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Clifford Rock
Oct 9, 2004
Clifford J. Rock, 86, died Oct. 9 at 11:50 p.m. in his residence in Reading. His wife, Laura I. (Ferryman) Rock, died May 21. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late William and Mamie Agora (Miller) Rock. Rock was employed for 17 years by Doehler-Jarvis Farley Industries Inc., Stowe, and was last employed by Western Electric Co.,...
Barbara Smith
Oct 5, 2004
Barbara J. Smith, 56, Reading, died of natural causes Oct. 5 at 12:52 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of John R. and Ernestine M. (Lane) McNamara, Reading. Smith was employed for 10 years as a machine operator by Interstate Container Corp., Reading. She is also survived by a daughter, Valerie H. Ziegler,...
Gertrude Pruitt
Oct 3, 2004
Gertrude B. Pruitt, 96, formerly of Reading, died Oct. 3 at 10:15 p.m. in Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, West Reading, where she had resided since 1998. She was predeceased by her husband, William J. Pruitt. Born in Columbia, S.C., she was a daughter of the late J.D. and Mary A. (Coon) Black. Pruitt was employed for many years...
Virginia Lewis
Oct 3, 2004
Virginia B. Lewis, 90, formerly of Reading, died Oct. 3 at 5 a.m. in Berks Heim Annex, where she had resided since June. Her husband, Floyd A. Lewis, died in 1971. Born in Birdsboro, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Zenith Seyfert. Lewis was employed for 35 years as a machine operator by Luden's Inc., Reading,...
Eleanor George
Sep 28, 2004
Eleanor M. (Lipka) George, 81, formerly of Reading, died Sept. 27 at 9:15 p.m. in Berks Heim Annex, where she had resided since Oct. 1, 2003. Surviving is a son, Jesse E. Jr., Temple. Services will be private. Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of arrangements.
Jose Borrero
Sep 24, 2004
Services for Jose Antonio Borrero Sr., 58, Reading, will be tonight at 8 in the Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. Borrero died Sept. 24 at 8:50 a.m. in the infirmary of Laurel Highlands State Correctional Institution in Somerset, Somerset County. The cause of death was an anoxic brain injury and the death was ruled an accident, officials said. He was...
Mary Coyle
Sep 14, 2004
Mary L. A�a�A"MerchA�a�A� Coyle, 89, Reading, died Sept. 14 at 1:50 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient six weeks. Her husband, Daniel J. Coyle, died in 1979. Born in Five Points, Schuylkill County, she was a daughter of the late Peter and Clara (Streranko) Lazarchick. Coyle was employed for more than 30 years as a seamstress...
Bruce Fisher
Aug 26, 2004
Bruce W. Fisher, 56, died of natural causes Aug. 26 at 3:44 p.m. in his Muhlenberg Township residence. He was the husband of Susan E. (McDonald) Fisher. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late John M. and Mary L. (Bowman) Fisher. Fisher had been employed as a painter by Uhrig's Professional Painting, Paper-hanging & Carpentry, Reading, retiring...
Jeffrey Orrs, Sr
Aug 22, 2004
Jeffery L. Orrs Sr., 49, Pottstown, died of natural causes Aug. 22 at 12:45 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. Born in Reading, he was a son of Anna L. (Heller) Orrs, Reading, and the late David L. Orrs. Orrs was employed for seven years as a dock worker by Dewey Pyle Trucking, West Chester. He was a veteran of...
Joseph Zimmerman
Aug 22, 2004
Joseph H. Zimmerman, 42, Cumru Township, died of natural causes Aug. 22 at 4:27 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since Aug. 9. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Harry A. and Mary M. (Zeimer) Zimmerman. Zimmerman was employed for the past 26 years as an assembler by Prospectus Berko, Shillington. Surviving...
Lydia Perez
Aug 18, 2004
Lydia Ponce-Perez, 71, Reading, died of natural causes Aug. 18 at 2:23 a.m. in her residence. Her husband, Gonzalez Avila, died Nov. 11, 1993. Born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, she was a daughter of the late Jovito Ponce and Valentina Perez. Ponce-Perez had been employed most of her life as a seamstress in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. She was...
Donald Brubaker
Aug 18, 2004
Donald Allen Brubaker, 32, Reading, died of natural causes Aug. 18 at 7:50 p.m. in his residence. Born in Pottsville, he was a son of Lavern W. Brubaker, Ephrata, and Sue M. (Miller) Ramos, with whom he last resided. Brubaker was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Reading. He is also survived by two brothers, Michael T. Miller, Leola, Lancaster...
Lewis Paulshock
Aug 6, 2004
Lewis Paulshock, 87, of Hazelton, formerly of Reading, died August 6 at 1:25 am at St. Joseph Hospital, Hazelton. His wife, Verna M. (Eisenhauer) Paulshock, died November 7, 1974. Born in Landsford, Carbon County, he was the son of Michael and Mary (Luckach) Paulshock. Paulshock was employed for 17 years as a machine operator for Luden's, Inc., Reading, retiring in...
Serenity Snead
Aug 5, 2004
Serenity Faith Snead, infant daughter of Jose A. Mares and Chamira L. Snead, Reading, was stillborn Aug.5 in Reading Hospital. She is also survived by a sister, Chakira L., at home; her maternal grandparents, Jordan and Alicia (Haynes) Snead, at home. Services will be private.
Jean Blessing
Jul 31, 2004
Jean Ann Blessing, 52, Reading, died of natural causes July 31 at 9 a.m. in her residence. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Ruth A. (Blankenbiller) Himmelberger, West Reading, and the late Clarence R. Himmelberger. Blessing had been employed for three years by Giant Foods, Spring Township, last working in April. She is also survived by a daughter,...
Margaret Poh
Jul 30, 2004
Peggy M. Poh, 64, Reading, died of natural causes July 30 at 8:10 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. She was born in Allentown. Poh was employed for eight years as an elevator operator in the Baer Building, Reading, retiring in 2001. There are no immediate survivors. Services will be private. Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of...
William Orrs
Jul 20, 2004
William L. Orrs, 91, formerly of the Woodland Plaza Apartments, Wyomissing, died July 20 at 1:10 p.m. in the Villa St. Elizabeth, Reading. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late John W. and Laura A. (Wadsworth) Orrs. Orrs was employed for 21 years as a truck driver by Branch Motor Express, Reading, retiring in 1960. He was...
Caterina Borzacchini
Jun 25, 2004
Caterina Borzacchini, 75, of Reading, died June 25 at 10:30 a.m. in Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Reading. Her husband, Carl P. Borzacchini, died May 11, 1987. Born in the Fano Province of Pesaro Marche, Italy, she was a daughter of the late Evaristo and Luisa (Tomassoni) Franchini. Borzacchini had been self-employed for more than 10 years as an area...
Robert Martin
Jun 17, 2004
Robert R. Martin, 85, formerly of Reading, died June 17 at 12:56 p.m. in Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, West Reading, where he had been a resident since February. His wife, Arlene Mae Martin, died Feb. 5. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late William E. and Elizabeth (Hasson) Martin. Martin had been employed for 31...
Miriam Lenich
Jun 15, 2004
Miriam L. Lenich, 87, formerly of Reading, died June 15 at 11:50 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Muhlenberg Township, where she had been a resident for three years. Her husband, Robert F. Lenich, died Nov. 3, 1991. Born in Mohnton, she was a daughter of the late Norton and Elizabeth (Burkart) VanKirk. Lenich had been employed for 11 years...
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