Obituaries
Emily Avila
Aug 23, 2006
Emily Avila, 2, Reading, passed away Aug. 22 at 6:20 p.m. in Hershey Medical Center. She was a daughter of Benjamin Avila and Maria Guzman, Reading. Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home, 444 N. Ninth St., Reading, is in charge of arrangements.
Candido Murillo
Aug 13, 2006
Candido Zavala Murillo, 38, Reading, passed away Aug. 13 at 2:26 a.m. in Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia. Services will be Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home, 444 N. Ninth St. Viewing will be 6 to 8 p.m. Burial will be in Guanajuato, Mexico.
Angela Paniagua
Aug 12, 2006
Angela Paniagua, 69, Reading, died Aug. 12 at 1:10 a.m. in a sonA�a�a��s residence in Reading. Born in the Dominican Republic on May 1, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Abelardo Pena and Catalina Paniagua. She is survived by two sons, Rafael and Christian Rosario, both of Reading, and two daughters, Anna Maria Rosario and Adela Calderon, both...
Dale Stevenson
Aug 6, 2006
Dale T. Stevenson, 59, Mount Penn, died Aug. 6 at 2:30 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Thomas and Alma (Klein) Stevenson. Stevenson was employed for 15 years as a line operator by Hofmann Industries, Sinking Spring, retiring in 2001. He was a graduate of Reading High School. Stevenson was...
James Davis
Aug 1, 2006
James L. Davis, 78, Reading, died Aug. 1 at 3:32 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. He was the husband of Margaret I. (Bilger) Davis, Sinking Spring. Davis was born in Natural Bridge, Va., on Nov. 5, 1927. He was employed for 10 years as a truck driver by Delaware Valley of Leesport, retiring in 1995. Davis was a graduate...
Violet Pichel
Jul 30, 2006
Violet E. (Weir) Pichel, 85, Leesport, formerly of Reading, died July 30 at 8:01 p.m. in The Hawthorne Personal Care Home, Reading. Her husband, John W. Pichel, passed away Dec. 30, 1993. Born in Reading on Sept. 17, 1920, Pichel was a daughter of the late David Weir and Millie (Miller) Visner. She was employed for 44 years as a...
Anna Volmer
Jul 19, 2006
Anna M. Volmer, 87, Reading, died July 19 at 5:50 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services, West Reading, where she had resided since Sept. 2, 2004. Born in Mount Holly, N.J., she was a daughter of the late Frances K. Volmer-Phillips and stepdaughter of the late Rex J. Phillips. Volmer was employed for 22 years as a nurseA�a�a��s aide by Berks...
Kathleen Scheider
Jul 17, 2006
Kathleen H. A�a�A"MaryA�a�A� Scheider, 75, a resident at Spruce Manor, West Reading, formerly of Reading, died July 17 at 1:15 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient three days. Born in Shenandoah, she was a daughter of the late John and Helen (Reimiller) Scheider. Scheider was employed for nine years as a machine operator by...
Violet Welch
Jul 11, 2006
Violet M. Welch, 97, Reading, died July 11 at 1:15 p.m. in Berks County Home-Berks Heim, Bern Township, where she had been a resident for 31/2 years. Her husband, James H. Welch, died Aug. 8, 1974. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John and Lizzie (Marks) Thomas. Welch was employed for 21 years as a nurse...
Violet Welch
Jul 11, 2006
Violet M. Welch, 97, Reading, died July 11 at 1:15 p.m. at Berks Heim, where she had resided for 31/2 years. She was the widow of James H. Welch, who passed away Aug. 8, 1974. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John and Lizzie (Marks) Thomas. She was employed for 21 years as a licensed practical...
Gary Hagaman
Jul 2, 2006
Gary L. Hagaman, 66, Reading, died July 2 in Reading Hospital. Born in Earlville, he was a son of the late Emmett G. and Dorothy M. (Chrisman) Hagaman. Surviving are a son, Monte D., Exeter Township; a sister, Judith (Hagaman) Englebach, Exeter; two brothers, Allan, Hershey, and W. Roger, in North Carolina; and two grandsons. Services will be July 23...
