for one month. He was the husband of Ada M. (Schwenk) Leibensperger. Born in Heidelberg Twp., Lehigh Co., he was...
Roberta Buckwalter
May 13, 2011
Roberta E. Buckwalter, 49, of Upper Tulpehocken Twp., died Friday, May 13, 2011 at 4:49 am in Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center where she was since Wednesday. She was taken there from the Reading Hospital where she was a patient for two weeks. She was the wife of Albert L. Buckwalter. They married on May 15, 1978. Born...
Wava Jean Thompson
May 12, 2011
Wava Jean Thompson, 85, Tilden Twp., died Thursday, May 12, 2011 in the Berks Heim, Bern Twp., where she resided for eight months. For the last ten years, she resided in the home of her daughter Jennifer Leinbach, son-in-law, County Commissioner Christian Leinbach, and grandchildren Matthew, Laura Lee, and William Leinbach. Born September 16, 1925 in Dowagiac, Michigan, she was...
Harold Romberger
May 11, 2011
Harold E. Romberger, Jr., 69, of North Lebanon Twp., Lebanon Co., died Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 2:55 pm in Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. He was the husband of Cheryl A. (Davis) Romberger. Harold was predeceased by his first wife, Lynda A. (Endy) Romberger, died September 24, 2001. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Harold E.,...
Anna Kessler
May 8, 2011
Anna S. Kessler, 90, of Riverview Park, Muhlenberg Twp., died Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 3:13 am in Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, where she was a patient for one week. She was taken there from The Reading Hospital. Anna was the wife of Charles F. Kessler. Born in Windsor Twp., she was the daughter of the late Milton W. and...
