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Donald Brown

Donald Brown

Mar 14, 2016

Donald Graham Brown, 89, a resident of The Highlands at Wyomissing and retired pharmaceutical industry executive, died Monday, March 14, 2016 in the Reading Hospital. The cause of death was a stroke. Donald was born in Enfield, CT. In this youth, he was Paul Robeson's (actor/singer) paperboy. During World War II, he served on active duty in the United States...

Kathryn Orrs

Kathryn Orrs

Mar 14, 2016

Kathryn A. Orrs, 88, of Shillington, and a resident of Manor Care, Sinking Spring for 2 A½ years, passed away March 14, 2016 in the Reading Hospital. She was the wife of James H. Orrs; together they celebrated 29 years of marriage. She was predeceased by her first husband Benjamin Nardo in 1978. Born in Reading, she was the daughter...

Mildred Ringler

Mildred Ringler

Mar 14, 2016

Mildred N. (Rothenberger) Ringler, 96, of Muhlenberg Township, faithful servant of her Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, was called home to Glory on Monday, March 14, 2016 at 6:00 pm in her home. She was the wife of the late Bertram L. Ringler who passed away October 6, 1997 and to whom she was married to for over 60 years....

Kathleen Light

Kathleen Light

Mar 13, 2016

Kathleen E. Light, 63, of Reading, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 5:36 pm in Reading Hospital. She was the wife of David P. Light to whom she was married to for 44 years. Born in Reading she was the daughter of the late Robert J. and Mary E. (Tyson) Bonchak. Mrs. Light was a member of Saint Catharine...

Phet Souvannaphoungeun

Phet Souvannaphoungeun

Mar 12, 2016

Phet Souvannaphoungeun, 46, of Spring Township, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 4:57 pm in his home. He was the husband of Sipaphay (Manivong) Souvannaphoungeun. Born in Vientiane, Laos, he was the son of Mrs. Phouang Souvannaphoungeun of Pasco, Washington and the late King Souvannaphoungeun. He was a member of York Spring Buddhist Temple and was employed by RV...

Margaret Fisher

Margaret Fisher

Mar 10, 2016

Margaret "Peggy" Fisher, 91, of Phoebe Berks, passed away at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center on March 10, 2016. Born in Bethlehem, she was a daughter of the late Howard Voelkler Fisher and late Margaret McClure Fisher. Peggy attended Wyomissing schools from grades 1 through 11 and did her senior year at the Knox School in Cooperstown, New York....

Martin Rudolph

Martin Rudolph

Mar 8, 2016

Martin Rudolph, 98, formerly of Shillington, passed away March 8, 2016 in Berks Heim. He was the widower of Helen J. (Kiwak) Rudolph, who passed away in 2013. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Jacob R. and Jenny (Mazur) Rudolph. Mr. Rudolph was a graduate of Reading High School. He was employed at Reading Company Railroad...

Daniel Cummings

Daniel Cummings

Mar 7, 2016

Daniel P. Cummings, 43, of Spring Twp., passed away March 7, 2016 in Penn State Health-St. Joseph. Born in West Reading, he was the son of John D. and Joan N. (Beidler) Cummings. Daniel was a graduate of Governor Mifflin High School and attended Penn State Berks. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Sinking Spring. He was...

Roy Heckman

Roy Heckman

Mar 6, 2016

Roy R. Heckman, 83, of Coatesville, formerly of Muhlenberg Township, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 2:30 am in his home surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Patricia M. (Slonaker) Heckman. Born in Temple, he was the son of the late John N. and Kathryn (Koller) Heckman. Mr. Heckman was a 1951 graduate of Muhlenberg...

Rex Levengood

Rex Levengood

Mar 6, 2016

Rex V. Levengood, 70, of Kenhorst, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 12:30 pm in Reading Hospital. He is survived by his loving wife Deena T. (Sweigert) Levengood. Born in Pottstown, he was the son of Vernon Levengood, husband of Shirley Levengood of Wyomissing and the late Geraldine (Wade) Levengood. Mr. Levengood was a graduate of Wilson High School...

