Obituaries by LocationIRENE SCHWENK
Services will be held Friday for Irene (Gehris) Schwenk, 91, widow of Fred N. Schwenk, of Laura Drive, Barto, formerly of Palm, who died Aug. 19 at her residence.
Born in Pennsburg, she was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Red Hill.
She is survived by two sons, Frederick Schwenk, of Sellersville, and David Schwenk, of Coopersburg; two daughters, Grace, wife of Richard Long, of Red Hill, and Barbara, wife of Michael Bartholomew, of Barto; 14 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Falk Funeral Home, 163 Main St., Pennsburg.
Memorial donations may be made to the Grand View Hospital Hospice Program, 700 Lawn Ave., Sellersville, PA 18960.
Friends are invited to call from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery , Red Hill.
OMAR B. ZOOK
Services were held for Omar B. Zook, 89, who died Aug. 17 in his residence at Covered Bridge Road, Oley Township.
His wife, Mary E. (Fisher) Zook died in 1983.
Born in Talmage, Lancaster County, Zook was employed as a farmer for his entire life.
Zook was a member of the Oley Mennonite Church.
He is survived by two daughters: Ruth E. (Zook) Liechty, Spencerville, Ind., and Fern E., Zook, at home. Also six sons: J. Harold, at home; Lloyd C., Oley Township; Mervin H., Schwenksville; Kenneth F., Oley Township; Omar B. Jr., Annville, Lebanon County; and Donald D., Jacksonwald.
Other survivors include a brother, 20 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
The arrangements were handled by the Daniel R. Christ Funeral Home, Oley.
CURTIS A. BRIGHTBILL
Services will be held for Curtis A. Brightbill, 70, of Briar Lane, Alsace Township, who died Aug. 19 in the Reading Hospital emergency room.
He was the husband of Linda G. (Fisher) Brightbill.
Born in Sinking Spring, he was employed for 43 years as a trucker for Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. and Occidental Chemical Co., both in Pottstown.
Brightbill was a life member of the National Rifle Association, the North American Hunting Club and American Legion Post 636, Shillington.
He is also survived by a son, Alan C., Douglassville; and four daughters: Christine L. (Brightbill) Woodman, Barto; Diane L. (Brightbill) Shotwell, Royersford, Montgomery County; Sharon L. (Brightbill)Landis, Pottstown; and Cindy L. Brightbill, Douglassville.
Other survivors include three brothers and three sisters.
Also 10 grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. in Sanders Funeral Home, 1501 N. 11th St., Reading.
Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton.
LILLIAN D. BERTOLETTE
Services will be Thursday for Lillian D. (Schreyer) Guss Bertolette, 74, widow of George K. Bertolette Sr., and John Guss, of Oak Tree Road, East Norriton, formerly of Fagleysville, who died Aug. 19. She had been a resident of the Sanatoga Center/Genesis Elder Care, of Lower Pottsgrove, where she died.
Born in Bound Brook, N.J., she attended the Frederick Mennonite Church, Upper Frederick.
She is survived by two sons, William Guss, of Quakertown, and Kenneth Guss, of Boyertown; three stepsons, George K. Bertoletee Jr., of Topton, John E. Bertolette, of Limerick, and Robert E. Bertolette, of Limerick; one stepdaughter, Marian A. Brunner, with whom she last resided; four grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and 10 step great-grandchildren.
·Funeral services will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Holcombe Funeral Home Inc., 21 Main St., Trappe.
The Rev. Scott Landes, pastor of Frederick Mennonite Church, will officiate.
A viewing will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to the Frederick Mennonite Church, PO Box 309, Frederick, PA 19435.
BETTY K. HOWERTER
Services will be held on Friday for Betty K. (Rhoads) Howerter, 76, of Route 100, Macungie, who died in the Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md.
Born in Englesville, she was the former owner of the Barto Hotel.
