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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...
Martha Schude
Nov 19, 2002
Martha E. Schude, 94, of Tranquility Lane, Cumru Township, died Nov. 19 at 8:50 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Spring Township. She was predeceased by her husband, George Schude. Schude was born in Arnsdors, Germany. She was self-employed in real estate investments until her retirement. Schude was a member of the Kenhorst Seventh-day Adventist Church. Surviving are two nieces....
Brenda Fronina
Nov 16, 2002
Brenda S. Fronina, 54, died of natural causes Nov. 16 at 7:55 a.m. in her residence at Kempsville Road, Maxatawny Township. Her husband, Thomas Fronina, died April 4, 1991. Born in Lansing, N.C., she was a daughter of the late James and Gertrude (Ham) Ham. Fronina was employed as a machine operator by Construction Fasteners, Wyomissing, last working Aug. 1....
Frank Franco
Nov 8, 2002
Frank "Doc" Franco, 93, of West Douglas Street, died Nov. 8 at 11:12 a.m. in his residence. He was the husband of Edith L. (Campbell) Franco. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Thomas and Concetta (Ornato) Franco. He had been employed as a steward at the Junior Fire Company Home Association for 60 years, retiring in...
Bernard Dell
Nov 2, 2002
Bernard F. Dell, 77, of North 10th Street died Nov. 2 at 10:15 a.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Spring Township. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late C. Raymond and Cecilia C. (Buser) Dell. Dell was self-employed for 60 years as owner and operator of Dell Upholstery, Reading, retiring June 17, 2000. He was an Army...
Bettie Stein
Nov 1, 2002
Bettie J. Stein, 73, died of natural causes Nov. 1 at 6:05 p.m. in her residence on Miltimore Street. She was the wife of Richard I. Stein Sr. Born in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, she was a daughter of the late Martin S. and Alma M. (Bucker) Hainley. Stein is also survived by a son, Richard I. Jr., West...
Margaret Mcquaite
Oct 26, 2002
Margaret C. McQuaite, 94, of Franklin Street died Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. in St. Joseph Medical Center, where she had been a patient since Oct. 24. She was predeceased by her husband, Melvin J. McQuaite, in 1974. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Edward J. and Anna M. (Dunn) Dufner. McQuaite was a member of...
Kenneth Weikel, Sr
Oct 25, 2002
Kenneth J. Weikel, 65, of N. 14th St. died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, officials said Monday. Weikel was pronounced dead at 5:01 p.m. Friday in his residence by members of the Berks County coroner's office. A certificate of suicide was issued, officials said. He was the husband of Nancy J. (Miller) Weikel. Born in Reading, he...
Blanche Seidel
Oct 22, 2002
Blanche Seidel, 84, of North Eighth Street, Reading, died Oct. 22 at 7:40 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services, Spring Township, where she had been a patient since Sept. 11. Her husband, Francis Seidel, died in 1989. Born in Reading, she was a daughter of the late Claude and Merle (Hottenstein) Selig. She was employed as a cafeteria worker for many...
John Patton
Sep 24, 2002
John S. Patton, 73, of Hugh Carcella Apartments, North 10th Street, died Sept. 24 at 10:45 a.m. in the residence of a son, Dean R. Patton, Mount Laurel Road, Temple. Born in Temple, he was a son of the late Lewis and Emily (Kohler) Patton. Patton was employed for many years as a steelworker by Birdsboro Corp., until his retirement....
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