George Longacre
Jul 6, 2016
George E. Longacre, Jr., 72, of Shoemakersville, passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 in Orwigsburg Center. He was the husband of Ruth A. (Kochel) Longacre. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late George E., Sr. and Mary (Mumma) Longacre. He was a graduate of Kutztown High School. George was a U.S.Navy veteran of the Vietnam War....
Paul Phillips
Jul 4, 2016
Paul A. Phillips, 83, of Greenwich Twp., passed away on Monday, July 4, 2016 in Berks Heim where he resided. He was the husband of Pauline M. (Heinly) Phillips, a resident at Hearthstone at Maidencreek. Born in Windsor Twp., he was the son of the late Paul R. and Bertha (Swoyer) Phillips. Paul was a life-long dairy farmer on the...
Nicholas C. Wagner
Jun 30, 2016
Nicholas C. Wagner, "Nick", 30, of Schuylkill Haven, passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2016 in his residence. Born in West Reading, he was the son of Charles G., Jr., and Lesley J. (Hollenbach) Wagner, Reading. He was a graduate of Schuylkill Haven High School. Nick worked as a welder. He enjoyed the outdoors and Sci-Fi. Surviving in addition to...
Robert Hoch
Jun 26, 2016
Robert L. Hoch, Sr., 76, of Tilden Twp., passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2016 in the Hospice Unit of Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. He was the husband of Patricia A. (Ulrich) Hoch. They were married on February 26, 1960 and celebrated fifty-six years of marriage. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Dorothy Hoch. He was...
Anna Kerschner
Jun 25, 2016
Anna M. Kerschner, 80, of Leesport, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2016 in Manor Care, Sinking Spring. Born in Ontelaunee Twp., she was the daughter of the late William and Beulah (Hollenbach) Rissmiller. She was a 1954 graduate of Ontelaunee High School. Anna worked for the Globe Underwear Company, Wright's Knitting Mill and Diener's Knitting Mill, retiring in 2000....
Fern Luckenbill
Jun 24, 2016
Fern C. Luckenbill, 94, formerly of Shartlesville and Mohrsville, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2016 in the Berks Heim where she resided since May 1, 2009. She was the widow of Clarence Luckenbill, who died in 1994; and her first husband, Herbert Keller, who died in 1963. Born in Centre Twp., she was the daughter of the late Edward...
Harold Madeira
Jun 24, 2016
Harold G. Madeira, 90, of Riverview Park, Muhlenberg Twp., passed away on Friday, June 24, 2016 in Country Meadows, Wyomissing. He was the husband of Ethel M. (Klee) Madeira. They were married on November 26, 1953 and celebrated sixty-two years of marriage. Born in Shoemakersville, he was the son of the late Guy H. and Elda (Smith) Madeira. Harold was...
Helena Foss
Jun 20, 2016
Helena A. Foss, 74, of Hamburg, died Monday, June 20, 2016 in Laurel Center, Tilden Twp. She was the wife of Ellsworth Foss, died December 1998. Born in Bryn Mawr, she was the daughter of the late Louis R. and Anne M. (Weckesser) LaFavor. She graduated from high school in Folsom, CA. She was employed as a nurse at Berks...
Jeannette Bachman
Jun 16, 2016
Jeannette J. Bachman, 92, formerly of Hamburg, passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2016 in Peter Becker Community, Harleysville, where she resided since July 31, 2010. She was the wife of Nevin R. Bachman, who died April 6, 2015. Born in Shoemakersville, she was the daughter of the late Harvey C. and Mary E. (Withers) Miller. Jeannette worked as a...
Carlene Ulrich
Jun 14, 2016
Carlene F. Ulrich, 68, of Mt. Penn, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 in the Laurel Center, Tilden Twp. She was the daughter of the late Clifford J., Sr. and Alice M. (Manmiller) Ulrich. Carlene was a graduate of Fleetwood High School and a college in Illinois. She also graduated from nursing school. While living in Illinois, she was...
Robert Baer
Jun 10, 2016
Robert E. Baer, 72, of Shoemakersville, passed away in the Reading Hospital on Friday, June 10, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Bonnie L. (Ott) Baer. They were married on September 24, 1966 and celebrated forty-nine years of marriage. Born in Mohrsville, he was the son of the late Earl M. and Margaret E. (Baer)...
Mabel Marks
Jun 10, 2016
Mabel M. Marks, 97, of Shoemakersville, passed away on Friday, June 10, 2016 in the Lutheran Home at Topton where she resided for six years. She was the wife of Arthur S. Marks, who died December 2, 1985. Born in Tilden Twp., she was the daughter of the late Francis and Stella (Kauffman) Bagenstose. Mabel was a graduate of Perry...
William Ebelhar
Jun 8, 2016
William A. Ebelhar, Jr., 76, of West Hamburg, passed away on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in the Laurel Center, Tilden Twp. He was the husband of Sherry E. (Fuzer) Ebelhar. They were married on February 24, 1968 and celebrated forty-eight years of marriage. Born in Honey Brook, he was the son of the late William A. Ebelhar, Sr., and Rosena...
Edna Machemer
Jun 8, 2016
Edna G. Machemer, 93, formerly of Leesport, passed away on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 in ManorCare, Laureldale. She previously resided at Hearthstone at Maidencreek. She was the wife of David E. Machemer, who died November 21, 2008. Born in Ontelaunee Twp., she was the daughter of the late Charles D. and Jennie B. (Kramer) Gibson. Edna was a 1940 graduate...
Harry Sohon
Jun 8, 2016
Harry M. Sohon, 77, of Shoemakersville, passed away in his residence on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Shirley E. (Gruber) Sohon. They were married for twenty-one years on June 25, 1994 at her brother's farm in Auburn. Harry was born in New York on January 21, 1939 and adopted by the...
Doris Wagner
Jun 7, 2016
Doris A. Wagner, 87, of Wernersville and formerly of Hamburg and Nesquehoning, passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 in Penn State Health St. Joseph. She was the wife of Dr. Clifford C. Wagner. They were married on September 9, 1951 and celebrated sixty-four years of marriage. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late George W. and...
Catherine Delillo
Jun 4, 2016
Catherine Ramona DeLillo, 54, of Windsor Twp., died Saturday, June 4, 2016 in her residence. She was the wife of Ronald G. DeLillo. They were married March 17, 1984 and celebrated 31 years of marriage. Born in Coral Gables, FL she was the daughter of Ruth (Winkler) Biondo, in Texas and the late Vroile Biondo. She attended The Bridge Church,...
Betty Sevilla Dries
Jun 4, 2016
Betty Sevilla Dries, 37, of Shoemakersville and Joppa, Maryland, passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2016 in Reading Hospital. She was the wife of Adam David Dries. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of Rosa Marie Lentz, Shoemakersville; and the late William Henry Lentz, Sr. She was a 1998 honor graduate of Hamburg Area High School and attended...
Donna M. Denatala (Bowers)
Jun 1, 2016
Donna M. (Bowers) Adams Denatala, 59, of Windsor Twp., passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 in the Reading Hospital. She was the wife of Anthony G. "Tony" Denatala, Jr. They were married on February 18, 2011 and celebrated five years of marriage. Donna was predeceased by her first husband, Deryl G. Adams, who died January 23, 2006.
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Dennis Yerger
May 31, 2016
Dennis A. Yerger, 67, of Leesport, died Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at his residence. He was the husband of Kathleen L. (Vitalo) Yerger. They were married October 6, 1973 and celebrated 42 years of marriage. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Arlan G. Yerger and Louise I. (James) Allen. He graduated from Schuylkill Valley High School...
