Dennis Metz
Nov 4, 2019
Dennis R. Metz, 68, of Upper Tulpehocken Twp., passed away on Monday, November 4, 2019 in his residence. He was the husband of Eileen K. (Wagner) Metz. They were married on August 23, 1969 and celebrated fifty years of marriage. Born in West Reading, he was the son of the late Donald R. and Josephine S. (Strause) Metz. He was...
N. Allen Baer
Nov 3, 2019
N. Allen Baer, 77, of Sinking Spring, passed away Sunday, November 3, 2019 in his residence. He was the husband of Linda J. (Snyder) Baer. They were married in June 1966 and celebrated 53 years of marriage. Born in Centre Twp., he was the son of the late Norman J. and Margaret M. (Kirkhoff) Baer. He graduated from Schuylkill Valley...
Gloria Oxenreider
Nov 2, 2019
Gloria E. (Spirat) Ketner Oxenreider, 82, formerly of Muhlenberg Twp., passed away Saturday, November 2, 2019 in St. Anne's Retirement Community, Columbia. She was the wife of Amos E. Ketner, who died October 20, 1994 and George H. Oxenreider, who died March 5, 2012. Born in Fountain Springs, Schuylkill County, she was the daughter of the late Warren H. and...
Susan Destasio
Nov 2, 2019
Susan J. DeStasio, 71, of Ontelaunee Twp., passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2019 in the Reading Hospital. She was the wife of Michael DeStasio, Jr. They were married on June 29, 1996 and celebrated twenty-three years of marriage. Susan was predeceased by her first husband, Edward K. Madeira. Born in West Reading, she was the daughter of the late...
Jeffrey A. Adam
Oct 30, 2019
Jeffrey A. Adam, 64, formerly of Albany Twp., passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2019 in Topton Lutheran Home where he was a resident. He was the husband of Gladys A. (Adam) Adam. They were married March 21, 1981 and celebrated 38 years of marriage. Born in West Reading, he was the son of Marguerite E. (Engle) Adam Schmeltzle, Allentown, and...
Shawn Sievert
Oct 29, 2019
Shawn P. Sievert, 61, of Centre Twp., passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 in Berks Heim. Born in West Reading, he was the son of David E. Sievert, husband of Florence Sievert, Fleetwood; and Lydia L. (Geissler) Smith, wife of John A. Smith, Centre Twp. Shawn graduated from Overbrook School for the Blind, Philadelphia. He worked as a switchboard...
Frieda Ott
Oct 27, 2019
Frieda L. Ott, 93, formerly of Shoemakersville, passed away, Sunday, October 27, 2019 in Laurel Center, Tilden Twp. She was the wife of the late Herbert A. Ott who passed away May 11, 2016. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Odnell and Elizabeth (Buck) Gehret. She was a member of Salem United Methodist Church, Shoemakersville. Frieda...
Vincent Ferraro
Oct 21, 2019
Vincent A. Ferraro, Jr., 29, of Penn Twp., passed away unexpectedly in his residence on Monday, October 21, 2019. Born in West Reading, he was the son of Laura J. Matrisciano-Voith, wife of David H. Voith, Leesport and Vincent A. Ferraro, husband of Gail L. (Behrle) Ferraro, Mohnton. He graduated from Schuylkill Valley High School in 2009, while at Schuylkill...
Richard Lenskold
Oct 20, 2019
Robert F. Goodwin, 84, of Whitehall, passed away in his residence on December 4, 2019. He was the husband of Nancy E. (Clauser) Goodwin. They were married on August 20, 1955 and celebrated sixty-four years of marriage. Born in Providence, RI, he was the son of the late Bernard W. Goodwin and Rose M. (Carrier) Howard. Robert was a U.S....
Roy Lindenmuth
Oct 20, 2019
Roy L. Lindenmuth, 93, of Hamburg, passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2019 in Kutztown Manor. He was the husband of Doris J. (Hottenstein) Lindenmuth. They were married on July 4, 1970 and celebrated forty-nine years of marriage. Born in Ashland, he was the son of the late Harrison and Mary (Reich) Lindenmuth. He was a U.S. Army veteran of...
