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Natale Defazio
Jun 12, 2004
Natale DeFazio, 80, of Reading, died June 12 at 6:26 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient for one day. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Antonio and Maria (Gigliotti) DeFazio. DeFazio had been employed for 20 years in maintenance by Crompton & Knowles, Gibraltar, retiring in 1986. He is survived by a...
Vernon Ebling
Jun 9, 2004
Vernon R. Ebling, 76, of Reading, died June 9 at 8:46 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. Born in Blainsport, Lancaster County, he was a son of the late George and Dorothy (Block) Ebling. Ebling was employed in maintenance by the Reading Public Works Department, until his retirement. He was an Army veteran. Surviving is a sister, Helen E. (Ebling)...
Emma Coulouris
May 28, 2004
Emma D. Lerch Coulouris, 86, formerly of Perkiomen Avenue, died May 28 at 3 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Muhlenberg Township. Her husband, Peter Coulouris, died in 1981. Her first husband, Paul J. Lerch, died in 1958. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Philip and Philomena (Churico) Bostrom. Coulouris had been employed for 37 years...
Laura Rock
May 21, 2004
Laura I. Rock, 84, of Mulberry Street, died May 21 at 1:30 a.m. in Reading Hospital. She was the wife of Clifford J. Rock. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late William and Eva (Smith) Ferryman. Rock is also survived by a son, Donald M., at home, and a daughter, Joan D. (Rock) George, Hyde Park. There...
John Weidenheimer
Apr 28, 2004
John J. Weidenheimer, 91, of South 14th Street, died April 28 at 10:20 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Spring Township. His wife, Ruth A. (Aulenbach) Weidenheimer, died in January 1977. He was born in Reading. Weidenheimer was employed for more than 25 years as a pipefitter by Berkshire Color Co., Reading, retiring in 1978. Surviving are three stepsons: Larry...
Ralph Martin
Apr 26, 2004
Ralph R. Martin, 81, of Washington Street, died April 26 at 4:45 p.m. in the Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since April 2. He was the husband of Betty (Green) Martin, West Lawn. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Robert and Florence (Hasson) Martin. Martin was a self-employed free-lance artist for 15 years...
Violet Shaffer
Apr 24, 2004
Violet M. Shaffer, 83, formerly of Temple and ManorCare Assisted Living, West Reading, died April 24 at 9:45 p.m. in Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Reading, where she had been a resident for two weeks. She was predeceased by her husband, Raymond H. Shaffer Sr. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late James A. and Jenny Mae...
Michael Brooks
Apr 20, 2004
Michael J. Brooks, 24, of Penn Avenue, West Reading, died of natural causes April 20 in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia. Born in Reading, he was a son of Daniel Brooks and Susan OBoyle, both of Reading. Brooks was employed for the past three years as a line leader by the Premium Beverage Co., Wyomissing. Brooks, who was the...
Ray Balthaser
Apr 16, 2004
Ray L. Balthaser, 90, of North 10th St., died April 16 at 4:25 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. He was the husband of June E. (Trythall) Balthaser. Born in Kutztown, he was a son of the late Jeremiah F. and Laura (Levan) Balthaser. He was employed for more than 30 years as a truck driver by Stichter Hardware of...
Efigenio Torres
Apr 9, 2004
Efigenio Torres, Sr., 92, of Carbon Street died April 9 at 4:25 a.m. in his residence. His wife, Monserrate (Rivera) Torres, died in 1992. Born in Villalba, Puerto Rico, he was a son of the late Crespin and Rosaura (Santiago) Torres. Torres had been employed for more than 20 years in shipping and receiving by the St. Vincent de Paul...
Edward Wawrzonek
Apr 3, 2004
Edward A. Wawrzonek, 74, of South 18th Street, died April 3 at 8:40 a.m. in his residence. He was the husband of Genevieve V. (Sabulsky) Wawrzonek. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late George and Julia (Glodzik) Wawrzonek. Wawrzonek had been employed for more than 30 years as a molder by Reading Gray Iron Castings Inc., retiring...
Harry Hommas
Mar 22, 2004
Harry R. Hommas, 97, formerly of Mulberry Street, died March 22 at 10 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where he had resided since March 1996. His wife, Stella M. (Pflum) Hommas, died Aug. 18, 1968. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late John and Ida M. (Richards) Hommas. Hommas was employed for 31 years...
David Hughes
Mar 20, 2004
David J. Hughes, 57, of Monroe Avenue, Spring Township, died of natural causes March 20 at 1:10 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since March 1. He was the husband of Patricia A. (Esterline) Hughes. Born in Reading, he was a son of Anna L. (Hunter) Hughes, Womelsdorf, and the late David A. Hughes. Hughes is...
Kathryn Williams
Mar 17, 2004
Kathryn E. Williams, 64, of Bernhart Avenue, Muhlenberg Township, died of natural causes March 17 at 8:10 a.m. in the Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Reading, where she had resided two days. Her husband, Harold W. Williams, died in February 1992. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Miriam (Kline) Schwarz. Williams was employed for...
Emily Benne
Mar 15, 2004
Emily K. Benne, 81, formerly of Mulberry Street, died March 15 at 9:45 a.m. in Cedar Haven, Lebanon, where she had resided since 2000. Her husband, Stephen Benne, died April 7, 1969. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Joseph A. and Emily E. (Woodworth) Vogel. Benne was a member of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Reading....
Fausta Audiffred
Mar 14, 2004
Fausta Audiffred, 89, of Pine Street, died March 14 at 10:40 a.m. in her residence. Her husband, Juan Audiffred, died in 1962. Born in Puerto Rico, she was a daughter of the late Carlos Vazquez and Petra Maldonado. Audiffred was a member of the Spanish Pentecostal Church of Reading. She is survived by two sons, Ismael Vazquez, Puerto Rico, and...
Wendy Dinger-Ladd
Feb 29, 2004
Wendy Lynn Dinger-Ladd, 37, of First Street Extension, Tilden Township, died of natural causes Feb. 29 at 12:12 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient two days. She was predeceased by her first husband, Barry R. Shelton, on April 16, 1995, and by her second husband, Timothy M. Ladd, on May 4, 1999. Born in Reading, she...
Roland Heffner, Sr
Feb 23, 2004
Roland L. Heffner Sr., 69, died of natural causes Feb. 23 at 11:30 a.m. in his residence on North Fifth Street. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Elmer J. and Carrie E. (Knapp) Heffner. Heffner was employed for 10 years as a roofer by Russell Baum Heating & Plumbing, Reading, retiring in 1999. He was an...
Wilson Bultron
Feb 17, 2004
Wilson Bultron, 34, of North 10th Street, was dead on arrival Feb. 17 at 8 a.m. in the emergency room of St. Joseph Medical Center. The cause of death is under investigation by the Berks County coroner's office. Born in Patillas, Puerto Rico, he was a son of Rafel Bultron, Puerto Rico, and Evangelina Echevarria, Reading. He had been last...
Timothy Wawrzyniak
Feb 11, 2004
Services for Timothy J. Wawrzyniak, 40, of Cherry Street, who died Feb. 11 in Richmond Township, will be private. Private burial will be in Berks County Memorial Gardens, Maidencreek Township. Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of arrangements. Wawrzyniak was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle crash along Route 662 at 3:28 p.m. by the Berks...
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