Obituaries
Edmund 'Ed' S. Ryan
Oct 5, 2013
Edmund "Ed" S. Ryan, 58, of Orwigsburg , died Saturday at Lehigh Valley Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Born August 27, 1955 in Pottsville, he was the son of the late George Ryan and the late Joan (Zehner) Ryan. Edmund attended Northeast Catholic High School, Philadelphia for his first three years of high school. In 1973 he graduated...
Elizabeth Ann Walters
Oct 3, 2013
Elizabeth Ann 'Betty' Walters, Pottsville, who took care of people for most of her life, died Oct. 3 at the age of 93. Born in Pottsville, March 6, 1920, she was a daughter of the late William and Jennie Raybould. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Roland, in 2008 after 65 years of marriage. The pair often...
Bertha Gannis
Oct 2, 2013
Bertha Gannis, 88, Pottsville died Wednesday evening at Golden Living Center- York Terrace, Pottsville. Born July 6, 1925 in Frackville, she was the daughter of the late Sylvester and Mary (Matalaitis) Gannis. She was preceded in death by her brothers, George and Peter Gannis; sisters, Mary Laneus and Helen Merinsky; a niece Gerrir Thirion. She is survived by her...
Norman Lamar 'Bud' Emery
Oct 1, 2013
Norman LaMar 'Bud' Emery, 92, a native of Pottsville, passed away Tuesday at Schuylkill Center. He was a son of the late Norman H. and Ruth Pflueger Emery. He was the husband of Dorothy 'Dot' Butts Emery for 54 1/2 years when she passed in December 1996. He was preceded in death by a son, LaMar W. Emery; a...
Eleonore M. Pothering
Sep 28, 2013
Eleonore M. Pothering, 88, Pottsville died Saturday evening at Providence Place Retirement Community with her son George by her side. Born September 22, 1925 in Frankfurt A/M Germany, she was the daughter of the late Otto and Anna Zumkeller. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph J. Pothering in July of 1999 whom she met and fell...
John J. Kelly
Sep 28, 2013
John 'Jack' J. Kelly, 58, of 837 North Center Street Pottsville, died Saturday morning at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Born October 28, 1954 in Pottsville, he was the son of the late John J. Kelly, Sr. and the late Dorothy (Petrosky) Kelly. He was a graduate of Pottsville Area High School and a veteran of the...
Dorothy (Dot) Moran
Sep 18, 2013
Dorothy (DOT) Moran, 69, of Pottsville died 9/18/2013 at St. Joseph Hospital, Reading. Born in Pottsville, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Grace Randazzo Schaeffer. In addition to her parents Dot was preceded in death her four brothers, Joseph and in infancy, Francis, Paul, and William. She was a graduate of Pottsville High School and was...
Helen Virginia (Ginny) Hummel
Sep 18, 2013
Helen Virginia (Ginny) (Bambrick) Hummel, 86 of Pottsville, died Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at Schuylkill Medical Center South Jackson. Born in Tremont, PA on July 24, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Mary (Birmingham) Bambrick. Ginny was a member of St. John the Baptist R.C. Church and was a lifelong member of the Most Blessed...
Mary (Harman) Luppino
Sep 17, 2013
Mary H. Luppino, 83, of Pottsville, passed away Tuesday at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street, Pottsville. Born in Fredericksburg, May 23, 1930, she was a daughter of the late William and Anna Tolan Harman. She was a member of St. Joseph Parish, their choir and past vice president of St. Joseph's Women's Guild. She was currently a member of...
Brian P. Raess
Sep 13, 2013
Brian P. Raess, 55, of Reading, formerly of Pottsville, died Friday September 13, 2013 as a result of a motorcycle accident. Born in Pottsville April 9, 1958, he was the son of the late John H. and Helen (Motley) Raess. He was last employed as a welder for Dormae Industries of Reading. He is survived by a brother John...