Clark Bossler
Oct 17, 2019
Clark Ray Bossler, 83, of Laureldale, passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019 in the Reading Hospital. He was the husband of Avalion M. (Moyer) Bossler. They were married on September 1, 1956 and celebrated sixty-three years of marriage. Born in Blandon, he was the son of the late Robert C. and M. Esther (Carl) Bossler. Clark was a 1954...
Seth Schaeffer
Oct 13, 2019
Seth T. Schaeffer, 35, passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2019. Born in Hamburg, he was the son of Thomas R. Schaeffer, husband of Amanda Schaeffer, Shoemakersville; and the late Denise L. Krolick. Seth is also survived by his daughter: Romy Schaeffer; sister: Sarah J. Schaeffer; step-sister: Zaidyn Werley; paternal grandparents: Thomas M. and Mary Jane Schaeffer; and Romy's mother:...
William Schade
Oct 11, 2019
William Charles Schade, 77, born in Mohrsville to a five generation farming family, he also ran Schade's Vending until it closed in the 1970s. He then worked as a Professional Truck Driver, last working for MG Industries. William was a fifty year member of Isaac Heister Lodge No. 660, Reading, as well as having been in the Rajah Shrine Motorcycle...
Irvin Loose
Oct 11, 2019
Irvin M. Loose, 86, of The Highlands at Wyomissing, passed away on Friday, October 11, 2019 in the Reading Hospital. Born in West Leesport, he was the son of the late Roy B. and Florence M. (Barr) Loose. Irvin was a 1951 graduate of Ontelaunee High School and a 1955 graduate of Gettysburg College, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree...
George Seidel
Oct 9, 2019
George W. Seidel, 94, formerly of Hamburg, a resident at Keystone Villa, Maidencreek Twp., passed away Wednesday, October 9, 2019. He was the husband of the late, Emma A. (Shearer) Seidel, died January 17, 1995. Born in Windsor Twp., he was the son of the late Milton and Hettie (Moll) Seidel. He was a life-time member of Zion's Evangelical Lutheran...
Shirley Dissinger
Oct 9, 2019
Shirley M. (Keller) Dissinger, 69, of Perry Twp., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 in her residence. She was the wife of Jeffrey L. Dissinger. They were married October, 2010 and celebrated 9 years of marriage. Born in West Reading, she was the daughter of the late Arthur E. and Mary R. (Wagner) Keller. Shirley took great pleasure...
Donald Hagenberger
Oct 7, 2019
Donald Lee Hagenberger, 80, of Perry Twp., passed away on Monday, October 7, 2019. He was the husband of Kay Jean (Ganter) Hagenberger. They were married on May 26, 1973 and celebrated forty-six years of marriage. Born in Harrisburg, he was the son of the late Joseph and Donnaria (Bamberger) Hagenberger. He was a graduate of Highspire High School. Donald...
Kathryn Churchman
Oct 6, 2019
Kathryn Fretz Churchman, wife of Leonard (Lee) Churchman, Hershey, and formerly of Lenhartsville, and daughter of the late Harvey and Irene (Kulp) Fretz, passed away quietly in Cornwall Manor, on Sunday, October 6, 2019, after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. Kathryn was a 1964 graduate of Pennridge High School, Perkasie, and a 1968 graduate of Moravian College with a...
Paul Knappenberger
Oct 6, 2019
Paul H. Knappenberger, Sr., 100, formerly of Shillington and Gouglersville, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2019 in Laurel Center, Tilden Twp. He was the husband of the late Kathryn "Kay" (Medrick) Knappenberger. Born in Shillington, he was the son of the late Paul E. and Louise (Loehrig) Knappenberger. He was a US Air Force veteran during WWII. Paul worked for...
Larry Missimer
Oct 3, 2019
Larry R. Missimer, 74, of Centre Twp., passed away in his residence on Thursday, October 3, 2019. He was the husband of Sharon L. (Dietrich) Missimer. They were married on October 14, 1967 and celebrated fifty-one years of marriage. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Kenneth and Pearl (Woomert) Missimer. Larry was a U.S. Navy veteran...
