Obituaries

Dec 10, 2022

Bobbie D. Miller, age 92, formerly of Blandon, passed away on Saturday December10, 2022 at his daughter caregiver, Lois's residence after a courageous battle with cancer and kidney diasease. Born in Reading, Bobbie was the son of the late Milton and Annie (Price) Miller. In 1952 Bobbie married the late Shirley (Rentschler) who passed away on October 7, 1987....

Dec 2, 2022

Nevin A. Miller, age 93 of Fleetwood, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2022 at Reading Hospital, West Reading. The husband of Arlene M. (Schaeffer) Miller, they celebrated 70 years of marriage on July 19th.  Born in Hamburg, Nevin was the son of the Albert Miller and Fannie (Reppert) Miller.

Nevin was a 1947 graduate of Perry...

Nov 28, 2022

Ruth Arlene Rhoads, 91, formerly of Fleetwood and most recently a resident at Keystone Villa Fleetwood, passed away unexpectedly on November 28, 2022 at Penn State Health, St Joseph Medical Center. Born in Shoemakersville on July 24, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Nevin Clinton Adams and Verna O. Zweizig. Her husband of 66 years and the...

Nov 28, 2022

Mrs. Nancy Olive (Kemp) Hensinger, 88, of Fleetwood, passed away on November 28,2022 at Penn State Health, St Joseph Medical Center. Born August 25, 1934 in Lyon Station. She was the daughter of the late Lewis and Alice (Dreibelbis) Kemp. Her husband of 50 years, Ronald W. Hensinger, passed away on April 29, 2006.

Nancy worked as...

Nov 26, 2022

Theresa J. McCulley, age 63 of Oley, passed away on Saturday November 26, 2022 at Reading Hospital. The wife of Keith W. McCulley, Sr. they celebrated 41 years of marriage on February 19 th .  Born in Wisconsin, the daughter of the late Leon B. Williams, Sr. and Florence J. (Schwartz) Williams.

For many years she worked...

Nov 24, 2022

Janet E. Miller, age 97 of Fleetwood, passed away on Thursday November 24, 2022 at Reading Hospital. The wife of the late Nevin E. Miller, who passed in 1993.  Born in West Reading, the daughter of the W. Warren Ebert and Florence L. (Landis) Ebert.

Janet was a 1942 graduate of Fleetwood High School, She attended McCann...

Nov 18, 2022

Anna G. Himmelreich Haak,  age 93 of Oley, passed away on Friday November 18,2022 at the Reading Hospital. The wife of the late George R. Himmelreich, Sr. and Joseph S. Haak.  Born in Adamstown the daughter of the late William Snyder and Ada Snyder

Anna was a member of Frieden's Lutheran Church, Oley. For many years she...

Nov 12, 2022

Dale I. Laigaie,  age 74 of Douglassvilloe, passed away on Saturday November 12,2022 at Reading Hospital. The wife of the late Frank D. Laigaie, who passed in 2013.  Born in West Reading the daughter of the late Richard D. Boone and Edith (Turner) Boone

Dale  loved her grandchildren and spending time with her family. She had many...

Nov 12, 2022

Glenn R. Long, age 71 of Kutztown, passed away on Saturday November 12,2022 at Willow Brooke Rehabation, Kutztown. The Husband of Janice H. (Frederick) Long, they celebrated 47 years of marriage onSeptember 27 th .  Born in Allentown the son of the late James A. Long and Betty V. (Weidner) Long..

Glenn was a 1969 graduate of...

Nov 11, 2022

Darlene Hattie Reinert, 82, Fleetwood, entered into eternal rest on Friday, November 11, surrounded by family.

Born in Oley on March 9, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Mary (Trievel) Smith, in Alsace Township. She was the widow of the late John H. Reinert, Jr. who passed on March 4, 2022.

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Oct 15, 2022

Gladys L. Clemens, age 86, of Fleetwood, passed away on Saturday October 15, 2022 at the Lutheran Home at Topton. The wife of the Donald W. Clemens who passed in 2016. Born in Blandon the daughter of the late Clayton A. Hertzog and Edna M. (Clay) Hertzog. Gladys was a 1955 graduate of Fleetwood High School. A member of St....

Oct 12, 2022

Patricia Ann (Covelesky) Sausser, age; 70, of Fleetwood, PA, passed away on Wednesday October 12, 2022,  surrounded by her loved ones. Born in Fukuoka, Japan, Pat was the eldest child of the late SMSGT Edward J. Covelesky and Ellen E. Sterling Covelesky. Her father was in the U.S. Air Force and the family lived in many foreign countries and...

Oct 10, 2022

Richard F. Goodwin, age 88, formerly of Blandon, passed away Monday October 10, 2022 in Perry Township.

He was the husband of the late Madge E. (Kline) Goodwin who passed in 2018.

Richard was born in Reading, the son of the late Wilson Goodwin and Martha (Franciscus) Goodwin.

He was a member of...

Aug 27, 2022

Ruth Ethel Kern of Topton, a retired schoolteacher and pillar of the community, passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at the age of 90. She was a resident of the Lutheran Home at Topton and had previously been living in the cottage community of the home for over ten years. She was a member of the Fleetwood...

Aug 20, 2022

Thomas R. Levan, age 67, of Rockland Township, passed on Saturday August 20, 2022, at his residence. The husband of Tina M. (Phillips) Levan, they celebrated 43years of marriage on August 4 th .

Thomas was born on October 7, 1954 in West Reading, the son of Barbara E. (Noll) Levan of Fleetwood and the late Ray...

Aug 16, 2022

Robert R."Beetle" Bailey, age 82, of Lyon Station, passed on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest. The husband of Dorothy M. (Focht) Bailey, they celebrated 58 years of marriage on May 16 th .

Robert was born June 10, 1940, in West Reading, the son of the late Harry Bailey and Sarah...

Aug 11, 2022

Timothy D. Porr, 70, of Maidencreek Twp., died suddenly Thursday night, August 11th, at Penn State St. Joseph's Hospital.

Tim was born August 10,1952, in Bern Twp. He was the son of the late Ralph G. Porr, Jr. and Ella E. (Deeds) Porr.

He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Patricia A. (Giniewski)...

Aug 7, 2022

Beatrice A. (Schaeffer) Froelich, age 96, of Reading, passed away on Sunday August 7 2022 at Maple Farm, Akron, PA. The wife of the late Douglas P. Froelich, who passed on August 5, 1989. Born in Walnuttown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Irwin E. Schaeffer and Annie Marie (Schittler) Schaeffer.

Beatrice had worked at Bachman Pretzels,...

Jul 28, 2022

Gloria E. (Oswald) Sanders, age 89, of Blandon, passed away on Thursday July 28, 2022 at Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center. The wife of Paul W. Sanders, who passed in 2013. Born in Lyons Station, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Richard H. and Katie H. A. (Kline) Oswald.

She was a member of the...

Jul 27, 2022

Charles L. Kopfer, of Fleetwood, passed away in his residence on Wednesday July 27, 2022. He was the husband of the Harvene D. (Rahn) Kopfer, they had been married 62 years. Born on December 2, 1937 in Maidencreek Township, he was the son of the late Ludwig and Ester (Keim) Kopfer.

He worked for the former Allentown...