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George Leisey
Jan 20, 2003
Services for George A. Leisey, 75, of North Fourth Street will be Friday at 1 p.m. in Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton. Leisey was pronounced dead Jan. 20 at 6:21 p.m. in Reading Hospital after his car slammed into a tree in Wyomissing, officials said. He was the husband of Doris...
Viola Ritz
Jan 14, 2003
Viola Mae Ritz, 85, of West Green Street died Jan. 14 at 2:30 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient one week. Born in Strausstown, she was a daughter of the late James and Tama (Wagner) Klose. Ritz was employed for 11 years as a foster grandparent by the Hamburg State Hospital, until her retirement. She was...
Anna Zweir
Jan 12, 2003
Anna M. Zweir, 90, formerly of North 10th Street, died Jan. 13 at 5:21 a.m. in Laurel Center Genesis ElderCare, Tilden Township. Her husband, Raymond E. Zweir, died July 21, 1986. Born in Lebanon County, she was a daughter of the late Herman L. and Agnes (Hartman) Eisenhour. Zweir was a member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Reading. She...
Marietta Stover
Jan 12, 2003
Marietta F. Stover, 85, of Lancaster Avenue, Shillington, died Jan. 12 at 10:50 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since Jan. 2. Her husband, Paul L. Stover, died Dec. 10, 1965. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late George S. and Marietta (Schmel) Stoudt. Stover was employed for 40 years as a packer...
Milargo Leas
Jan 7, 2003
Milagro F. Leas, 31, died of natural causes Jan. 7 at 4:25 a.m. in her residence on Dwight Street, Spring Township. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Pearl H. (Schweitzer) Torres, with whom she resided. Leas was employed for six years as a nursing assistant by Berks Heim, last working in 1999. She received a general equivalency diploma...
Henry Brenner
Jan 7, 2003
Henry M. Brenner, 80, of Mulberry Street, died Jan. 7 at 9:12 a.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where he had been a patient one day. He was the husband of Lois E. (Christian) Brenner. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Benjamin and Anna (Heller) Brenner. Brenner was employed for 40 years as a truck driver...
Helen Moyer
Jan 1, 2003
Helen M. Moyer, 84, of Barberry Avenue, Muhlenberg Township, died Jan. 1 at 3:45 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since Dec. 14. Her husband, John F. Moyer, died June 9, 1984. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin F. and Mary A. (Beavens) Steffy. Moyer was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses,...
Roberto Altamirano, Sr
Dec 28, 2002
Roberto Altamirano Sr., 63, of North Ninth Street, died of natural causes Dec. 28 in St. Joseph Medical Center. He was the husband of Yolanda (Zubia) Altamirano. Born in Tepeji Del Rio, Mexico, he was a son of the late Cruz and Inez (Soria) Altamirano. Altamirano had been employed for three years as a receiver by Acme, Denver, Lancaster County....
Margaret Metz
Dec 22, 2002
Margaret B. Metz, 87, of Berkshire Center, Exeter Township, died Dec. 22 at 8:45 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient two days. She was predeceased by her husband, Roy R. Metz, in 1972. Born in Vera Cruz, Lehigh County, she was a daughter of the late William and Bertha (Scholtz) Krause. She is survived by two...
Frank Wilson
Dec 22, 2002
Frank J. Wilson, 58, of Market Square, Pottsville, died of natural causes Dec. 22 at 12:15 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since Nov. 3. Born in Schuylkill County, he was a son of the late Lincoln and Dorothy (Black) Wilson. Wilson had been employed for 18 years as a clerk by Acme Markets, Muhlenberg Township,...
Floyd Geibel
Dec 21, 2002
Floyd F. Geibel, 83, of Bernville Road, Penn Township, died Dec. 21 at Berks Heim Annex, where he had been a patient since September. His wife, Mary H. (Harter) Geibel, died Dec. 17, 2001. Born in Cumru Township, he was a son of the late Frederick and Nora (Freeman) Geibel. Geibel had been employed for 20 years as a technician...
Rita Scholl
Dec 19, 2002
Rita C. Scholl, 75, of Loch Raven Boulevard, Baltimore, formerly of Reading, died Dec. 19 at 3 a.m. in the emergency room at Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Albert L. and Mary C. (Schaffner) Honeker. Scholl was last employed for 10 years as an administrative assistant by Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore....
Robert Gregro
Dec 14, 2002
Robert W. Gregro Sr., 79, of St. Albans Drive, Spring Township, died Dec. 14 at 2:30 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient since Nov. 18. He was the husband of Elizabeth E. (Winters) Gregro. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Raymond and Mildred (Gerhart) Gregro. Gregro had been employed for 15 years...
Nancy Janowski
Dec 12, 2002
Nancy E. Janowski, 77, of Golf Course Road, Robeson Township, died Dec. 12 at 1:55 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient since Nov. 30. She was the wife of James J. Janowski. Born in Berwyn, Chester County, she was a daughter of the late Irving G. and Edna (Barry) Armstrong. Janowski was employed for 15 years...
Stanley Moyer
Dec 3, 2002
Services and burial for Stanley J. Moyer, 77, of Washington Street, will be private. Whelan Schwartz Funeral Home Inc. is in charge of arrangements. Moyer was fatally injured Dec. 3 when he was struck by a car in Exeter Township. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late John D. and Catherine (Phillips) Moyer. Moyer was employed for...
Robin Dautrich
Nov 30, 2002
Robin A. Dautrich, 48, of Summer Mountain Road, Upper Tulpehocken Township, died of natural causes Nov. 30 at 9:54 a.m. in the emergency room at Reading Hospital. She was the wife of Elwood R. Dautrich, Reading. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of Betty J. (Scholl) Quire, Fleetwood, and the late Donald E. Quire Sr. Dautrich was a self-employed...
Kelly Gonzalez
Nov 26, 2002
Kelly Garcia Gonzalez, 4-day-old infant daughter of Hilario Garcia and Eduviges Gonzalez of North 10th Street, died Nov. 26 at 1 a.m. in the emergency room at St. Joseph Medical Center. She was born in Reading. Gonzalez is also survived by a sister, Leselie Garcia, at home. Other survivors include her paternal grandparents, Leopoldo and Francisca Zavala, and her maternal...
Gertrude Cook
Nov 25, 2002
Gertrude G. Cook, 95, formerly of Perkiomen Avenue, died Nov. 25 at 11:20 p.m. in the Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Reading, where she had resided two years. Her husband, T. Preston Cook, died Aug. 4, 1963. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late John and Josephine (Steffenberg) Rathman. Cook was a member of St. Catharine of...
Bruce Saylor
Nov 23, 2002
Bruce L. Saylor, 44, of Elizabeth Avenue, Muhlenberg Township, died of natural causes Nov. 23 at 2:25 p.m., in his residence. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Shirley A. (Saylor) Maloney. Saylor had been employed for a year as the tire center manager of Sam's Club, Temple, last working in April. He was a member of...
Rachel Brice
Nov 22, 2002
Rachel B. Brice, 90, of North Ninth Street, died Nov. 22 at 7:40 p.m. in Wyomissing Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where she had been a patient for more than a week. Her husband, Francis P. Brice, died May 26, 1981. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Sallie (Schell) Baer. Brice had been employed for...
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