Obituaries
Sheila Bradley
May 14, 2006
Sheila Bradley Sheila Bradley, 44, died of natural causes May 14 at 6:05 a.m. in her Reading residence. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Ruby L. Martin, with whom she last resided, and the late McKinley Boykins. Bradley had been last employed earlier this year by Sam's Club, Temple, as a fax and pull coordinator. She previously worked...
Juan Valentin
May 10, 2006
Juan Valentin, 30, formerly of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, died of natural causes May 10 at 4:41 a.m. in his residence in Reading. He was the husband of Lourdes Camara, York. Born in Arecibo, he was a son of Juan Valentin and Sonia Ramos, Hatillo, Puerto Rico. Valentin was employed as a laborer by Temp Star, Reading. He is also survived...
Mary Dunkelberger
May 8, 2006
Mary E. Prizer Dunkelberger, 90, Reading, died May 8 at 9:15 p.m. in the Berkshire Center, Exeter Township, where she had resided since April 5. She was the wife of Kenneth D. Dunkelberger. She was predeceased by her first husband, Calvin Prizer. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John and Edna (Reifsnyder) Stutzman. Dunkelberger was employed...
Veronica Garbacik
Apr 22, 2006
Veronica M. A�a�A"VernaA�a�A� Garbacik, 83, formerly of Reading, died April 22 at 5:15 a.m. in Berks Heim, where she had been a resident since 2002. Her husband, Walter J. Garbacik, died Nov. 13, 1979. Born in Harwood Mines, Luzerne County, she was a daughter of the late Alex and Rose Woythko. Garbacik had been employed for 16 years as an...
Ernesto Amaro
Apr 19, 2006
Ernesto V. Amaro, 82, Reading, died April 19 at 10 a.m. in Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, West Reading, where he had resided 19 days. Born in Puerto Rico, he was a son of the late Serfain Vega and Isabel Amaro. Surviving are two sons, Hector L. Vega, Shillington, and Luis E. Vega, Lancaster. Other survivors include a brother,...
Dorothy Weiler
Apr 19, 2006
Dorothy A. Weiler, 91, formerly of Reading, died April 19 at 5 am. in the Tremont Health & Rehabilitation Center, Schuylkill County, where she had resided three years. Her husband, Merril A. Weiler, died Jan. 11, 1981. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Frank L. and Rosie A. (Harbold) Madara. There are no immediate survivors. Services...
Michael Darinsig
Apr 15, 2006
Michael G. Darinsig, 47, a resident at Shenandoah Manor, Schuylkill County, formerly of Reading, died of natural causes April 15 at 1:34 p.m. in the Hershey Medical Center, Dauphin County. Born in Reading, he was a son of George and Ruth E. (Jenkins) Darinsig, Reading. Darinsig is also survived by a son, Michael G. Jr., Reading. Other survivors include two...
James Brown
Apr 15, 2006
James A. Brown, 81, Reading, died April 15 at 10:05 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Muhlenberg Township, where he had resided since Feb. 23. He was predeceased by his wife, Mabel (Simpson) Brown. Born in Berks County, he was a son of the late James B. and Catharine (Satter) Brown. Brown was employed for more than 15 years as...
Alberta Schmieder
Apr 5, 2006
Alberta A. Schmieder, 91, formerly of Reading, died April 5 at 5:50 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Spring Township, where she had resided since June 2001. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Paul J. and Annie M. (Holzinger) Schmieder. Schmieder was employed for 20 yeas as a sewing machine operator by Gotham Lingerie, Reading, retiring...
Rosa Peralta
Apr 1, 2006
Rosa M. Peralta, 85, Reading, died April 1 at 7:54 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading. She was predeceased by her husband, Benjamin Liriano. Born in the Dominican Republic, she was a daughter of the late Luis M. Peralta and Jenerosa Baret. Peralta was a former teacher in the Dominican Republic. She was a member of St. Peter's...
Paul Martz
Mar 30, 2006
Paul D. Martz, 89, Cumru Township, died March 30 at 2:50 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient for one day. He had been predeceased by his wife, Mable Martz. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late John F. and Mable U. (Snyder) Martz. Martz was founder and owner-operator of Aluminum Alloys Inc., Sinking...
Virginia Swanson
Mar 17, 2006
Virginia H. Swanson, 76, Cumru Township, died of natural causes March 17 at 12:42 p.m. in Reading Hospital. Her husband, Gustav A. Swanson, died in 1973. Born in Fleetwood, she was a daughter of the late Kermit L. and Kathryn L. (Foose) Hartman. Swanson had been employed for 32 years in purchasing by AT&T Reading Works, Muhlenberg Township, retiring in...
Baby Ortiz
Mar 15, 2006
The infant daughter of Noel and Maria Ortiz, Reading, was stillborn March 15 at 1:15 a.m. in Reading Hospital. She is also survived by a brother, Feliberto Colon, and two sisters, Noelia and Maria Cristina Ortiz, all of Reading. Services will be private in the Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. Burial will be private in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton....
Clayton Sellers
Mar 14, 2006
Memorial services for Clayton J. Sellers, 23, York, formerly of Reading, will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. Sellers killed the mother of his 2-year-old daughter and himself March 14 in a car parked on railroad tracks in York, officials said. Sellers died in the York Hospital following a domestic argument, investigators said. Born...
Giovanny Landa
Mar 5, 2006
Giovanny A. Landa, 16-day-old son of Juan Landa and Ashley Vest, Reading, died of natural causes March 5 at 7:15 a.m. in St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, where he had been a patient for more than 2 weeks. He was born in Reading. Landa is also survived by his maternal grandparents, James Vest, in New Jersey, and Barbara Vest,...
Edna Neider
Mar 4, 2006
Edna V. Neider Edna V. Neider, 96, died March 4 at 2:45 a.m. in her residence in Reading. Her husband, Francis R. Neider, died in 1955. She was born in Reading. Neider was employed for 25 years as a waitress by Esther's Restaurant, Reading, retiring in 1996. She was a member of the First Evangelical Congregational Church, Reading. Surviving is...
Maritza Diaz
Mar 4, 2006
Maritza "Cuca" Diaz, 40, died of natural causes March 4 at 11:30 p.m. in her residence in Reading. Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, she was a daughter of Angel Luis Diaz, Holyoke, Mass., and Nilsa Rosario, Reading Diaz was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Reading. She is also survived by two brothers, Nelson Diaz, Reading, and Angel Diaz...
Anthony Denatala, Sr
Feb 26, 2006
Anthony G. Denatala Sr., 82, Laureldale, died Feb. 26 at 5:55 p.m. in Spruce Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, West Reading, where he had resided since October. He was the husband of Nancy Y. (Schramm) Denatala. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Theodore and Camillo (Pillera) Denatala. Denatala was employed for 241/2 years as a laborer...
Clayton Riffle
Feb 22, 2006
Clayton N. Riffle, 70, Reading, died Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m. in the Trans Level Care Center of St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient since Feb. 17. He was the husband of Jean R. (Henne) Riffle. Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland County, he was a son of the late Merle and Bessie (Berkey) Riffle. Riffle had been...
Drucilla Hancock
Feb 21, 2006
Drucilla A�a�A"TutA�a�A� Hancock, 56, Reading, died of natural causes Feb. 21 at 10:01 a.m. in Reading Hospital. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Preston and Helen (Gutrich) Hancock. Hancock was employed for more than 15 years as a nurse's aide by ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading. Surviving are a daughter, Elaine J. Hancock, Reading; and...
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