Margaret Bauer
Nov 16, 2019
Margaret M. Bauer, 89, of Hamburg, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019 in Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center. She was the wife of Paul Bauer, died July 20, 1987. Born in Hamburg, Margaret was the daughter of the late Earl F. and Ellen L. (Sousley) Reider. She worked for Burkey Underwear Company, Hamburg Knitting Mills, and Wright's...
Robert Bungarz
Nov 14, 2019
Robert W. Bungarz, Jr., 55, of Tilden Twp., passed away Thursday, November 14, 2019 in Lehigh Valley Hospital- Cedar Crest. He was the best friend and husband of Jackie L. (Yocum) Bungarz. They were married May 15, 1992 and celebrated 27 years of marriage. Born in Brooklyn, NY he was the son of Jessie K. (Wallace) Bungarz, Hamburg and the...
Shirley Santilli
Nov 14, 2019
Shirley V. (Grammaw) Santilli, 85, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2019 in her home in Shoemakersville. She was born June 6, 1934 in Mohrsville daughter of the late Edmund and Virginia (Kauffman) Einsel. She was a 1952 graduate of Perry High School in Shoemakersville. She was the wife of John T. Santilli to whom she was married for 66...
Ralph Reppert
Nov 14, 2019
Ralph E. Reppert, 93, of Windsor Twp., passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2019 in Fairlane Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Exeter Twp. He was the husband of Alberta J. (Emore) Reppert, who died March 6, 2014. Born in Tilden Twp., he was the son of the late Clayton P. and Elsie F. (Fink) Reppert. Ralph was a U.S. Navy...
Brenda Waits
Nov 12, 2019
Brenda S. Waits, 46, of Shoemakersville, passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. She was the fiance of Ross E. Ballard, Shoemakersville. Born in West Reading, she was the daughter of Irene v. (Dietrich) Waits, Hamburg; and the late James N. Waits, Sr.; and Bruce A. Spatz. Brenda was a 1992 graduate...
John Spatz
Nov 9, 2019
John "Clair" Spatz, 83, of Hamburg, passed away Saturday, November 9, 2019, in Laurel Center, Tilden Twp. He was the husband of Elaine S. (Savage) Spatz. They were married November 25, 1954 and would have celebrated their 65th anniversary in a few weeks. Born in Upper Bern Twp., he was the son of the late Harold L. and Florence H....
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...