She is survived by three sons, Donald F. Evans of Boyertown, Larry D. Evans of Reading and Robert B. Evans of Maidencreek Township; one daughter, Carol L., wife of Thomas J. McFadden, of New Tripoli, Lehigh County; one sister, Vivian Shollenberger of Boyertown; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday from the Catagnus Funeral Home, 1020 E. Philadelphia Avenue, Gilbertsville.
A viewing will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery , Boyertown.
DOROTHY L. SWEINHART
Services were held for Dorothy L. (Hausman) Sweinhart, 83, wife of Ernest S. Sweinhart of Worman Road, Douglassville, who died Aug. 7 in St. Joseph Medical Center, Reading, where she had been a patient.
She was born in Boyertown and was a machine operator for Osan Manufacturing Co. Inc. in Boyertown.
Sweinhart was a member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Boyertown.
She and her husband were married
for 58 years.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by four brothers, Lawrence J. Hausman, Hartsville, S.C., Harold Hausman, Oley, Oscar Hausman, Boyertown, Donald E. Hausman, Birdsboro; and one sister, Ruth, wife of LeRoy Heydt, Pottstown.
She was predeceased by a sister, Emily Reitnauer.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 45 N. Reading Ave., Boyertown, PA 19512 or to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1809 Hoffmansville Road, Sassamansville, PA 19472.
The Linwood W. Ott Funeral Home, Boyertown, handled the arrangements.
EDNA M. CONRAD
Services were held for Edna M. (Stauffer) Conrad, 87, widow of William R. Conrad, of Montgomery Avenue, Douglass (Mont.) Township, formerly of Landis Store, who died Aug. 7. She had been a patient at St. Joseph Medical Center, Reading.
Born in Clayton, Berks County, she was a employed as a secretary for Bally Ribbon Mills, Bally, for 49 years.
She was a member of St. John Hill UCC, Boyertown.
She is survived by nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations may be made to the St. John Hill UCC Memorial Fund, R.D. 4, Box 490, Boyertown, PA 19512.
The arrangements were handled by the L. W. Ott Funeral Home Inc., Boyertown.
MARJORIE F. NAGLE
Private services were held for Marjorie F. (Gravosky) Nagle, 77, wife of Louis Nagle of Mill Street, Colebrookdale, who died Aug. 8 at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
She was born in Cambria County and was a homemaker.
In addition to her husband, with whom she celebrated 53 years of marriage, she is survived by one sister.
The arrangements were handled by the C. L. Losh Funeral Home, Boyertown.
MARIAN F. MOYER
Services were held for Marian F. Moyer, 79, wife of Carlton P. Moyer, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Niantic, Montgomery County, who died Aug. 10 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Born in Allentown, she was employed as a secretary for Alcoa Aluminum in the Philadelphia and Allentown areas for 20 years.
She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Barto, since 1961, and was a lifetime member and past president of the Allentown Lodge of Rebecca.
Moyer and her husband celebrated 48 years of marriage.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, Kerry C. Moyer, of Grovetown, Ga.; three daughters, Kathleen H. Kalinowski of Royersford, Karen E. Smith of Bowie, Md., and Karlene A. Novotny, Limerick.
Also one brother; nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
The arrangements were handled by the Trexler Funeral Home Inc., Allentown.
PHYLLIS E. LAWLER
A memorial service was held for Phyllis E. (Glassmire) Lawler, 88, widow of Thomas A. Lawler, of Walnut Woods, Boyertown, who died Aug. 10 in Manatawny Manor Assisted Living, where she resided since 1999.
Born in Pottsville, she was a graduate of the Bethlehem business school, and had been employed in the billing department of Bethlehem Steel for 10 years.
Lawler was a member of the Trinity Reform Church of UCC, Pottstown; a member of Eastern Star Schuylkill Chapter No. 338; and a member of the American Association of Retired Persons.
She is survived by a son, Peter D. Lawler, Boyertown; a daughter, Linda L. (Lawler) Elliott, of Douglassville; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to Trinity Reform Church of UCC, King and Hanover Streets, Pottstown, PA 19464.
The arrangements were handled by the Bean Funeral Homes and Cremation Services Inc., Shillington.
Burial was private.
