Obituaries
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....
Lorraine Klein
Sep 18, 2002
Lorraine J. Klein, 76, of Penn Street, died Sept. 18 at 4 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where she had been a patient four days. She was the wife of William J. Klein Jr. Born in Baltimore, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Lydia Yeagel. Klein was employed for several years as a seamstress by the Berkshire Knitting...
Joseph Kaharcheck
Sep 7, 2002
Joseph S. Koharcheck, 84, formerly of New Holland Ave., Shillington, died Sept 7 at 3 a.m. in Green Hills Manor, Cumru Township, where he had been a resident since April of 2001. His wife, Helen Mae (Snyder) Koharcheck, died August 29, 1992. Born in New Salem, Fayette County, he was a son of the late Stephan M. and Kathryn (Kolacki)...
Patricia Flowers
Sep 6, 2002
Patricia Flowers, 54, died of natural causes Sept. 6 at 2:35 p.m. in the Locust Street home of her daughter, Kimberly J. (Flowers) Bechtel, with whom she resided. Born in Charleston, S. C., she was a daughter of James Flowers Sr., Goose Creek, S. C. and Captolia (Cook) Flowers, Charleston, S. C. Flowers was employed for 25 years as an...
Charles Seiger
Aug 27, 2002
Charles I. Seiger, 85, formerly of Shoemakersville, died Aug. 27 at 8:10 a.m. in his residence on Perkiomen Avenue, Mount Penn. He was the husband of Nancy (Stump) Seiger. Born in Shoemakersville, he was a son of the late Clarence and Bertha (Stitzel) Seiger. Seiger was employed for many years as a textile processor, last working in the Reading area...
Francis Reid
Aug 26, 2002
Francis D. Reid, 79, of Major View Road, Poris Manchester, Jamaica, died Aug. 26 at 1:54 p.m. in ManorCare Health Services Inc., West Reading, where he had resided two days.His wife, Voliet (Merchant) Reid, died three years ago.Born in Poris Manchester, he was a son of the late Altimont and Rebecca (Pinnock) Reid.Reid was employed for many years as a...
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