Pottsville, PA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Pottsville, PA, Schuylkill County & Surrounding Areas
Grace M. Moult
Feb 28, 2015
Grace M. Moult, 94 of Pottsville, died peacefully Saturday night at Providence Place Retirement Community-Pottsville. She was born April 3, 1920 in Pottsville daughter of the late William H. and Bessie A. Gennaro Boltz. She was a graduate of Pottsville High School and worked for a law firm in Schuylkill Haven, prior to retiring. Grace was member of Trinity Episcopal...
Elizabeth V. Trumbo
Feb 21, 2015
Elizabeth V. Trumbo, 102 of Pottsville, died Saturday morning at Schuylkill Center, Pottsville. She was born August 18, 1918 in Pottsville daughter of the late Joseph & Elizabeth Schneider McKeon. Elizabeth was a member of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville. She was preceded in death by her husband Harry Trumbo in 1984; 2 brothers, John and Joseph McKeon. Surviving...
Gloria S. Bettinger
Feb 18, 2015
Gloria S. Bettinger, 90 of Pottsville, died Wednesday at Pinnacle Health-Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg. She was born July 23, 1924 in Pottsville daughter of the late George and Thelma Vaughn Soellner. She was a graduate of Pottsville High School and was assistant director of election at the Schuylkill County Court House, prior to retiring. Gloria was a member of Trinity Lutheran...
Louise W. Paulshock
Feb 18, 2015
Louise W. Paulshock, 87 of Pottsville, died Wednesday at Golden Living Center-York Terrace, Pottsville. She was born April 8, 1927 in Ashland daughter of the late William G. and Grace E. Duncan Wilson. She was a graduate of Ashland High School and Edgewood Park College. She was employed by the former Cressona Aluminum and the Pottsville Area School District prior...
Joanne C. Dudick
Feb 17, 2015
Joanne C. Dudick, 75 of Pottsville, PA passed suddenly on Tuesday. She was Born on August 31, 1939 daughter of the late James and Rita Keating Curry. Joanne grew up in Pottsville and graduated from Nativity B.V.M in 1957. She worked at the Pottsville Library, Pennsylvania National Bank and most recently the United Credit Bureau. Joanne enjoyed the Beta Sigma...
Robert E. Barr
Feb 14, 2015
Robert E. Barr, 85 of Pottsville, died Saturday at Schuylkill Center. He was born July 6, 1929 in Pottsville son of the late James and Cecilia Ebert Barr. He was a 1947 graduate of Pottsville High School. After serving 4 years in the Navy aboard the USS Wood, he attended Penn State University and received an Associates Degree in drafting...
David T. Rupp
Feb 3, 2015
David T. Rupp, 59 of Shoemakersville, died Tuesday at home. He was born December 7, 1955 in Pottsville son of the late Lavane and M. Norma Miller. He was a graduate of Pottsville Area High School and attended Penn State. He was employed by Dimensions Inc. Reading, for 31 years and recently employed by Paragon Consulting Services, York. David was...
Barbara A. Straka
Feb 2, 2015
Barbara A. Straka, 58, Pine Grove, died Monday night at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian St., Pottsville. She was born November 15, 1956 in Pottsville daughter of the late Joseph J., Sr. and Josephine Galle Devine. She was a 1974 graduate of Nativity B.V. M. High School and was employed by Schuylkill Medical Center East Norwegian St., Pottsville. Barb was a...
Mary V. Messina
Feb 1, 2015
Mary V. Messina, 94 of Pottsville, died Sunday night at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian St. She was born March 17, 1920 in Pottsville daughter of the late Dominick and Julia Celani Piccioni Vittemberghi. She was graduate of Pottsville Catholic High School and Kutztown Teachers College. Mary was employed as a school teacher for 38 years in the Pottsville Area School...
Paul J. Bartholomew
Jan 27, 2015
Paul Joseph Bartholomew, 90, formerly of Pottsville, died Tuesday, Lebanon. He was Born July 17, 1924 in Pottsville the son of the late Harry A. and Kathryn A. Cantwell Bartholomew. He was a 1942 graduate of Pottsville High School and worked briefly at the Lancaster Watch factory until his induction into the US Army, where he served as a Machinist...
