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Harry Koppenberg, Sr
Feb 8, 2004
Harry B. Koppenberg Sr., 81, of Fidelity Street died Feb. 8 at 1:20 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient for one day. He was the husband of Marie C. (Selak) Koppenberg. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Harry L. and Matilda (Eyler) Koppenberg. Koppenberg had been employed for 33 years...
Peter Rosselli
Feb 7, 2004
Peter R. Rosselli, 85, formerly of the Market Square Apartments, Penn Street, died Feb. 7 at 1:40 p.m. in Zerbe Sisters Nursing Home, Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, where he had been a resident since June. He was the husband of Elizabeth R. (Stock) Rosselli. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, he was a son of the late John and Anna (Yemon)...
Arlene Martin
Feb 5, 2004
Arlene M. Martin, 86, of South 11th Street, died Feb. 5 at 9:32 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient since Jan. 29. She was the wife of Robert Martin. Born in Lancaster County, she was a daughter of the late Bessie Good. Martin had been last employed for 10 years by Just Pottery, Reading,...
Frances Weller
Jan 21, 2004
Frances H. Weller, 82, formerly of Longleaf Drive, Blandon, died Jan. 21 at 1:20 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where she had resided two years. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Henry W. and Mary M. (Keener) Borr. Weller was employed for 15 years as a laborer by AT&T Reading Works, Muhlenberg Township,...
Richard Komlodi
Jan 20, 2004
Richard C. Komlodi, 57, died Jan. 20 at 10:40 a.m. in his residence in the Eisenhower Apartments, Franklin Street. The cause of death is under investigation. Born in Reading, he was a son of Jacob S. and Mary (Frederick) Komlodi. Komlodi was a graduate of Reading High School. Surviving is a brother, A.J. Komlodi, Muhlenberg Township. Graveside services will be...
Lucio Lourens
Jan 8, 2004
Lucio Obispo Lourens, 62, of Windsor Street, died of natural causes Jan. 8 at 3:04 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient since Dec. 20. Born in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, he was a son of Dolorita (Djaoen) Lourens, Curacao, and the late Gumrsindo Lourens. Surviving are a stepson, William Roman, Reading; and three stepdaughters: Ada...
Florence Shull
Dec 31, 2003
Florence M. Shull, 70, of Cedar Street, Reading, died Dec. 31 at 10:45 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient eight days. Born in Mohnton, she was a daughter of the late Clayton Frymoyer and Susan (Cass) Frymoyer, Reading, PA. Shull was employed as a machinist for 40 years at Camp Hosiery, Reading, retiring in...
May Klein
Dec 29, 2003
May S. Klein, 83, of Green Street, died Dec. 29 at 4:15 p.m. in the emergancy room at Reading Hospital. Her husband, Michael Klein, died in 1965. Born in New Rochelle, N.Y., she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Mollie (Marks) Silverman. Klein was employed for several years as a dental secretary in White Plains, N.Y., until her...
Marlin Lesher
Dec 28, 2003
Marlin W. Lesher, 77, of Sonday Drive, Upper Bern Township, died Dec. 28 at 1:37 a.m. in the Laurel Center Genesis Elder Care, Tilden Township, where he had been a patient since Dec. 23. He was the husband of Doris M. (Smith) Lesher. Born in Shoemakersville, he was a son of the late William and Mollie R. (Berger) Lesher. Lesher...
Daniel Trayer
Dec 28, 2003
Daniel L. Trayer, 41, of Perkiomen Avenue died Dec. 28 in his residence. The cause of death is under investigation by the Berks County coroner's office. Born in Reading, he was a son of Mary E. (Snyder) Trayer, at home, and the late Bruce L. Trayer. Trayer was a graduate of Reading High School. He is also survived by a...
Jean Miller
Dec 27, 2003
Jean E. Miller, 81, formerly of Reading, died Dec. 27 at 10:20 p.m. in Lancaster Community General Hospital. She was taken to the hospital from Beverly Health Care, Lancaster. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Miller. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Anna C. (Clouser) Brown. Miller was employed for 10 years as...
Francis Schageter
Dec 21, 2003
Francis P. Schlageter, 61, of Las Vegas Drive, Temple, died of natural causes Dec. 21 at 3:40 a.m. in his residence. He was the husband of Mildred M. (Fullmer) Schlageter. Born in Reading, he was a son of Arlene (Jennings) Schlageter, Reading, and the late Francis Schlageter. Schlageter had been employed for 33 years as a laborer by Exide Corp.,...
Elizabeth Reichert
Dec 18, 2003
Elizabeth J. Reichert, 70, of Buttonwood Street, died Dec. 18 at 12:40 p.m. in the emergency room of St. Joseph Medical Center. Her husband, Robert C. Reichert Sr., died Jan. 13, 1980. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Katherine (Wagner) Hinz. Reichert had been employed for 16 years as a printer for the Hawk...
Helen Wolfe
Dec 13, 2003
Helen P. Wolfe, 93, of Lee Highway, Arlington, Va., formerly of Reading, died Dec. 13 at 1 p.m. in Cherrydale Nursing Home, Arlington, where she had been a resident for nine years. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Frank Dobbins and Anna (Miller) Eberenz. Wolfe had been employed as a bookkeeper by Wilson Sprinkling Co., retiring...
Kathleen Gavigan
Dec 13, 2003
Kathleen S. (Raibick) Gavigan, 56, of Kutztown Road, Temple, died of natural causes Dec. 13 at 6:20 p.m. in Reading Hospital. Her husband, Gerald G. Gavigan, died in July 1987. Born in Newark, N.J., she had been employed for 28 years on the boatline of the Bachman Co., Reading. Gavigan, who resided with James T. Greer, is survived by a...
Ella Bill
Dec 12, 2003
Ella E. Bill, 61, of Proudfoot Drive, Robeson Township, died of natural causes Dec. 12 at 1:12 p.m. in Zerbe Sisters Nursing Home, Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, where she had been a patient since Dec. 8. Her husband, Fredrick L. Bill Sr., died June 15, 1995. Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late James McIlhenny. Bill had...
Gertrude Faust
Dec 9, 2003
Gertrude L. Faust, 83, of Leanne Street, Muhlenberg Township, died Dec. 9 in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient four days. Her husband, Melvin A. Faust, died in September 1957. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Henry W. Stankiewicz Jr. and Sofia (Dombrowska) Stankiewicz. Faust was employed for 15 years as a packer by...
Clara Graham
Dec 7, 2003
Clara Mae Graham, 59, formerly of Reading, died of natural causes Dec. 7 at 7:20 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she was a patient since Nov. 25. She was taken to the hospital from Berks Heim, where she had resided since 1993. Born in Chadbourn, N.C., she was a daughter of the late Fred and Mary (Snowden) Jackson. Graham was...
Fern Keim
Nov 28, 2003
Fern M. Keim, 84, formerly of Franklin Street, died Nov. 28 at 11:30 p.m. in Berks Heim Annex, where she had been a resident since 1983. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Lester and Helen (Snyder) Keim. Keim had been employed as a cook in the cafeteria of St. Joseph Medical Center during the 1970s. She...
Dustin Allen, Jr
Nov 27, 2003
Dustin J. Allen Jr., infant son of Dustin J. Allen Sr. and Roxanne Fick, Birch Street, was stillborn Nov. 27 at 2:10 a.m. in Reading Hospital. He is survived by a half brother, Dylan Braente, at home; his maternal grandfather, Gary Fick, Laureldale; his maternal grandmother, Pennie Fick, Reading; his maternal stepgrandmother, Earleen Fick, Laureldale; and his paternal grandmother, Carol...
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