Dario Nova
Jun 30, 2006
Dario Eulogio Esquivel Nova, 75, West Lawn, died of natural causes June 30 in St. Joseph Medical Center. He was the husband of Beatriz Tapia Arias. Born in Mexico, he was a son of the late Victor and Ricarda (Nova) Esquivel. Also surviving are 10 children, including Maria (Esquivel) Moreno, and Noel and Jesus Esquivel, all of Reading; and many...
Hipolito Lebron
Jun 25, 2006
Hipolito Lebron, 79, Philadelphia, formerly of Puerto Rico, died June 25 at 9:59 a.m. in the residence of a son, Ismael Lebron, Reading. He was the husband of Maria J. DeJesus, in Puerto Rico. Born in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, he was a son of the late Geraldo Gomez. Lebron was the former owner-operator of a restaurant in Puerto Rico...
Carmelo Jimenez
Jun 24, 2006
Carmelo M. Jimenez, 64, formerly of Puerto Rico, died June 24 at 8:30 a.m. in his Reading residence. Born in Puerto Rico, he was a son of the late Augustine and Candida (Medina) Jimenez. He was employed for 23 years as a janitor by Giorgio Mushroom, Fleetwood, retiring earlier this year. Jimenez, who resided with Donna Clark, is survived by...
Luis Andrade, Sr
Jun 22, 2006
Luis A. Andrade Sr., 63, Reading, died of natural causes June 22 in Hershey Medical Center, Dauphin County. He was the husband of Esther J. (Garcia) Andrade. Born in Venezuela, he was a son of the late Daniel and Mercedez (Lopez) Andrade. Also surviving are a daughter, Esther J. (Andrade) Rentas, Reading; and two sons, Luis A., Ashburn, Va., and...
Martin Straka
Jun 19, 2006
Martin A. Straka, 90, West Lawn, formerly of Reading, died June 19 at 1:45 p.m. in Reading Hospital where he had been a patient three days. His wife, Thelma J. (Kissinger) Straka, died April 21, 2003. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late John and Sovy (Posiwak) Straka. Straka was an Army veteran of World War II....
Kylee Cooper
May 26, 2006
Kylee A. Cooper, infant daughter of Darrin S. Cooper and Dorothy Fackler, both of Reading, was stillborn May 26 in Reading Hospital. She is also survived by her maternal grandparents, Paul H. and Elizabeth Fackler, Reading; and her paternal grandparents, Jack and Kathryn Cooper. Other survivors include one brother, Makih Cooper, Reading; and one sister, Julyssa Hernandez, Reading. There is...
Karen Garcia
May 26, 2006
Karen L. (Kerns) Garcia, 50, died of natural causes May 26 at 6:02 p.m. in her Reading residence. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Margaret (Bilger) Davis, Sinking Spring. Surviving are a daughter, Karen L. Garcia, Temple; and two sons, Roberto, Cumbola, Schuylkill County, and Herman Jr., Reading. Other survivors include two sisters, Sharon Kerns, Reading; and Sandy...
Thomas Painter
May 24, 2006
Thomas J. Painter, 59, Sinking Spring, died May 24 at 10:10 a.m. in Reading Hospital. Painter was involved in a motorcycle accident along Route 724 near Ridgeway Road in Cumru Township on May 21, officials said. Further details on the accident and cause of death was pending from the Cumru Township Police Department and Berks County coroner's office. Born in...
Christopher Stankiewicz
May 23, 2006
Services for Christopher J. Stankiewicz, 23, who died May 23, will be Friday at 12:30 p.m. in Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. Burial will be in Berks County Memorial Gardens, Maidencreek Township. Stankiewicz, Lower Heidelberg Township, was involved in a one-car crash along Shartlesville Road in Penn Township which occurred about 4 p.m., officials said. Stankiewicz, the driver, and another...
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