Joseph W. Connell
Jan 21, 2015
Joseph W. Connell, 50 of Terra Alta, WV, formerly of Pottsville died Wednesday at Hopemont Hospital, Terra Alta. He was born October 30, 1964 in Pottsville son of Mary Lesko Connell, Pottsville and the late George F. Connell. He was a graduate of Nativity BVM High School and Penn State University. He then served in the Army Reserves for a...
Dr. Dorothy Johnston
Jan 17, 2015
Dr. Dorothy Johnston, 105 of Golden Living Center-York Terrace, Pottsville died Jan 17, at York Terrace. She was born July 16 1909 in Philadelphia daughter of the late William and Mary Ellen Matthews Johnston. She a graduate of Abington High School and Philadelphia Women's Medical College. She was a psychiatrist for many years prior to retiring in 1965. Dorothy was...
Betty Jean Schwartz
Jan 3, 2015
Betty Jean Schwartz, 83 of Pottsville, died Saturday afternoon at home. She was born March 13, 1932 in Pottsville, daughter of the late Frank and Anna Mae Fisher Miller. She attended Pottsville Schools and was employed by the former Boltz Knitting Mill, Pottsville, prior to retiring. Betty Jean was a member of the former Christ Evangelical Congregational Church, Pottsville and...
Lorraine C. Spotts
Dec 21, 2014
Lorraine C. Spotts, 83 of Pottsville, died Sunday morning at the Inpatient Hospice of Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. She was born April 18, 1931 in Pottsville daughter of the late George S. and Helen Moyer Heffner. She was a graduate of Pottsville High School and Penn State University with a B.S. in Economics. Lorraine taught in both Pottsville and Springford...
Ruth G. Rescorla
Dec 9, 2014
Ruth G. Rescorla, 80, of Pottsville died Tuesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. She was born July 28, 1934 in Middleport daughter of the late Roy and Prudence Workman Angst. She was a graduate of Pottsville High School and was Manager of the Deli at Weis Markets prior to retiring. Ruth was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Middleport....
James E. Wyld
Dec 8, 2014
CPO James E. Wyld, U.S. Navy (Ret), 75, of Pottsville died Monday at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian St. He was born March 31, 1939 in Pottsville son of the late Harry and Catherine Zieler Wyld. He attended Blythe Twp Schools and Pottsville High School. Jim served in the Navy as an electrician during the Vietnam War and remained active in...
Dorothy A. Yaissle
Nov 17, 2014
Dorothy A. Yaissle, 93 of Pottsville, died Monday Nov 17 at Providence Place, Pottsville. She was born August 4, 1921 in Pottsville daughter of the late G. Raymond and Clara Rosenberger Letcher. She was a graduate of Pottsville High School and worked for many years at the family business, the former Yaissle Auto Body, Pottsville. Dorothy was a member of...
Larry C. Strause, Sr.
Oct 16, 2014
Larry C. Strause, Sr. 64, of Auburn died Thursday at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He was born September 8, 1950 in Pottsville son of the late Charles V. and Sally Krause Strause. He was a graduate of Blue Mountain High School and was employed by Craft Tech prior to retiring. He was a member of Mt. Owl...
J. Terry Case
Sep 28, 2014
J. Terry Case, 76 of Pottsville, died Sunday afternoon at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. He was born February 21, 1938 in Sunbury son of the late Joseph and Louise Treas Case. He was the Valedictorian of the 1956 class of Sunbury High School and a graduate of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. He was a teacher for many years having...
Brian P. Madara
Sep 25, 2014
Brian P. Madara, 55 of Pottsville, died Thursday at home. He was born September 15, 1959 in Levittown son of the late Thomas and Susan McGill Madara. He was a graduate of St. Thomas of Villanova Florida and was employed by Honeywell, Pottsville. Brian volunteered his time with the Boy Scout Troop #607, Pottsville. He was preceded in death by...
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