Obituaries

Jeffrey Chandler
Sep 13, 2003
Jeffrey A. Chandler, 40, of St. Peter's Street, Schuylkill Haven, was found dead Sept. 13 in his car on Willow Road, Centre Township, officials said. The cause of death is under investigation. Born in Houston, he was a son of Larry F. Chandler, Magnolia, Texas, and Patricia E. (Alford) Avery, Doyline, La. Chandler was employed for the past two years...

John Weinhold
Sep 8, 2003
John M. Weinhold, 51, of Spring Street, died of natural causes Sept. 8 at 11:05 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient since Aug. 16. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Ralph H. and Emma (Miller) Weinhold. Weinhold is survived by a brother, Timothy M., Reading; and five sisters: Delores E....

Rose Ravert
Aug 29, 2003
Rose M. Ravert, 76, of Lance Place died of natural causes Aug. 29 at 10:15 a.m. in Beverly Manor, Exeter Township, where she had been a patient since July 31. She was the wife of John Ravert. Born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, she was a daughter of the late Vincent and Victoria (Wentko) Wojnarski. Ravert was a member of St....

Alvin Fuentes
Aug 27, 2003
Services for Alvin A. Fuentes, 2, who died Aug. 27 at 4:04 p.m. in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, will be held in the Dominican Republic. Burial will be in Municiple Cemetery, Higuey, Dominican Republic. Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of arrangements. Fuentes was flown to Children's Hospital after he fell from a second-floor window in his Chestnut...

Jose Galarza
Aug 21, 2003
Jose Galarza, 48, of Fern Avenue died of natural causes Aug. 21 at 7:26 p.m. in his residence. Born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, he was a son of the late Antonio and Pilar (Santiago) Galarza. Galarza was a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Reading. He is survived by a brother, Roberto, in Yauco, and three sisters, Antonia and...

Joan Lord
Aug 6, 2003
Joan E. Lord, 68, died of natural causes Aug. 6 at 6:20 p.m. in her residence on McCoy Lane, Bern Township. She was the wife of William P. Lord. Born in Meriden, Conn., she was a daughter of the late Robert and Susan (Sulik) Stevens. Lord was employed for 11 years as a corporate secretary by Lord Manufacturing Co., Hamburg,...

Patricia Koharcheck
Aug 4, 2003
Patricia Ann Koharcheck, 56, of New Holland Avenue died of natural causes Aug. 4 at 11:40 a.m. in Reading Hospital. She was the wife of Stephan M. Koharcheck. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John Border and Crista Eyrich. Koharcheck was employed for 20 years as an orderer by Izod/Phillips Van Heusen, Reading, last working in...

Altagracia Moquete
Aug 2, 2003
Altagracia Moquete, 59, of North 10th Street, Reading, died of natural causes Aug. 2 at 4:40 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient for three days. She was the wife of Ramon Sepulveda, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Born in Santo Domingo, she was a daughter of Mirta Quinones, Santo Domingo, and the late Demetrio M....

Lynda High
Jul 27, 2003
Lynda Lee High, 54, of Annon Street, Robeson Township, died of natural causes July 27 at 12:47 p.m. in her residence. Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence W. and LaRue A. (Muringer) Sweitzer. High is survived by two sisters, Lori M. (Sweitzer) Beam and Kathy L. (Sweitzer) Knott, both of Reading. Services will be private....

Eugenio Rosado
Jul 11, 2003
Eugenio Santos Rosado, 74, of South Sixth Street died July 11 at 12:50 a.m. in the emergency room at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was born in Puerto Rico. Rosado was employed for 10 years as a picker by Giorgio Mushroom Co., Maidencreek Township, retiring in 1991. He was a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Reading. Surviving are...

Clara Henry
Jun 22, 2003
Clara R. Henry, 88, of Lackawanna Street, died June 22 at 11:20 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient three days. Her husband, George G. Henry Sr., died in 1989. Born in Lebanon, she was a daughter of the late Herman and Agnes (Hartman) Eisenhower. Henry was a 1932 graduate of Lebanon Catholic High School and a...

Robert Kondracki
Jun 14, 2003
Robert G. Kondracki, 66, of Mull Avenue, Sinking Spring, died June 14 at 12:30 p.m. in Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Reading. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late George and Mary J. (Michalik) Kondracki. Kondracki was employed for many years as an electrician, first by the Tennessee Valley Authority, Alabama, and later in the Reading area,...

Mary Moyer
Jun 3, 2003
Mary E. Moyer, 98, formerly of Reading, died June 3 at 3:35 p.m. in Beverly Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Exeter Township, where she had resided eight years. Her husband, James L. Moyer, died in 1989. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Oliver and Sally (Stock) Endy. Moyer was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church,...

Andrew Defazio
May 29, 2003
Services for Andrew J. DeFazio, 43, of Main St., Centerport, who died May 29 in Maidencreek Township, will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Incarnation Lutheran Church, Reading. Burial will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Gethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale. Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of arrangements. DeFazio was killed when his vehicle struck a tree along Route...

Ursula Job
May 22, 2003
Ursula H. Czubba Job, 84, of North Fifth Street died May 22 at 8:50 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since May 2. She was predeceased by her husband, Alfons Job, and by her first husband, Fritz Czubba. Born in Insterberg, Germany, she was a daughter of the late Otto and Emma (Lutat) Wulf. Job had...

Charles Brown
May 18, 2003
Charles W. Brown, 82, of Pine Street, died May 18 at 5:15 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where he had been a patient since March. He had been predeceased by his wife, Violet M. (Hause) Brown. Born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, he was a son of the late Erwin J. Sr. and Angelina A. (Rose) Brown. Brown...

Kenneth Drey, Sr
May 11, 2003
Kenneth M. Drey Sr., 70, of Valley View Mobile Park, Muhlenberg Township, died May 11 at 11:10 p.m. in his residence. He was the husband of Iris N. (Rosado) Drey. His first wife, Kathryn H. (Hochman) Drey, died in 1998. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Claude A. Sr. and Alice (Neider) Drey. Drey had been...

Francis Hartgen
May 8, 2003
Francis J. Hartgen, 91, of Locust Street, died May 8 at 8:50 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient eight days. His wife, Miriam M. (Shenk) Hartgen, died April 29, 2000. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late William J. and Jane (Hadfield) Hartgen. Hartgen was employed for 13 years by Textile...

Anna Folk
May 2, 2003
Anna Mae Folk, 89, of Rothermel Street, Muhlenberg Township, died May 2 at 9:10 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where she had been a patient two weeks. Her husband, David T. Folk Sr., died Feb. 1, 1964. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Franklin and Anna (McGee) Rhodes. Folk was a member of...

Rick Kissinger, Sr
Apr 29, 2003
Rick J. Kissinger Sr., 43, of Locust Street, died of natural causes April 29 at 5:10 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center. He was the husband of Maribeth (Wojcik) Kissinger. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Walter J. and Edith (Fiovanti) Kissinger. Kissinger was a self-employed mechanic for 20 years. He was an Army and Navy...
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