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Betty Babb
Feb 20, 2017
Betty C. Babb, 89, formerly of Lincoln Park, passed away on February 20, 2017 at The Reading Hospital. Born in East Orange, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Earl C. and Sallie C. (Wagner) Mengel. Betty was employed as a waitress for Ibach's Restaurant, a clerk at Ronco's Pharmacy, and a secretary for Sunshine Brewery. She was predeceased...

Elizabeth Seward
Feb 19, 2017
Elizabeth T. Seward, 88, of Spring Township, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 11:31 am in her home. She was preceded in death by her first husband Joseph W. Spies in 2010 and her second husband Harold W. Seward in 2015. Born in Reading, Mrs. Seward was the daughter of the late Francis Newman and Mary (Skrocki) McClendon. She...
Linda Slack
Feb 18, 2017
Linda C. Slack, 68, Spring Township, died Feb. 18 at 7:33 a.m. at home. She was the wife of the late Mohamed K. Mohamdein. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John Slack and Mary (Starkey) Slack. Linda had been employed as an executive assistant at the Banque Bruxelles Lambert at Rockefeller Center in New York...
Isora Ruppert
Feb 17, 2017
Isora A. "Betty" Ruppert, 85, of Wernersville, passed away Friday, February 17, 2017 at 11:20 am in Phoebe Berks Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Elwood R. Ruppert who passed away February 19, 2014. Born in Maidencreek Township, Berks County, Mrs. Ruppert was the daughter of the late Harvey and Bertha (Zettlemoyer) Buck. She was a...
Christina Fleming
Feb 16, 2017
Christina M. Fleming, 77, formerly of Reading, passed away Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 12:45 am in Grandview Hospital, Sellersville. Born in Elkton, Maryland, Ms. Fleming was the daughter of the late Edward A. and Margaret (Haumtratz) Fleming. She was a member of the former Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Reading and was a secretary at Bear...
Joseph Harter
Feb 16, 2017
Joseph P. Harter, 91, of Wyomissing, was reunited with his wife Rose on Thursday, February 16, 2017 after passing peacefully in his residence surrounded by his family and loved ones. He was born in Reading and was the proud son of Leo and Mary (Schneider) Harter. He was married to Rose for 69 loving years. The two together showed our...
Kenneth Walker
Feb 14, 2017
Kenneth W. Walker, 92, of Exeter Township, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 12 Noon in Reading Hospital. He was the husband of the late Jane L. (Sassaman) Walker who passed away December 15, 2014. Born in Reading Mr. Walker was the son of the late Howard W. and Martha Mae (Krall) Walker. He was a 1943 graduate of...
Vivian Seidel
Feb 14, 2017
Vivian M. Seidel, 81, a guest at Mifflin Court, formerly of Reading, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 10:00 pm in Reading Hospital. She was the wife of the late Robert C. Seidel who passed away February 17, 2004. Born in Reading, Mrs. Seidel was the daughter of the late L. John Heck and Minnie (Gromis) Heck. She was...
Helen Jackson
Feb 12, 2017
Helen F. Jackson, 95, formerly of West Chester, passed away on February 12, 2017 at Manor Care Sinking Spring. Born in West Chester, PA, she was the daughter of the late William Ammann and Lillian (Roberts) Ammann. She attended St. Agnes School. Helen resided in West Chester for over eighty years before relocating to Berks County, PA in 2004. Helen...
Suzanne Palmer
Feb 11, 2017
Suzanne M. Palmer, 68, of Alexandria, Virginia went to be with our Lord on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at The Adler Center for Caring, Aldie, Virginia. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania on March 20, 1948; she was the daughter of the late Albert C. Heister. She was preceded in death by her parents Merlin and Stella (Madeira) Ressler. Sue, known affectionately...
John Helwig
Feb 10, 2017
John R. Helwig, 74, of Exeter Twp., passed away on February 10, 2017 at The Reading Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late John E. and Hazel M. (Hurley) Helwig. John was employed by Ludens, a division of Hershey Foods, working in shipping and receiving. He retired after working 37 years....
Sarah Kilduff
Feb 7, 2017
Sarah C. Kilduff, 95, of Spring Twp., passed away on February 7, 2017 at Phoebe Berks Village Gardens. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late William A. and Marie (Schutter) Weaver. Sarah was a graduate of Reading High School and Albright College. She was employed as a clerk with the Wilson High School for 20 years, retiring...
Anna Chase
Feb 5, 2017
Anna I. Chase, 93, of Sinking Spring and Hollywood, FL passed away on February 5, 2017 at Country Meadows of Wyomissing. Born in Reading on September 4, 1923, a daughter of the late Harvey and Marguerite (Heffner) Hollenbach. Anna was predeceased by her husband, Calvin Chase. She is survived by her companion Leo R. Koehler. She was a health and...
Thomas Decarlo
Feb 4, 2017
Thomas R. DeCarlo, 61, of Reading, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 6:20 pm in Reading Hospital. He was the husband of Lisa M. (Kelly) DeCarlo. They celebrated 36 wonderful years of marriage this past December. Born in Reading, Tom was the son of the late Thomas and Kathryn (Heebner) DeCarlo. He was a 1973 graduate of Reading High...
Elmer Bucks
Jan 31, 2017
Elmer Bucks, 80, of Muhlenberg Township, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 6:15 am in his home. He was the husband of Joanne J. (Piergrossi) Bucks. Born in Reading, Mr. Bucks was the son of the late Ella Bucks. He was employed by the Waste Water Treatment Plant in Reading as a Superintendent for 34 years retiring July 23,...
Joseph Jasinski
Jan 31, 2017
Joseph R. Jasinski, 84, of Cumru Township, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 4:40 pm in Reading Hospital. He was the husband of the late Alice L. (Schaeffer) Jasinski who passed away July 25, 2001. Born in West Reading, Mr. Jasinski was the son of the late Stanley J. and Victoria M. (Coates) Jasinski. He was a member of...
Louis Ramsey
Jan 30, 2017
Louis P. Ramsey, 81, of Shillington, passed away Monday, January 30, 2017 at 2:05 am in Reading Hospital. He was the husband of the late Carol Ann (Cole) Ramsey who passed away in December 1998. Born in Hoopeston, Illinois, Mr. Ramsey was the son of the late Lewis Lee Ramsey and Ruth Evelyn (Sheffield) Ramsey. He was a warehouse supervisor...
David Eltz
Jan 30, 2017
David M. Eltz, 61, of Exeter Township, passed away Monday, January 30, 2017 at the Reading Hospital. He was the devoted husband of Adrienne (Dunn) Eltz, recently celebrating 25 years of marriage. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Albert and Nazarena (Ciabattoni) Eltz. He is survived by two children, David James Eltz and Kaitlin Elizabeth Eltz,...
Clarence Prutzman, Jr
Jan 29, 2017
Clarence B. "Benny" Prutzman, Jr., 90, of Alsace Twp., passed away on January 29, 2017. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Clarence B. Prutzman, Sr. and Francis (Englebrecht) Prutzman. Clarence was employed by the Reading Railroad, working in various capacities. He was also the proprietor of CB Prutzman Roofing and Siding. He served on the Oley...
Adam Gajewski
Jan 28, 2017
Adam T. Gajewski, 75, of Exeter Twp., passed away on January 28, 2017 at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center. Born in Nanticoke, he was the son of the late Adam J. and Sophie (Grzymski) Gajewski. Adam was a US Marine Corp veteran, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was a graduate of Penn State University, and was employed...
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