Florence E. Dikun
Sep 10, 2013
Florence E. (Kilmurray) Dikun, 92, of Pottsville, passed away on Tuesday evening, Sept. 10 at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. Born in Pottsville, August 12, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Edna (Schoch) Kilmurray. She was a 1939 graduate of Pottsville Area High School. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Pottsville. In addition to her...
Joshua Alexander Mcneely Snyder
Sep 8, 2013
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN- Joshua Alexander McNeely Snyder, 31, of Schuylkill Haven, died unexpectedly Sunday, September 8, 2013, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Warren, Ohio on July 25, 1982, he was the son of Garry and Yvonne (nee McNeely) Snyder. Joshua was a very bright and intelligent man who had many interests and accomplishments. He was a...
Barbara R. Rees
Aug 19, 2013
Barbara R. Rees, 65, of Pottsville, died Aug. 19 at Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street, Pottsville. Born in Pottsville, Oct. 27, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Anna May Super Rees. She received a Master's Degree of Education from Bloomsburg University. Until retiring in 2007, she was employed by the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 as...
Gail M. Spleen
Aug 16, 2013
POTTSVILLE - Gail M. Spleen, 62 of Palo Alto died on Friday morning at the home of her sister. Born in Pottsville on May 13, 1951, she was a daughter of the late Mark K. and Verna Kline Shadle. She was a 1969 graduate of Pottsville High School. She was a 1976 graduate of Empire Beauty School and owned...
Sylvia A. (Caldas) Bercher
Aug 12, 2013
POTTSVILLE- Sylvia A. (Caldas) Bercher, 79, of Pottsville, PA passed away on Monday, August 12, 2013 at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville surrounded by her family. She was the loving wife of Francis J. Bercher. The couple married June 15, 1957 and had 56 happy years together. Sylvia was born on October 1, 1933 in New Philadelphia, PA...
Alberta T. (Penkauskas) Kunstek
Aug 12, 2013
POTTSVILLE- Alberta T. (Penkauskas) Kunstek, 91, of Pottsville passed away on Monday, August 12, 2013 at the Schuylkill Center in Pottsville. She was the loving wife of the late Stephen A. Kunstek who passed away in 1999. The couple married November 22, 1944 and had 55 happy years together. Alberta was born on August 18, 1921 in Seltzer, PA,...
Genevieve H. Christ
Jul 31, 2013
POTTSVILLE- Genevieve H. Christ, 84, of Pottsville, passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at her home. Born in Frackville on February 15, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Anthony and Anna (Stavinsky) Zelonis. She was a graduate of Frackville High School. She was a member of ST. John The Baptist Church, Pottsville. Genevieve and her sister, Betty,...
Ruth S. Beury
Jul 23, 2013
POTTSVILLE- Ruth S. Beury, 77, of Pottsville, unexpectedly passed away on Tuesday. Born in Philadelphia, PA, but raised in Leck Kill, Northumberland County, Ruth was born on June 30 1936. Ruth was a daughter of the late Wellington and Ana Runkle Schoffstall. Ruth was a 1954 graduate of Line Mountain High School. Ruth was an active member of the...
Ethel S. (Shipe) Reilly
Jul 22, 2013
POTTSVILLE- Ethel S. (Shipe) Reilly, 87, of Pottsville, passed away Monday, July 22, 2013, at Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson, Pottsville. Born on August 27, 1925 in Tamaqua, she was the daughter of Irvin R. and Ethel (Flexer) Shipe. Ethel graduated from Port Carbon Area High School and worked for the Blue Mountain Elementary School as a secretary till she...
Dorothy A. Hoffman
Jul 21, 2013
ORWIGSBURG- Dorothy A. "Dotty" (Palmer) Hoffman, 73, of Orwigsburg, passed away peacefully Sunday evening , July 21, 2013 at Orwigsburg Center, Orwigsburg. Born on September 4, 1939 in Schuylkill Haven, she was a daughter of the late Harold and Elizabeth (Paul) Palmer. Dotty married Ray R. Hoffman on October 27, 1956 and they shared 56 years together. She was...
