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Jan 20, 2021

Anna Mae Ohlinger, 93, who was a resident of Manor at Market Square in Reading, passed away Wednesday January 20, 2021 in the Reading Hospital.  Born in Sinking Spring, Mrs. Ohlinger was the daughter of the late Warren and Jennie L. (Heck) O’Neill.  She was a member of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Reading and was employed by Berks...

Jan 20, 2021

Jack H. Hemmig, 94, of Shillington, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 12:30 pm in Reading Hospital.  Born in Reading, he was the son of the late Charles and Nettie (Jacobs) Hemmig.  Mr. Hemmig was a member of Immanuel United Church of Christ, Shillington and was a 1944 graduate of Shillington High School. He served in the United...

Jan 19, 2021

Shelby C. Wagner, 30, of Reading, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 7:11 am in Reading Hospital.  Born in West Reading, Shelby was the daughter of Donald W. and Lynn M. (Matz) Wagner. Aunt to Tristian R.Hewitt Wagner and Xavier J. Wagner Cosby and fiancée of Kerry Oliver.    She was a 2010 graduate of Reading High School and...

Jan 18, 2021

Herbert Schneider, 103, of Reading, passed away Monday, January 18, 2021  in his residence

at Manor at Market Square.  He was the son of the late Max Schneider and Rose (Goldenberg) Schneider and the husband of the late Shirley (Rekoon) Schneider.

Mr. Schneider attended Reading schools and graduated from Reading High School in...

Jan 17, 2021

James A. Pinnix, 80, of Alsace Township, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 7:55 am in Manor Care Health Services, Laureldale.  He was the husband of Joyce M. (Blankenbiller) Pinnix.  Born in Elkin, North Carolina, Mr. Pinnix was the son of the late Fred and Viola Pinnix and step-mother Hazel Pinnix.  He was employed by Lucent Technology as...

Jan 17, 2021

Thomas A. Buss Sr., 64, of Exeter Township, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021 in his residence, surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband of Debra S. (Smith) Buss. Born in Bethlehem, he was the son of Earl Richard Buss Jr. And Shirley Mae (Flores) Buss. Thomas absolutely enjoyed music and for many years was...

Jan 16, 2021

Pedro Velez, 40, of West Lawn, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 12:30 pm in Reading Hospital.  He was the husband of Rachel J. (Deibler) Velez.  Born in West Reading, Pedro was the son of Maria Cornejo of Reading.  He was a truck driver for Quality Carriers in Fleetwood.  In addition to his wife and mother Pedro is...

Jan 16, 2021

Ronald C. Bender, 73, of West Lawn, passed away on January 16, 2021 at Reading Hospital following complications from pre-existing conditions. Ron was born on September 13, 1947 in Lancaster to the late Charles K. and Arlene M. (Burky) Bender. He was the step-son of the late Theresa M. Bender, whom he adored.

Ron was preceded in...

Jan 15, 2021

Edward M. Walukonis, 69, of Wyomissing, passed away at home on Friday, January 15, 2021 surrounded by his loving family.  He was the husband of Maria S. (Alfieri) Walukonis.  Born in Shenandoah, PA he was the son of the late Albert Edward and Betty (Lutz) Walukonis.  Mr. Walukonis was a member of Saint Ignatius Loyola...

Jan 15, 2021

Peter Thomas Pugliese, MD, 94, of Jefferson Township, passed away Friday, January 15, 2021 in his residence.  He was the husband of the late Joanne E. (Rhode) Pugliese.   Born in Reading, Dr. Pugliese was the son of the late Mark W. and Mildred E. (Ford) Pugliese. In addition to his wife, Dr. Pugliese was predeceased by four brothers, and...

Jan 15, 2021

Gloria M. Zielinski, 92, of Mount Penn, passed away Friday January 15, 2021 at 7:00 am in Penn State Health-St. Joseph Hospital.  She was the wife of the late Casimir S. “Casey” Zielinski who passed away January 9, 2010.  Born in Reading, Mrs. Zielinski was the daughter of the late George and Ann Wilma (Shurilla) Stephens.  She was a...

Jan 14, 2021

John Thomas Kissinger, 95, formerly of Wyomissing, passed away Thursday January 14, 2021 at Berks Heim.  He was the husband of the late Charlotte M. (Mohler) Kissinger who passed away in 1997.  Born in Reading, Mr. Kissinger was the son of the late Lester G. and Lillian A. (Feyl) Kissinger.  He was a graduate of Wilson High School and...

Jan 13, 2021

Ronald T. Downey, 86, of Sinking Spring passed away Wednesday January 13, 2021 in his residence.

He was the husband of Sue F. Sterner.

Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Dewey G. Downey and Adell (Fogarty) Downey.

Mr. Downey was employed as an iron worker with Iron Worker’s Local...

Jan 13, 2021

Patricia M. (Patterson) Reinhold, 101, of Shillington passed away on January 13, 2021 at Berks Heim. She was born in Yonkers, NY, a daughter of the late Henry V. and Mary Rose (Daugherty) Patterson. Pat (“Trish” to her family) graduated from Shillington High School in 1936. She was employed by Pomeroy’s department store for 17 years, retiring...

Jan 11, 2021

Leonard J. Kopicz, 67, of Reinholds, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021 at Reading Hospital.

Born in Reading, PA, he was the son of the late Nicholas and Verna (Miller) Kopicz.

He was a devoted Dad to his only child Lisa (Kopicz) Hunter, wife of Ryan Hunter, and loved his two granddaughters Emma and...

Jan 11, 2021

Donna D. Laney,76,of Birdsboro, Pa, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021 in her home. She was born in Bath, Maine, the daughter of Donald C. Laney and Esther M. (Storey) Laney.

Donna served proudly as a specialist 5th class medic in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, working in psychiatry at Fort Sam Houston,...

Jan 11, 2021

Ruth M. Clouser of Laureldale, passed away January 11, 2021.  She was the wife of the Herbert L. Clouser who passed away December 8, 1999.  Ruth was born in Stony Creek Mills on December 11, 1927 to the late Edward I. and Esta M. (Hogue) Tobias.  She was preceded in death by four sisters, two brothers and her sister-in-law...

Jan 11, 2021

Geraldine “Geri” E. Strassner Geraldine “Geri” E. Strassner, 81, of Reading, passed away Monday January 11, 2021 in Penn State Health-St. Joseph Hospital. She was the wife of William G. Strassner. Born in Reading, Geri was the daughter of the late Earl R. and Vivian R. (Lindner) Fisher. She was a member of Reading Moravian Church and was retired...

Jan 10, 2021

John Michael Cigan, Sr., 87, of Sinking Spring, passed away from complications of Covid-19 and Parkinson’s disease on Sunday, January 10th in West Reading, Pennsylvania. John will live on in the memory of loved ones and friends as a man of integrity devoted to his family. John's calm and thoughtful manner belied a deadpan joviality that lives on in...

Jan 8, 2021

Dorothy ‘Laura” Matz, 101, of Douglassville passed away on Friday January 8, 2021 at Amity Place in Douglassville. Born in Ridley Park PA, Dorothy was the daughter of the late William and Laura (Dauth) Matz.

Ms. Matz is survived by four generations of nieces and nephews, who loved listening to her stories and spending time with her....