John Bailey

John Bailey

Mar 5, 2016

John Robert Bailey, 68, of Sinking Spring, passed away March 5, 2016 in the Reading Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Santra L. (Marceaux) Bailey; together they celebrated 45 years of marriage. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Elmer and Anna Mae (Johnson) Bailey. Mr. Bailey was a 1966 graduate of...

Malazina Delong

Malazina Delong

Mar 5, 2016

Malazina S. DeLong, 76, of Wyomissing, passed away on March 5, 2016 at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center. Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late James P. and Dorothy J. (Woomer) Snyder. Malazina was employed as a home economics teacher at the Schuylkill Valley School District and the Reading School District. She was a very active...

Noreen Johnson

Noreen Johnson

Mar 4, 2016

Noreen T. Johnson, 94, formerly of Reading, passed away Friday, March 4, 2016 at 1:29 am in Berkshire Center. She was the wife of the late George D. Johnson who passed away April 19, 2004. Born in Reading she was the daughter of the late Russell and Gwendolyn D. (Heist) Tice. Mrs. Johnson was a member of Calvary United Church...

Vera Wert

Vera Wert

Mar 4, 2016

Vera Katharine Wert, 95, of Spring Township, passed away Friday, March 4, 2016 at 10:00 am in her home. She was the wife of the late Warren R. Wert, who passed away September 23, 2015 and to whom she married on November 30, 1940 by Reverend Glenn Switzer, in First Presbyterian Church, Bel Air, Maryland. Born in Reading on May...

Robert Hornberger

Robert Hornberger

Mar 4, 2016

Robert F. Hornberger, 92, of Wernersville, passed away Friday, March 4, 2016 at 9:52 pm in his home. He was the husband of Maxine (Green) Fry Hornberger. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late William W. and Bertha I. (Fretz) Hornberger. Mr. Hornberger was a 1941 graduate of Lebanon High School, of Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute and a...

Mary Davis

Mary Davis

Mar 4, 2016

Mary Lee Davis, 74, of Earl Township, passed away at her home on Friday, March 4, 2016 at 9:53 am. She was the beloved wife of Lytton C. Davis, born in Yeadon, PA. She was the daughter of Helen (Feeney) Faherty of Southampton, PA and the late Edward Faherty. Mary Lee was a devout catholic, beloved wife & mother, and...

John Terenchin, Sr

John Terenchin, Sr

Mar 3, 2016

John F. Terenchin, Sr., 77, of Cumru Twp., passed away March 3, 2016 in the Reading Hospital. He was the husband of Sandra K. (Weaver) Terenchin. Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Ferris and Helen (Frey) Terenchin. John was the owner and operator of Terenchin Live Bait for 25 years. Surviving in addition to his wife...

Lester Broome

Lester Broome

Mar 2, 2016

Lester R. Broome, 81, of Reading, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 2:00 pm in Reading Hospital. He was the husband of Euraline I. (Greaves) Broome. Born in Barbados, he was the son of the late Milton J. Evelyn and Myra V. Broome. Mr. Broome was employed as a fire fighter for the Barbados Fire Department and then as...

Richard Laffredo

Richard Laffredo

Mar 2, 2016

Richard Laffredo, 72, of West Lawn, passed away on March 2, 2016 at Penn State Health St. Joseph. Born in Norristown, he was the son of the late Paul and Verna (Seitz) Laffredo. Richard was employed as a truck driver for Continental Express Transport and as a bus driver for Wilson School District. He was a member of Knights of...

Kenneth Parker

Kenneth Parker

Mar 2, 2016

Kenneth G. Parker, 77, of Shillington, passed away on March 2, 2016 at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center. Born in West Reading, he was the son of the late George D. and Evelyn M. (Englehart) Parker. Kenneth was a US Army Veteran serving during peacetime. He was employed as an architectural draftsman for Gilbert and Associates, Shenk and Seibert,...